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President Donald Trump gives a speech during the State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn on April 28, 2026, in Washington.

特朗普与内塔尼亚胡、普京通话，伊朗施压行动升级

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普分别与以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡和俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京通了电话，讨论了伊朗局势以及延长停火的可能性。

This aerial photograph shows Turkey's first floating natural gas production platform, "Osman Gazi," passing through the Bosphorus, in Istanbul, on May 29, 2025.

随着东地中海竞争加剧，土耳其推进通往北塞浦路斯的天然气管道计划

土耳其能源部长表示，该国石油和天然气管道运营商BOTAS已开始管道的工程建设工作。

In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Two F/A-18 Super Hornets launch from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury on March 3, 2026 in the Mediterranean Sea.

五角大楼：迄今为止，伊朗战争已使美国损失约250亿美元。

一位高级预算官员告诉众议院议员，在五角大楼全面评估战争成本之前，不会向国会提交补充拨款申请。

Displaced Palestinian people look at paintings at an open-air art exhibition at the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on April 28, 2026. The majority of Gaza's 2.4 million people have been displaced, often multiple times, by the war that began with Hamas's attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. With displaced families living in tented camps, with serious concerns raised about their living conditions. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP via Getty Images) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDI

Analysis

阿巴斯在加沙的胜利为何仍具有“象征意义”，而非对哈马斯的否定？

尽管由于战争和哈马斯被排除在外等复杂因素，选举结果受到影响，但巴勒斯坦总统马哈茂德·阿巴斯的盟友在市政选举中表现相对较好。

Adam Lucente

由 Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

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Analysis

伊朗经济能承受特朗普的海上封锁多久？

The Ateela 2 oil tanker boat navigates the sea on April 28, 2026, on Qeshm Island, Iran, in the Strait of Hormuz.

A correspondent in Tehran

由 A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

认识一下阿里·扎伊迪，商人，也是伊拉克新任候任总理。

Prime Minister Mohammed S. al-Sudani met with Prime Minister-designate Ali Faleh al-Zaidi on April 28, 2026.

首先，利比亚敌对双方军队将在土耳其进行联合演习：你需要了解哪些信息

Cadets of the Saiqa Force (Special Forces) of the self-styled Libyan National Army affiliated with eastern strongman Khalifa Hifter take part in a graduation ceremony in tribute to the force's late commander, Wanis Bukhamada, in the eastern city of Benghazi, on Jan. 20, 2022.

以色列驳斥乌克兰关于俄罗斯影子舰队船只停靠海法港的说法

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People and first-responders gather atop a building hit by an Israeli strike, Tehran, June 13, 2025.

Analysis

走私无人机、武器和摩萨德：以色列袭击伊朗内幕

随着军事行动仍在继续，总理本雅明内塔尼亚胡似乎决心完成一项艰巨的、甚至不可能完成的任务：彻底消灭伊朗的核计划。

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

This handout photo made available by the Iranian Army Office on April 17, 2025 shows Iran's Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major-General Mohammed Bagheri (L) receiving Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman (C) in Tehran on April 17, 2025. During his first term, US President Donald Trump attempted to forge an alliance between Israel and the Gulf Arab states against Iran. But in 2023 Tehran and Riyadh restored ties in a Chinese-brokered rapprochement, while the outbreak of the Gaza war later t

以色列对伊朗发动超过 200 次袭击，造成 9 名伊朗革命卫队指挥官和科学家死亡

伊朗武装部队和伊朗革命卫队领导人均遇难，以色列称他们袭击了伊朗全国 100 多处地点。

People and first-responders gather outside a building that was hit by an Israeli strike in Tehran on June 13, 2025.

以色列袭击伊朗后油价飙升，航空公司取消航班

布伦特原油价格上涨逾7%，周五甚至触及每桶78美元的高位。

People look over damage to buildings in Nobonyad Square following Israeli airstrikes on Tehran, June 13, 2025.

