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new video loaded: What are Trump’s Options in Iran?President Trump has said that “help is on the way” for Iranian protesters. Amid reports that thousands of the protesters have been killed, our national security correspondent David E. Sanger describes what some of Mr. Trump’s options might be.By David E. Sanger, Coleman Lowndes, Nikolay Nikolov, Edward Vega, June Kim and Whitney ShefteJanuary 14, 2026

Holy moly. Look at these phones. The floor is just littered with SIM cards. We’re in Myanmar. Only weeks after rebel fighters took control of a cyberscam center near the border with Thailand. For years, Chinese criminals have used ordinary office spaces like this in the middle of the jungle to target Americans in elaborate online fraud. OK, here we are, the nerve center of this multibillion-dollar industry that is scamming people all across the world. More than 3,000 people from dozens of countries were once employed here, joining an industry that has proliferated during Myanmar’s civil war. There’s just…

new video loaded: Latin America Reacts to Trump’s InterventionismJack Nicas, our Mexico City bureau chief, walks us through the ways Latin American leaders are reacting to Trumps recent attack on VenezuelaBy Jack Nicas, Rebecca Suner, James Surdam and Edward VegaJanuary 11, 2026

new video loaded: A Look at Iran’s Antigovernment ProtestsProtests have rocked Iran in recent weeks, and the country’s supreme leader has threatened to escalate a crackdown on demonstrators. Erika Solomon, our bureau chief for Iran and Iraq, discusses what’s fueling the protests with our senior writer Katrin Bennhold.By Erika Solomon, Katrin Bennhold, Christina Thornell, Christina Shaman, Parin Behrooz and Sanjana VargheseJanuary 9, 2026

new video loaded: Displaced Palestinians in Egypt Await Reopening of Gaza BordertranscriptBacktranscriptDisplaced Palestinians in Egypt Await Reopening of Gaza BorderTens of thousands of Palestinians in Egypt face an uncertain future as they navigate obstacles to staying in the country and returning home to Gaza. The New York Times spoke to a family that remains separated despite a truce in the territory.This is 9-year-old Islam Al Farany. Two years ago, Islam’s life changed when his relative’s home was hit in an Israeli strike. With the help of a nonprofit, Islam and his mother, Tahrir, were evacuated to the United States via…

new video loaded: Why Trump Removed Venezuela’s MaduroDavid E. Sanger, our national security correspondent, describes the implications of President Trump’s launching of the attack that captured the Venezuelan president, and Trump’s declaration that the United States would “run the country.”By David E. Sanger, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, Leila Medina and June KimJanuary 3, 2026

new video loaded: How We Tracked Abuses in the Russian ArmyPresident Vladimir Putin has claimed that the Russian society can tolerate the high human cost of the war in Ukraine. But we’ve analyzed more than 6,000 official complaints by soldiers and their loved ones that paint a very different picture. Our international correspondent Paul Sonne explains how the documents offer rare insight into a violent military apparatus willing to abuse its own men to keep up the assault in Ukraine.By Paul Sonne, Nikolay Nikolov, Rebecca Suner, David Jouppi, Alina Lobzina, Milana Mazaeva, Nataliya Vasilyeva, Nikita Pavlov and Arijeta LajkaDecember 31,…

New York Times editors across the newsroom share their biggest questions as we leave 2025 behind and look ahead to 2026.By Richard W. Stevenson, Mohammed Hadi, Nestor Ramos, Nikita Stewart, Michael Mason, Gilad Thaler, David Seekamp, Lauren Pruitt, Luke Piotrowski and Edward VegaDecember 31, 2025

new video loaded: The ‘Trump Effect’ on Global ElectionsPresident Trump has become a common theme in races around the world. Our Canada bureau chief, Matina Stevis-Gridneff, gives a rundown of some of the results.By Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Melanie Bencosme, Karen Hanley, Laura Salaberry and James SurdamDecember 30, 2025

new video loaded: Lagos’s Month of Partying Is Getting PricierDetty December means a month of “back to back to back” partying in Nigeria’s megacity. Ruth Maclean, the West Africa bureau chief for The New York Times, attends for the first time.By Ruth Maclean, Taiwo Aina, Karen Hanley and Christina ThornellDecember 26, 2025