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    KHARG, IRAN - 3 OCTOBER 2024: Satellite view of Kharg Island, located in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iran. (Photo by Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2024)
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    Live Updates8 mins ago Trump raises prospect of taking Iran’s oil and again weighs seizing Kharg Island
  • Israeli soldiers seen in a Palestinian home.
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    Israeli military suspends battalion involved in assaulting, detaining CNN crew in West Bank
  • Damaged US E-3 Awac plane.
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    Destruction of vital US radar aircraft could hamper ability to spot Iran threats, analysts say
  • 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)
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    What we know on Day 31 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • 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 Updates8 mins ago Day 30 of Middle East conflict — Iran warns against US ground invasion
  • Hezbollah's al-Manar TV correspondent Ali Shoeib, who was killed in an Israeli strike in Jezzine with other journalists on Saturday, March 28, 2026, speaks on his mobile phone in Marjayoun town, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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    Israel kills 3 journalists in Lebanon, including reporter for Hezbollah-run broadcaster
  • A bulk carrier sits anchored at a port in Oman earlier this month.
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    Iran has a new demand to end the war – and it could bring in billions
  • FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the island of Qeshm, separated from the Iranian mainland by the Clarence Strait, on December 10, 2023.
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    Seven islands that hold the keys to the Strait of Hormuz
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    Mines, missiles and miles of coastline: Why Iran has the upper hand in the Strait of Hormuz
  • People stand at a park in view of Milad Tower, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on March 25, 2026.
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    What we know on Day 27 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran: Trump frustrated with Tehran and IRGC navy chief dead
  • 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
  • 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.
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    What we know on Day 25 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • 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.
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    Strait of Hormuz closure means this port could be a key lifeline for the Persian Gulf
  • 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
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  • An Israeli soldier uses a torch to inspect the damage after Iranian missile barrages struck Dimona, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in southern Israel March 21, 2026.
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    What we know on day 23 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
  • US President Donald Trump during the Commander in Chief Trophy Presentation to the 2024 Navy Midshipmen football team at the White House in Washington on March 20, 2026.
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    It’s been 18 months since the last war in Lebanon. This time it’s different
  • The Thailand-flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree engulfed in black smoke in the Strait of Hormuz, March 11, 2026. ROYAL THAI NAVY/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT VERIFICATION: - Identity of the vessel confirmed as Thai-flagged bulk carrier Mayuree Naree from IMO number, hull and superstructure seen in the images which matched file imagery of the vessel - Location confirmed as off north coast of Oman, in Strait of Hormuz, from ship tracking data from captured March 11 - Royal Thai Navy and United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that a cargo vessel was hit by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on March 11 - Thailand-flagged bulk carrier Mayuree Naree was targeted and damaged approximately 11 nautical miles north of Oman, two maritime security sources said.
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    Sailor reveals terror of coming under Iranian fire while navigating the Hormuz strait
  • Qusay Abu al-Iqbash speaks to CNN.
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    Palestinian man in the West Bank says he was sexually assaulted by Israeli settlers
  • A young Iranian girl closes her eyes near a loader working on the ruins of buildings destroyed during a military campaign in Tehran on March 15, 2026.
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    Under Israeli bombardment, Lebanon urges Trump to intervene, calls for ‘immediate’ talks with Israel
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