中东谴责以色列袭击伊朗，呼吁克制

该地区各国领导人严厉批评以色列的袭击，认为其威胁到该地区的稳定。

Debris of missiles fired from Iran toward Israel leave trails in the night sky over Nablus in the occupied West bank after being intercepted on June 13, 2025. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

以色列对伊朗发动袭击

An Israeli F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft performs maneuvers during the "Noble Dina 23" multilateral aeronautical exercise over the Mediterranean sea on March 27, 2023.

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以色列的军事准备促使美国外交官撤出伊拉克

在特朗普政府决定减少驻伊拉克使馆工作人员并允许美国军人家属离开该地区之前，西方情报部门就已经掌握了以色列在内瓦蒂姆空军基地的军事活动。

Jared Szuba

由 Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

Stacks of Iraqi dinars are seen at currency exchange shop in Baghdad on February 14, 2023. - Iraq nudged up the value of its local currency against the dollar in an effort to stabilise the dinar after tougher foreign transfer regulations sent its value fluctuating. The government adopted a new official exchange rate, fixing it at 1,300 dinars to the US dollar instead of 1,470, the prime minister's office said. (Photo by Murtaja LATEEF / AFP) (Photo by MURTAJA LATEEF/AFP via Getty Images)

随着第纳尔贬值，伊拉克称美伊紧张局势下使馆安全

由于伊拉克对美国和伊朗之间最新一轮潜在升级局势做出反应，伊拉克第纳尔周四小幅下跌。

NATANZ, IRAN - APRIL 9: A general view of the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, is seen on April 9, 2007, 180 miles south of Tehran, Iran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced yesterday, April 9, that Iran has stepped up their Uranium enrichment programme, with up to 3,000 isotope separating centrifuges now in operation. The news has brought condemnation from the International Community and the UN. Iran?s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani confirmed the scaling-up of activity but declined to e

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伊朗革命卫队誓言回应，国际原子能机构称伊朗违反了不扩散义务

联合国核监督机构发现伊朗违反了其义务，这一罕见举动有可能进一步加剧伊朗核计划的紧张局势。

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加沙船队活动人士：他们是谁？他们现在在哪里？

瑞典活动人士格蕾塔·通贝里 (Greta Thunberg) 是选择被驱逐出以色列的人之一，而法国议员里玛·哈桑 (Rima Hassan) 和其他几人正在等待法庭听证会。

Lebanese Minister of Economy Amin Salam (R) vists the port of the capital Beirut, as a corner of the silos which were destroyed in a massive explosion on August 4, 2020, burns on July 14, 2022. - The fire at the port's blast-hit grain silos, at risk of collapse due to severe damage, ignited at the start of the month because of fermentation of remaining grain stocks paired with rising temperatures. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

黎巴嫩前经济部长阿明·萨拉姆因贪污罪被捕

此次逮捕发生在这位前央行行长因贪污和洗钱等罪名被捕近一年之后。

Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' DEM Party attend a rally for the Turkish Municipal elections to be held on March 31, in Esenyurt Square in Istanbul, on Feb. 25, 2024.

被监禁的库尔德工人党领导人奥贾兰“可能”在和平谈判期间会见土耳其政界人士

此次潜在会谈将是自 1999 年阿卜杜拉·奥贾兰被捕以来双方首次直接接触。

A Sudanese army officer walks near an armoured vehicle seized after their capture of a base used by the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries after the latter group evacuated from the Salha area of Omdurman, the twin-city of Sudan's capital, on May 26, 2025. Sudan, Africa's third largest country, has been ravaged by more than two years of war between the army and the RSF. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 13 million and created what the United Nations describes as the

利比亚冲突后苏丹军队撤出边境地区：需要了解的情况

苏丹军队在与哈利法·哈夫塔尔领导的利比亚军队发生冲突后撤出了动荡的边境地区，哈夫塔尔被指控支持苏丹准军事快速支援部队。