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The Washington Post

February 2026

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, is dead at 86

He played a behind-the-scenes role in Iran’s Islamic revolution, served as president in the 1980s and dominated the country for more than three decades

See where U.S., Israeli strikes have hit Iran and where Iran has retaliated

Satellite images and videos reveal dozens of targets of strikes on Iran, including the Tehran compound of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Russia opens probe of Telegram chief, claiming app has been used for terrorism

Russia is intensifying efforts to push users away from foreign messaging apps and toward a domestic platform that has been criticized as a surveillance tool

Europe’s aid for Ukraine hits setback on war’s fourth anniversary

Hungary’s veto over European funding could constrain Ukraine’s ability to fund its army and weaken its hand in U.S. talks with Russia over the war

As invasion enters fifth year, the children of Ukraine learn to fight back

More than 385,000 Ukrainian teenagers are enrolled in a defense course, expecting war, or threats, to go on for years