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    A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, April 12, 2026.
    • Live Updates
    Stringer/Reuters
    Live Updatesa min ago US military to blockade ships from Iranian ports in Strait of Hormuz
  • South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech at the Philippines-Korea Business Forum in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, on March 4, 2026.
    Jam Sta Rosa/Pool/Reuters
    South Korea’s president draws Israeli anger by using old video to make point about human suffering
  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press, as he departs from the White House, en route to Joint Base Andrews (JBA), in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 11, 2026.
    • Live Updates
    Annabelle Gordon/Reuters
    Live Updatesa min ago Day 44 of Middle East conflict — Trump says US will blockade the Strait of Hormuz
  • Sam Rutherford, and Shannon in Scotland after crossing the Atlantic.
    Courtesy of Sam Rutherford
    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.
    Anjum Naveed/AP
    Failure of US-Iran talks is a blow to hopes of finding an off-ramp to crisis
  • 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
  • U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
    Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
    What to know about Trump’s threat to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges, and why this could be a war crime
  • Satellite view of Kharg Island off the coast of Iran.
    Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2024/Getty Images
    US has struck Iranian military targets on Kharg Island. Here’s what we know about it
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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.
    Alessandra Benedetti/Corbis/Getty Images
    Not in God’s name: How Pope Leo is pushing back on divine justification of war
  • 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.
    Nour News/Telegram
    What we do — and don’t — know about the operation to rescue the US airman
  • 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.
    • Video 4:28
    Nour News/Telegram
    Video US fighter jet shot down over Iran, US sources say 4:28
  • 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)
    Samir Jordamovic/Anadolu/Getty Images
    Navy’s top admiral indicates carrier Ford fire stopped sorties for two days
  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the signing ceremony for an executive order on mail ballots, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci
    Evan Vucci/Reuters
    Four ways a hasty Trump exit from the Iran war may not end the conflict
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  • 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
    Oren Ben Hakoon/Reuters
    Israel’s parliament votes to expand death penalty for Palestinians
  • A display of shrapnel from Hezbollah missiles in the entrance to Kibbutz Kfar Giladi March 29, 2026 Tal Shalev/CNN
    Tal Shalev/CNN
    As Lebanon braces for expanded Israeli incursion, northern Israel residents see buffer zone as lifeline to normalcy
  • 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
    What we know on Day 31 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran: Trump threatens escalation if no deal reached
  • Israeli soldiers seen in a Palestinian home.
    Cyril Theophilos/CNN
    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
  • Damaged US E-3 Awac plane.
    Air Force Amn/NCO/SNCO/Facebook
    Destruction of vital US radar aircraft could hamper ability to spot Iran threats, analysts say
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