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  • Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities, and included economic slogans, to political and anti-government ones.
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    A student, a bodybuilder and a father of three among those killed during protests in Iran
  • Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Kermanshah, Iran on January 8, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities, and included economic slogans, to political and anti-government ones. (Photo by Kamran / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Live Updates January 10, 2026 — Iran protests spread, death toll mounts amid internet blackout
  • Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities, and included economic slogans, to political and anti-government ones.
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    Protesters in Tehran describe seeing ‘bodies piled up’ in hospitals after crackdown by authorities
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  • Supporters of the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) wave flags of the United Arab Emirates and of the STC, during a rally in Aden, Yemen, December 30, 2025.
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    Saudi Arabia’s dispute with the UAE exposes a deeper regional power struggle
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  • People walk past closed shops, following protests over a plunge in the currency's value, in the Tehran Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, on December 30.
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    Trump warns Iran after protests turn deadly across several provinces
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  • Palestinians live in makeshift tents amid harsh conditions in Nuseirat, Gaza on December 28, 2025. Palestinians living in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip are struggling to carry on with their daily lives under harsh conditions amid the rubble left behind by Israeli attacks. Many displaced families, deprived of basic necessities, are trying to survive in makeshift tents and heavily damaged buildings amid cold weather conditions.
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    Israel to suspend operations of several aid groups in Gaza as countries warn of renewed ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian crisis
  • TEHRAN, IRAN DECEMBER 11: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'IRANIAN LEADER PRESS OFFICE / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei gives a speech during an event in Tehran, Iran on December 11, 2025. (Photo by Iranian Leader Press Office/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    Iran’s ailing supreme leader resorts to his only playbook as crises mount and protests erupt
  • A Yemeni man walks past buildings damaged or destroyed during the civil war, in Aden, Yemen, on October 26, 2024.
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  • Protesters march in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Fars News Agency via AP)
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  • This photograph shows damaged military vehicles, reportedly sent by the United Arab Emirates to support Southern Transitional Council (STC) separatist forces, following an air strike Tuesday carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in the port of Mukalla, southern Yemen.
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    UAE says it will withdraw its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia struck port city
  • TOPSHOT - Adel Rubin (L), who lost both her parents during the 2023 October 7 attacks, reacts as she visits a house that was left heavily-damaged after the event in Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel on October 6, 2025, a day before the second anniversary of the attacks. Hamas's October 2023 attack resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures. Palestinian militants also seized 251 hostages, 47 of whom are still in the Palestinian territory. Of those, the Israeli military says 25 are dead. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP) (Photo by JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images)
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    After two years of war, some Israelis are moving to the Gaza border while others are refusing. Here’s why
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  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a commemoration ceremony for soldiers killed during the 2014 Gaza war, also known as Operation Protective Edge, at the Memorial Hall on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on July 16, 2024.
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    Why Netanyahu’s visit to Mar-a-Lago is the opening act to Israeli Prime Minister’s reelection bid
  • Three Turkish police officers killed by ISIS militants as authorities step up raids over winter holidays
  • A weekend of harsh winter weather brings more death and despair to people in Gaza
  • Three dead, dozens injured in Syria during clashes between Alawites and counterdemonstrators
  • Protesters supporting women's rights dressed as characters from The Handmaid's Tale TV series attend a protest in Tel Aviv on February 20, 2023, against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's hard-right government.
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    Women’s rights are on a sharp decline in Israel. Advocates blame Netanyahu’s far-right government
  • Renowned Palestinian actor and director Mohammed Bakri dies at 72
  • Iran refuses inspection of nuclear sites until IAEA provides new guidelines after bombing
  • Yemen’s warring parties agree on biggest prisoner exchange deal so far
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