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    The USS Tripoli (LHA-7) amphibious assault ship enters the Singapore Strait, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, as seen from Singapore, March 17, 2026. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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    Live Updates11 mins ago Iran warns against US ground invasion as regional leaders ramp up diplomatic efforts
  • A member of the Iranian Red Crescent Society stands at Hypercar, an auto service center, amid damages which according to the company's officials were caused by strikes on March 1, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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    What we know on Day 30 of the war with Iran: Israel prepared for ‘multi-front war’ and more US troops arrive in the region
  • Israeli soldiers seen in a Palestinian home.
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    Israeli military suspends battalion involved in assaulting, detaining CNN crew in West Bank
  • Christian worshippers mark Palm Sunday, following the cancellation of the traditional Palm Sunday procession at the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in Jerusalem's Old City.
    Ammar Awad/Reuters
    Israel reverses course after barring Palm Sunday Mass in Jerusalem
  • 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
  • Satellite view of Kharg Island off the coast of Iran.
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    How risky would a US assault on Iran’s Kharg Island be — and why might Trump consider it
  • US President Donald Trump, flanked by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, attend a cabinet meeting at the White House.
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    Ignore the bombast – the Iran war is only likely to end one way
  • Rocket trails are seen in the sky amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya.
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    What we know on Day 28 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran: Trump extends deadline and global energy crisis deepens
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  • Emergency personnel respond at a site following Iranian missile barrages in central Israel, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 24, 2026.
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    What to know on Day 26 of the Iran war: Tehran taunts Trump, US troop deployment
  • Smoke rises from Tabriz airport in Iran, June 13, 2025 in this screengrab obtained from  a social media video. Social Media/via REUTERS  THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. NEWS ONLY
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    A victory ‘for decades’? Netanyahu’s promise after June strikes proved hollow, but Israelis still support Iran war
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    Video Iranian diaspora in London hoping for end of regime but face attacks 4:23
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    Video Watch: Israeli strikes are emptying Southern Lebanon of its civilian population 4:43
  • People look at residential buildings damaged by an Iranian missile strike in Arad, southern Israel on March 22, 2026.
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    What we know on Day 24 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • The Singapore flagged 85-thousand ton Norman Atlantic stands ablaze 06 December 1987 after she was attacked by an Iranian warship in Omani territorial waters as it approached the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranians attacked 2 tankers in the region killing one aboard the Danish tanker Estelle Maersk and setting the Singapore tanker Norman Atlantic ablaze. The Tanker War started properly in 1984 when Iraq attacked Iranian tankers and the vital oil terminal at Kharg island. Iran struck back by attacking tankers carrying Iraqi oil from Kuwait and then any tanker of the Gulf states supporting Iraq. The air and small boat attacks did very little to damage the economies of either country and the price of oil was never seriously affected as Iran just moved it's shipping port to Larak Island in the straights of Hormuz.
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    The Tanker War: How history is repeating itself on the Strait of Hormuz
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    It’s been 18 months since the last war in Lebanon. This time it’s different
  • Israeli security forces violently disperse Muslim worshippers who were performing the nightly Tarawih prayers outside the old city walls of Jerusalem on March 17, 2026.
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    Israeli police attack journalists in Jerusalem, fracturing wrist of CNN producer
  • Members of a Red Crescent rescue team work at a building that was damaged by a strike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on March 17, 2026.
    Majid Asgaripour/Wana News Agency/Reuters
    What we know on the 21st day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • Three men are seen in court on Thursday, March 20, in this screengrab taken from video released by Iranian state media.
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    Tehran sends a message with execution of young wrestler and others, say experts
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    Under Israeli bombardment, Lebanon urges Trump to intervene, calls for ‘immediate’ talks with Israel
  • President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
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    As the war — and gas prices — escalate, Trump uses Israel to deflect domestic and allied pressure
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    What is the South Pars gas field and why is Israel’s attack an escalation?
  • Iranians attend a joint funeral held for security chief Ali Larijani, paramilitary commander Gholam Soleimani and 84 sailors from the Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena on Wednesday in Tehran.
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    Why a weakened Iran is insisting on prolonging the war
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