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    BEIRUT, LEBANON - APRIL 8: Rescue workers search for people after an Israeli attack hit a residential building in the Corniche al Mazraa neighborhood on April 8, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon. Israel has stepped-up its attacks on Lebanon following President Donald Trump's announcement of a two-week ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran. Israel says it will observe the ceasefire with Iran but insists Lebanon was not included in the deal, and has since launched the "largest coordinated strike" on Hezbollah targets since the resumption of the cross-border war on March 2. Iran and Pakistan - which has been coordinating peace talks - have said that the ceasefire included Lebanon, while US President Donald Trump has said Lebanon is a "separate skirmish," and not part of the deal. (Photo by Daniel Carde/Getty Images)
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    Live Updates8 mins ago Israel says it wants talks with Lebanon as fight against Hezbollah threatens Iran ceasefire
  • BEIRUT, LEBANON - APRIL 09: Civilians inspect the site as a residential building lies in ruins and surrounding structures show heavy damage after an Israeli strike hits Corniche Al-Mazraa district in Beirut, Lebanon on April 09, 2026. The Israeli army carries out 100 simultaneous attacks across Lebanon, including the capital Beirut. According to the Lebanese Civil Defense Directorate, 254 people are killed and more than 1,000 others are injured in the attacks. (Photo by Murat Sengul/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    What is Israel’s war in Lebanon and why could it shatter the Iran ceasefire?
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  • Iranian women wave national flags as people gather in Tehran's Revolution Square after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, on April 8, 2026. The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire barely an hour before the US president's April 8 deadline to obliterate the country, triggering global relief alongside apprehension. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) /
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    Live Updates8 mins ago Day 40 of Middle East conflict — Israel attacks Lebanon, Iran says shipping stopped in Strait of Hormuz
  • A mourner leans over the body of Majdi Aslan at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Monday.
    Mahmoud Issa/Reuters
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  • Iranian state media shared images of apparent aircraft wreckage on April 5, 2026, after President Donald Trump said US forces rescued a crew member from a downed fighter jet.
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  • Iranian state media released photos on April 3, 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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  • 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
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  • SPLIT, CROATIA - MARCH 29: A view of the American aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford arrived in Split as part of a planned visit and technical maintenance after a months-long mission and war operations in the Middle East on March 29, 2026 in Split, Croatia. (Photo by Samir Jordamovic/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    Navy’s top admiral indicates carrier Ford fire stopped sorties for two days
  • Trump issued an address to the nation on Wednesday.
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    Trump is battering Iran but may leave it with an upper hand
  • Hamidreza Afarideh's music studio in Tehran, Iran.
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  • 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
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  • 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
  • A display of shrapnel from Hezbollah missiles in the entrance to Kibbutz Kfar Giladi March 29, 2026 Tal Shalev/CNN
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    As Lebanon braces for expanded Israeli incursion, northern Israel residents see buffer zone as lifeline to normalcy
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  • A bulk carrier sits anchored at a port in Oman earlier this month.
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    Iran has a new demand to end the war – and it could bring in billions
  • In this photo released by the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from left, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan pose for photo prior to their meeting to discuss the Iran war, in Islamabad, Pakistan on March 29, 2026.
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  • A man walks among the ruins of a commercial-office building affected during military operations in a residential area of Tehran, Iran, on March 29, 2026. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
    Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty Images
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  • An Iranian woman speaks on the phone as emergency workers sift through rubble of a residential building that was hit in an airstrike in the early hours of March 27, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.
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    Iran threatens to ‘rain fire’ on US troops as possible ground war looms
  • An Iranian woman walks past a view of Tehran's research reactor in Tehran, Iran, on February 26, 2026, the final day of Iran-U.S. talks that are currently held in the city of Geneva.
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  • A man stands next to a building destroyed by an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Saturday.
    Yara Nardi/Reuters
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  • Israeli soldiers seen in a Palestinian home.
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    Israeli soldiers echo settler ideology, talk of revenge after targeting Palestinians and detaining CNN crew in the West Bank
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