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    The USS Delbert D. Black fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in an attack on Iran, from an undisclosed location on February 28, 2026.
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    Live Updates3 mins ago Kuwaiti tanker laden with oil attacked as Trump again threatens to blow up Iran’s energy facilities
  • Iranian Red Crescent workers gather near an apartment hit by an airstrike earlier this morning on March 30, 2026 in the west of Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel have continued their joint attack on Iran that began on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel and U.S. allies in the region, while also effectively blockading the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route.
    Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
    Trump ramps up threats, oil tanker struck: What we know on Day 32 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • 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.
    Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs/AP
    Why the nation trying to broker US-Iran peace talks risks being drawn into the conflict
  • TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 12: A general view of the Port of Kharg Island Oil Terminal, 25 km from the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf and 483 km northwest of the Strait of Hormuz, in Iran on March 12, 2017. Kharg Island Oil Terminal brings Iranian oil to the world market. The oil terminal is the world's largest open oil terminal, with 95% of Iran's crude oil exports coming through it. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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    Live Updates3 mins ago Day 31 of Middle East conflict – Iran says US proposal ‘unrealistic,’ Trump threatens to ‘take the oil in Iran’
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    Universities become new frontline as the US-Israel war against Iran escalates
  • 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.
    Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
    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.
    Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty Images
    Cornered and wounded, will Iran now go for a nuclear bomb?
  • A man stands next to a building destroyed by an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Saturday.
    Yara Nardi/Reuters
    What we know on Day 29 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran: Houthis enter conflict, US builds up forces
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  • FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the island of Qeshm, separated from the Iranian mainland by the Clarence Strait, on December 10, 2023.
    Nicolas Economou/Reuters
    Seven islands that hold the keys to the Strait of Hormuz
  • 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
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    Mines, missiles and miles of coastline: Why Iran has the upper hand in the Strait of Hormuz
  • Funeral of two paramedics killed in an Israeli strike on Tuesday (March 24) according to Lebanese ministry of health.
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    Reuters
    Video Lebanese medics in emptied town fear strikes 2:28
  • 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.
    Tomer Appelbaum/Reuters
    What to know on Day 26 of the Iran war: Tehran taunts Trump, US troop deployment
  • Civil defense and search and rescue teams continue operations in the area after U.S. and Israeli strikes targeted the Enderzgu district of the Iranian capital Tehran at dawn, causing severe damage as half of an eight-story building collapsed and the remaining part became unusable, while nearby structures were heavily damaged and many vehicles were rendered inoperable, on March 23, 2026.
    Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu/Getty Images
    What we know on Day 25 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
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  • A file photo shows a view of cranes and shipping containers at a loading dock of Jeddah's Islamic Seaport on Saudi Arabia's western Red Sea coast on March 1, 2022.
    Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images/File
    Strait of Hormuz closure means this port could be a key lifeline for the Persian Gulf
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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.
    Ohad Zwigenberg/AP
    What we know on Day 24 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • Two women from the Iranian Red Crescent Society stand on Sunday, March 8, as a thick plume of smoke from a US-Israeli strike on an oil storage facility late Saturday rises into the sky in Tehran.
    Vahid Salemi/AP
    In the Persian Gulf, Trump risks opening a Pandora’s box
  • 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.
    John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images
    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.
    WANA via Reuters
    Tehran sends a message with execution of young wrestler and others, say experts
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