western

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On social media, Iranian accounts posted videos purporting to show helicopters searching for downed pilots in Iran’s western and southern provinces, according to a report from Fars News.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Antonov was detained in western France last December on suspicion of fraud, following a European arrest warrant from Lithuania.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

From Koli fisherfolk to colonial planners, and from Bollywood stars to textile barons, many have shaped the western Indian city's landscape and identity.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Especially engaging is her tour of western New York’s Burned-Over District, named for its repeated firestorms of religious innovation and political radicalism in the early 19th century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The doorway to the stairs was on the second floor at the end of a long hallway in the vacant western wing, the door itself narrower than the rest and the knob rusted from disuse.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland