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  • US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leave the State Dining Room of the White House after a news conference on September 29, 2025.
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    Israel tightens grip on West Bank ahead of Netanyahu’s visit to US
  • Narges Mohammadi sits in her apartment in Tehran on January 23, 2025.
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    Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prison
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his accompanying delegation depart for the site of the talks in Muscat, Oman on Friday.
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    Trump confirms more talks with Iran as Tehran stands firm on nuclear enrichment. Here’s what to know
  • TOPSHOT - Ambulances wait on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on February 4, 2026, days after Israel permitted a limited reopening of the Palestinian territory's border post. The crossing, which is Gaza's only gateway to the outside world that does not lead to Israel, had been largely closed since Israeli forces seized control of it in May 2024 during the war with Hamas. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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    Confusion at reopening of Rafah crossing leaves Palestinians stranded
  • Palestinians gather around street vendors to buy food and basic supplies amid the ruins of destroyed buildings in Gaza City in October.
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    Bezalel Zini, brother of Israel’s security chief, arrested in bust of alleged Gaza smuggling ring
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    Iran’s top diplomat hopeful for negotiations even amid US military buildup
  • RAFAH, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 1: Ambulances and medical teams affiliated with the Egyptian Ministry of Health arrive at the Rafah Border Crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border, standing by to enter Gaza to provide humanitarian aid and medical support if the crossing is opened, in Rafah, Egypt, on February 1, 2026. The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has been reopened as part of a âpilot operation❠after nearly two years of closure, according to Israeli media on Sunday morning. The paper said that Palestinians who left Gaza during the Israeli war will only be allowed to return to the enclave through the terminal. No official statements were immediately issued by Israeli, Egyptian, or Palestinian authorities regarding the report. (Photo by Ahmed Sayed/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    Gaza’s Rafah crossing partially reopens after nearly 2 years of closure
  • The blast ripped through a building in the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas.
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    Blast rips through building in Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, state media says
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  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday.
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    Iran is open to US talks but won’t be dictated to and won’t negotiate on missiles, foreign minister says
  • A rally to protest the killingof thousands of demonstrators in Iran since late December was held at the Trocadero in Paris on January 18.
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    Iran warns of ‘hazardous consequences’ after EU designates Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization
  • An armed member of Iran's police special forces looks on as he holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a pro-Government rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 12, 2026. The rally takes place in Tehran against the recent anti-government unrest, opposition to the U.S. and Israel in Iran, and in support of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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    Trump faces a weakened Iran but that doesn’t make his choices any easier
  • Ballistic missiles, air defense systems, and unmanned aerial vehicles are displayed at Baharestan Square in Tehran as part of Iran's "Sacred Defense Week" and to mark the 45th anniversary of the Iran-Iraq War, which began in 1980 and lasted eight years, on September 27, 2025.
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    Wounded but still dangerous: How Iran could strike back if Trump attacks
  • Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki leaves after casting his ballot in the parliamentary elections at a polling station in Baghdad on November 11, 2025.
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    Trump warns against Nouri al-Maliki’s return as prime minister of Iraq
  • People watch the moment a clock at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv showing the time elapsed since the Hamas attack stopped on Tuesday, January 27, one day after the remains of Ran Gvili, the final hostage held in Gaza, were returned.
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    After 843 days, the clock counting the painful wait for Israel’s hostages has finally stopped
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  • U.S. Navy Capt. Daniel Keeler, commanding officer of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), prepares to fly an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71 on Jan. 23, 2026. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. Units assigned to 7th Fleet conduct regular Indo-Pacific patrols to deter aggression, strengthen alliances and partnerships, and advance peace through strength. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman)
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    US carrier strike group is now in the Middle East region, sources say
  • Video Uncertainty looms in northeast Syria as Kurds face new threats 3:47
  • ‘Utterly Stateless’: Inside a detention camp for ISIS-linked women and children amid escalating uncertainty in Syria
  • Boys collecting firewood in Gaza killed by Israeli fire
  • Syrian government forces guard al-Shaddadi prison after taking control of the facility south of the city of Hasakah on Tuesday.
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    Why the fate of ISIS prisoners in Syria is back on the radar
  • Israel starts demolishing UN agency headquarters in East Jerusalem after ban
  • After decades of fighting the Iranian regime, Kurds see victory edging closer
  • Iraq announces full withdrawal of US forces from its federal territory
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