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    BEIRUT, LEBANON - APRIL 17: People are seen in the streets of Dahieh region after the commencement of a 10-day temporary ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon on April 17, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon. (Photo by Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    Live Updatesa min ago Iran declares Strait of Hormuz ‘completely open’ for remainder of truce
  • An Iranian cleric (C) speaks to the media in front of a residential building hit by US-Israel airstrikes days before a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States took effect, at the Shahid Broujerdi residential complex in southern Tehran on April 14, 2026. Pakistan was working to bring Iran and the United States together for a second round of talks, senior Pakistani sources told AFP on April 14, with one noting efforts to secure an extended ceasefire to allow for diplomacy. Washington and Tehran held historic face-to-face talks in Islamabad over the weekend, but failed to reach an immediate agreement on ending the war in the Middle East. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /
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    Live Updatesa min ago Day 48 of Middle East conflict — Lebanon ceasefire aimed at halting Israel-Hezbollah conflict begins
  • Police officers investigate discarded items in Kensington Gardens, central London.
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    Counter-terror police investigate incident near Israeli embassy in London
  • Firefighters try to put out flames at the site of an airstrike that hit an apartment building in Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday, April 8. <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2026%2F04%2F09%2Fworld%2Flive-news%2Firan-war-trump-us-ceasefire%3Fpost-id%3Dcmnrg5ya40000356tw6nhkfw9">Iran is at odds with the US and Israel</a> over whether a two-week ceasefire applies to Israel’s military offensive targeting the Iranian-backed paramilitary group Hezbollah at Lebanon’s northern border.
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    Hospitals overwhelmed and communities destroyed: Lebanon reels from Israel’s unprecedented attacks
  • Tracking shipping through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
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    Live Updatesa min ago Day 47 of Middle East conflict - Trump says Iran war ‘very close to over,’ Israel-Lebanon negotiations
  • South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech at the Philippines-Korea Business Forum in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, on March 4, 2026.
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    South Korea’s president draws Israeli anger by using old video to make point about human suffering
  • Sam Rutherford, and Shannon in Scotland after crossing the Atlantic.
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    What happened when a tiny propeller plane met a US aircraft carrier in a war zone
  • Cameramen film US Vice President JD Vance's speech telecast by state run television after his meeting with Iranian officials at a media center in Islamabad on Sunday.
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    Failure of US-Iran talks is a blow to hopes of finding an off-ramp to crisis
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  • A mourner leans over the body of Majdi Aslan at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Monday.
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    WHO driver killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza, relatives say
  • Iranians react after a ceasefire announcement at the Enqelab square, in Tehran, on April 8, 2026.
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    The US and Iran have agreed a ceasefire, with talks to bridge the gulf between them. Here’s what to know
  • TOPSHOT - US journalist Shelly Kittleson poses for a picture in Baghdad on March 31, 2026. Kittleson was kidnapped on March 31, in Baghdad by a suspected Iranian-backed Iraqi armed group, the United States said, as regional security deteriorates following the US-Israeli attack on Iran. The State Department said it had warned the journalist of security risks and was working to ensure the American's release "as soon as possible". (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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    Rubio says kidnapped American journalist has been released by pro-Iran militia in Iraq
  • Satellite view of Kharg Island off the coast of Iran.
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    US has struck Iranian military targets on Kharg Island. Here’s what we know about it
  • FILE - This satellite image provided by Vantor shows the Natanz nuclear complex in Iran on March 7, 2026, with no new damage seen at the facility or the tunnels. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor via AP, file)
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    Before winding down the war, US and Israel are determined to wipe out Iran’s nuclear expertise
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    Videoby Zane Heinlein How the US military rescued the fighter jet crew member who crashed in Iran 1:08
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  • A woman uses a smartphone to record the damage at an impact site, following a barrage of missiles launched from Iran, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Ramat Gan, Israel, April 4, 2026.
    Florion Goga/Reuters
    As the Iran war drags on, Israeli solidarity comes under strain
  • Pope Leo XIV presides over the solemn liturgy of the Lord's Passion on Good Friday in St. Peter's Basilica on April 03, 2026 in Vatican City, Vatican. The Church celebrates the Solemn Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord, consisting of three parts: the Liturgy of the Word, culminating in the chanting of the Passion according to St. John; the Adoration of the Cross; and reception of Holy Communion.
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    Not in God’s name: How Pope Leo is pushing back on divine justification of war
  • Mandatory Credit: Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (16781135i) Pro-government demonstrators stand in front of a banner depicting portraits of Iran's late Supreme Leaders Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and a portrait of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, during a rally in support of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and in opposition to the United States-Israeli military operations, in Tehran, Iran, on March 18, 2026. Rally In Support Of War Against U.S.-Israeli Military Campaign, Tehran, Iran - 18 Mar 2026
    Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
    Iran’s ‘new’ regime looks much the same, only harsher
  • Iranian state media released photos Friday, April 3, 2026, of what it claimed is the wreckage of a US Air Force fighter jet downed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The debris is consistent with US Air Force F-15.
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    Video US fighter jet shot down over Iran, US sources say 4:28
  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a visit to the shrine of the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in southern Tehran, Iran, on January 31, 2026.
    Aboutaleb Nadri/Iran's Presidential website/WANA/Reuters
    Is Iran war really ‘America First,’ Iranian president asks in letter to US public
  • Residents remove a torched tractor that, according to the Palestine Red Crescent, was torched by Israeli settlers, alongside tents and cars in the West Bank village of Tayasir, near Tubas, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
    Majdi Mohammed/AP
    Israeli settlers build new illegal outpost near West Bank village where soldiers assaulted, detained CNN crew
  • US President Donald Trump, pictured Tuesday, has stepped up his criticism of NATO since the US-Israeli war with Iran.
    Evan Vucci/Reuters
    Trump suggests in new interviews he is ‘absolutely’ considering withdrawing US from ‘paper tiger’ NATO
  • Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks during a session as Israel's parliament passes a law on Monday making the death penalty a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem March 30, 2026 REUTERS/Oren Ben Hakoon
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    Israel’s parliament votes to expand death penalty for Palestinians
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