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  • Palestinian volunteers douse an olive tree set alight along with a Palestinian-owned vehicle, reportedly by Israeli settlers, near the village of Turmus Ayya, north of the city of Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on October 16, 2026. The olive harvest starts in the West Bank in October and makes up a large component of the agricultural economy and cultural life for most Palestinians. Violence has flared in recent months in the West Bank with near-daily attacks, thefts or vandalism by Israeli settlers against Palestinians. Extremist Israeli settlers have been seizing olive groves owned by Palestinians, who see the trees as a cultural symbol. Some 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank, which Israel captured in 1967, among three million Palestinians. Settlements in occupied territory are illegal under international law. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Amid US pressure on settler violence, Israel arrests at least 10 suspected of West Bank attacks on journalist, diplomats
  • IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, September 29, 2026.
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    ‘The world will be amazed:’ Iran’s commanders prepare for further war
  • A general view of the Palestinian Christian town of Taybeh, northeast of the city of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on June 22, 2026.
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    Israeli settlers attack group of European diplomats in the occupied West Bank
  • Soldiers loyal to Yemen's separatist Southern Transitional Council stand guard outside the compound of the presidential palace in Aden, Yemen, December 9, 2025. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman
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    Iran-aligned Houthis launch deadly attack on Yemeni presidential palace in escalating campaign against Saudi Arabia
  • Videos verified by CNN show Singapore-flagged container ship GFS Pride sinking after it was struck by “unknown projectiles” on October 13. Smoke is seen rising from the ship as it takes on water. Later videos and satellite images show cargo scattered in the water in the Strait of Hormuz.
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    Two cargo ships sunk in Strait of Hormuz as Iran ramps up attacks in run-up to midterms
  • A pro-Saudi-backed Yemeni government fighter fires a vehicle-mounted weapon during what government forces say was an advance against the Iran-backed Houthis, near Dhubab, Taiz Governorate, Yemen, in this still image taken from video released October 5, 2026. Southern Giants Brigades/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO. VERIFICATION: - Location partially verified from the runway, airport control tower, road layout, shape of the mountains and coastline, that matched topography mapping, satellite and archive imagery. - Date could not be independently verified. - No older versions found posted online before October 5.
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    How a series of miscalculations restarted Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen
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    Alleged Flydubai hijacker said 9/11 attacks spurred him to become a pilot, early investigation finds
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    ‘This was communicated at every level’: Netanyahu military aide reveals internal warnings before October 7
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  • King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 19, 2026.
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    Pakistan confirms it has troops in Saudi as conflict with Yemen’s Houthi rebels escalates
  • US Air Force Airmen assigned to the 147th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Texas Air National Guard, conduct preflight and postflight inspections on an MQ-9 Reaper aircraft at Keflavík Air Base, Iceland, in support of a search and rescue training mission during exercise Northern Viking 26, August 28, 2026.
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    US has lost or sustained damage to 81 military aircraft worth up to $3.3 billion in Iran war, congressional report says
  • People disembark from a FlyDubai carrying Israeli passengers who had earlier been aboard another FlyDubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia approaches Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026.
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    Flydubai hijacking attempt exposes worrying gaps in aviation security
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    Video Flydubai hero pilot tells Netanyahu new details about cockpit attack 7:18
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  • CNN's Jeremy Diamond speaks with Dr. Shota Musaev, a passenger who says he and others helped restrain the attacker and aid a wounded pilot after the Flydubai aircraft rapidly lost altitude during the incident.
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  • <p>Flydubai passenger Yaniv Hayoun recounted to the Israeli prime minister how he and other passengers stopped the alleged attacker, saying that he put him in a chokehold and dragged him out of the cockpit before returning and grabbing the plane’s controls. Hayoun met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and described trying to get into the cockpit. He said the stabbed pilot was up against the door making it hard to open at first.</p>
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  • Members of the Iraqi security forces drive in a convoy through the city as they celebrate the withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from Iraq, ending a military presence that began after the 2003 US-led invasion, in Najaf, Iraq, September 30.
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    US troops complete Iraq exit, as Iran and its allies celebrate
  • FlyDubai airline planes are parked on the tarmac at Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 2, 2026.
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    ‘Violent incident’ between pilots sparks diversion of Israel-bound flight to Saudi Arabia, sources say
  • A destroyed car sits outside a burnt house after Israeli settlers attacked the Tubasi family and Israeli security forces who were escorting them back to their home in Jalud. (Photo by Erik Marmor/Getty Images)
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    100 Israeli settlers drove a Palestinian family from home again. Netanyahu blamed a ‘handful of rioters’
  • A large plume of black smoke rises from the fuel storage area at King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
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    Trump is staying out of Saudi Arabia’s war. Americans could pay at the pump
  • Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on Wednesday, September 23.
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    Iran’s president laid out Tehran’s demands to the world, from a podium in New York
  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian waves as demonstrators in Tehran chant slogans against the US and Israel on September 18.
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    Iran to attend UN assembly in New York — even as peace with US remains elusive
  • US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman prepare to pose for photos with leaders during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Leaders’ Summit at The Ritz-Carlton on May 14, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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    Gulf leaders meet Trump with two fears: more war and less US protection
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