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Middle East

  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets Pakistan’s Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, in location given as Islamabad, Pakistan, released April 25, 2026.
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    Seyed Abbas Araghchi via Telegram/Handout/Reuters
    Live Updates 7 min ago Trump says US team won’t visit Pakistan as uncertainty surrounds Iran peace talks
  • A Palestinian woman in in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, places her ballot vote for municipal elections on Saturday – the first elections in two decades in Gaza.
    Abdel Kareem Hana/AP
    Gaza holds first elections in 20 years amid stalled ceasefire process – but only in one city
  • People ride motorcycles near a billboard featuring an image of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran on April 20.
    Majid Asgaripour/Wana News Agency/Reuters
    Iran is suffering in a stand off with the US – but may be betting Trump will blink first
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    Maryam Rahmanian
    ‘Nothing feels normal anymore’: How everyday Iranians are coping with war
  • UN peacekeepers stand guard, as displaced people make their way back to their homes after crossing the bridge linking southern Lebanon to the rest of the country, following the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon, April 18, 2026.
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    Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters
    Live Updates 7 min ago Day 56 of Middle East conflict - Uncertainty remains in US-Iran peace talks
  • Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who works for the daily Al-Akhbar newspaper, reports near a destroyed bridge in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon, Sunday, March 22, 2026.
    Mohammed Zaatari/AP
    Lebanese PM accuses Israel of war crimes after strike kills journalist
  • Commuters make their way past a giant billboard of slain Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Valiasr Square in Tehran on April 19, 2026. The strategic Strait of Hormuz was again closed on April 19 in the stand-off between Iran and the United States, with Iran's powerful parliament speaker signalling a final peace deal remained "far" off despite some movement in negotiations.
    Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images
    Trump claims Iran’s regime is fractured. The reality is more complicated.
  • US troops boarding the M/T Tifani on Aril 21, 2026.
    @DeptofWar/X
    The US-Iran war is spilling into the Indo-Pacific. That could make it harder to end
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    Tal Shalev/CNN
    ‘Blood only brings more blood’: Israelis and Palestinians share grief under veil of secrecy
  • A view of Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska as the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance conducts its interception in a location given as the north Arabian Sea, in this screen capture from a video released April 19, 2026.
    CENTCOM/Handout/Reuters
    Iran cargo ship seized by US could become ‘spoils of war’
  • The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, on Saturday, April 18.
    Asghar Besharati/AP
    How 24 hours of whiplash over the Strait of Hormuz unfolded
  • Police officers investigate discarded items in Kensington Gardens, central London.
    Jordan Pettitt/PA
    Counter-terror police investigate incident near Israeli embassy in London
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    Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty Images
    ‘Wait for death’: Inside Iran’s psychological war against its enemies
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    How US and Iran could reach a peace deal that both can sell as a victory
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  • Israel's Military Secretary to the Prime Minister Roman Gofman waits before a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the State Dining Room of the White House on September 29, 2025.
    Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/File
    Israel’s new spymaster is a Netanyahu aide who believed war with Iran would topple the regime
  • The USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Michael Murphy, USS Frank E. Petersen Jr., USNS Henry J. Kaiser, USNS Carl Brashear, USCG Robert Goldman and USCGC Clarence Sutphin. Jr. sail in formation in the Arabian Sea, on February 6, 2026.
    Petty Officer 1st Class Jesse Mo/US Navy
    How the US Navy could blockade Iran’s ports and sweep mines from the 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
  • 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
  • A new Israeli settlement near Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Thursday.
    Mohammed Torokman/Reuters
    Israeli government secretly approves over 30 new settler outposts
  • A mourner leans over the body of Majdi Aslan at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Monday.
    Mahmoud Issa/Reuters
    WHO driver killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza, relatives say
  • Iranians react after a ceasefire announcement at the Enqelab square, in Tehran, on April 8, 2026.
    Stringer/AFP/Getty Images
    The US and Iran have agreed a ceasefire, with talks to bridge the gulf between them. Here’s what to know
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    Visualizing the US-Israeli war with Iran and retaliation in maps and charts
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