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  • A photo taken from the Yemeni coast southwest of the city of Taiz, shows boats floating at Bab al-Mandab Strait, in the Red Sea, on July 24, 2026. A Houthi spokesman said on July 24, that the rebels were not blocking traffic through the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait, after they declared a maritime embargo this week on their foe Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Khaled ZIAD / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Live Updates16 min ago There’s an apparent pause in US-Iran strikes, even as a new front emerges on the Red Sea
  • A water tower is silhouetted against smoke rising from a fire following a reported strike in Behbahan, Khuzestan Province, Iran, in this still image obtained from social media video released July 22, 2026.
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    Live Updates16 min ago July 24, 2026 — Escalation in Iran war nears 2-week mark
  • Mourners weep over the body of a Palestinian man who died in the clashes at a hospital in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank on July 24, 2026.
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    Israel prepares major military operation in West Bank after four Palestinians and two Israelis killed
  • A water tower is silhouetted against smoke rising from a fire following a reported strike in Behbahan, Khuzestan Province, Iran, in this still image obtained from social media video released July 22, 2026.
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    Live Updates16 min ago July 23, 2026 — Oil tops $100 a barrel, Houthi attack in Red Sea marks new escalation
  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office of the White House on November 18, 2025.
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    Saudi-US nuclear deal sparks fear of arms race across the Middle East
  • TOPSHOT - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a session of the Israeli Parliament at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 16, 2026, before the start of the election recess ahead of the October 27 general election. (Photo by ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Netanyahu buys political loyalty with controversial legislation ahead of election
  • Two US advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court, shown on March 28, that they say curb Palestinian advocacy.
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    US nonprofits sue Trump administration over ICC sanctions that ‘muzzle Palestine advocacy’
  • Nikki Nikhbaht's two elder brothers, Hadi and Fazlollah, have been sentenced to death in Iran. While politically active, they were not involved in the protests at the turn of the year.
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    Iran ramps up execution of political prisoners amid war with US, human rights data shows
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    Democratic Rep. Khanna says Israeli settlers and IDF soldiers blockaded him in West Bank for over an hour
  • Mourners attend the start of the dayslong funeral ceremonies for the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4.
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    The view from Tehran: Anger and vengeance in the air as Iran buries its longest-serving leader
  • A settler approaches journalists’ vehicles near thevillage of Sinjil, north of Ramallah.
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    Israeli settlers attack journalists, including CNN, on the anniversary of deadly West Bank beating
  • Portrait of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in US-Israeli airstrikes, as mourners gather on the day of his burial, in Mashhad, Iran, July 9.
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    Iran’s supreme leader missed his father’s momentous funeral – now what?
  • Smoke rises from a port, near Strait of Hormuz, following a U.S. strike in Kuhestak, Hormozgan Province, Iran, July 8, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Social Media/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. NEWS USE ONLY. Verification line: Reuters confirmed the location by matching the port layout visible in the video with satellite imagery. The coordinates are 26.801109802855272, 57.02121784040872. The date the video was filmed was verified through a report from Iran’s semi-official Mehr News Agency, which reported explosions early on July 8 at multiple locations along the Gulf coast, including Kuhestak. Aftermath photographs shared online on July 8 also showed damage at the same location. No earlier versions of the footage or photographs posted before July 8 were found.
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    The US is striking Iran again. Can it ever deliver a knockout blow?
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  • Emergency crews survey the aftermath of an explosion near a hotel where France's President Emmanuel Macron had been staying in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday.
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    Explosion near Macron’s Damascus hotel as French president meets Syrian counterpart
  • <p>Thousands have flocked to the streets of Tehran as funeral processions are underway for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family who were killed in February on the first day of the US-Israeli war with Iran. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen, Claudio Otto, and Joseph Ataman are on the ground in the Iranian capital where mourners have vowed to seek revenge with the United States and Israel. </p><p>CNN operates in Iran only with the permission of the government but maintains full editorial control of its reports.</p>
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  • A Palestinian mother and her child in Gaza City on May 1, 2026. People there say Israeli attacks and inhumane displacement conditions have persisted, months after a ceasefire deal was signed.
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    Bodies lie unclaimed and rats run rampant as months on Gaza’s ceasefire remains unfulfilled
  • Palestinians stand amidst the rubble of buildings flattened by Israeli strikes in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on May 24. Hamas said Monday it would disband its government there.
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    Hamas says it will dissolve Gaza government as US-brokered ceasefire plan stalls
  • <p>As negotiations to end the war in Lebanon continue, one threat has emerged on the battlefield: Hezbollah's growing use of small first-person-view drones. They’ve proven effective, killing more than a dozen Israeli troops — a cheap but lethal tactic that Ukraine knows all too well from its war with Russia, and one it urged Israel to take seriously. CNN's Jeremy Diamond examines what Israel is now doing to respond.</p>
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    Israel’s military and tech industry race to counter Hezbollah’s latest threat
  • Vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on June 19.
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    Iran and US exchange strikes as Hormuz tensions stress agreement
  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as State Department Counselor Daniel Holler, Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter and Lebanon's Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh sign a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon, at the State Department in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2026.
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    Israel to withdraw from two areas in Lebanon under newly signed agreement
  • Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Thursday.
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    Iran strikes vessel, pausing UN efforts to evacuate ships from Hormuz
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