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  • Oil tankers sit at anchor offshore in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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    Amirhosein Khorgooi/AP
    Live Updatesa min ago Trump and Iran reach agreement that includes opening Strait of Hormuz
  • A child holds an image of Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, during a rally against the US and Israel in Tehran on June 7, 2026.
    Majid Asgaripour/Wana News Agency/Reuters
    Dissent grows against deal in Iran – but the regime is likely to have final say
  • Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrives to attend a plenary session in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on December 12, 2025.
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    Live Updatesa min ago June 13, 2026 — US, Iran near agreement, officials plan virtual signing
  • US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on Thursday, June 11.
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    Live Updatesa min ago June 12, 2026 — US and Iran say an agreement is close, but questions remain
  • Fahd Abu Haikal and his elder son, Kinan, carry the body of his seven-month-old son, Sam, during the funeral in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on June 6, 2026. The Palestinian Health Ministry stated Sam was killed and his parents were wounded by Israeli gunfire on the evening of June 5 in southern Hebron. The Israeli military stated soldiers fired at a vehicle they perceived as accelerating toward them and expressed sorrow over harm to civilians, while the family stated they had come to a complete stop on the soldiers' orders.
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    ‘It’s not by mistake’: A family demands justice after 7-month-old killed by Israeli soldier
  • A nurse looks through a shattered window of the Jabal Amel Hospital into a destroyed building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 2.
    Mohammed Zaatari/AP
    Why Lebanon may hold the key to the future of the Iran war
  • Israeli police officers are deployed at the scene of the shooting in central Israel on June 7, 2026
    Ariel Schalit/AP
    One killed, several wounded in suspected terror attack in central Israel
  • Fahd Abu Haikal, 41 displays a mobile photo of his seven month old Palestinian baby boy Sam, who was killed on Friday by Israeli soldiers who fired at the vehicle carrying him and his parents, in Tel Rumeida, at a hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron Saturday, June 6, 2026.
    Mahmoud Illean/AP
    Israeli soldiers open fire on car in West Bank, killing 7-month-old baby
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  • In the interview with CNN, Rezaei shed light on the Iran leadership's thinking about the country’s postwar vision, the fate of the Strait of Hormuz and how Iran may act if it is attacked again.
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    Exclusive: Iran supreme leader’s adviser says talks deadlocked over $24 billion and warns of wider war
  • Photo released on Sunday by the Israeli defense minister's spokesperson shows the Israeli flag and the Golani unit flag raised above the Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon.
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    Israel seizes Crusader-era castle as Netanyahu orders forces deeper into Lebanon
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    Exclusive: Israel sent troops to Azerbaijan during Iran war as part of secret network across region, sources say
  • People walk past a mural depicting the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and the late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, May 12, 2026.
    Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters
    Iran promises ‘utter ruin’ if war restarts. Here’s what could happen if diplomacy fails
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, on March 19.
    Ronen Zvulun/Reuters/File
    Netanyahu says he directed Israeli military to take over 70% of Gaza
  • US President Donald Trump delivers a speech at Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in New York on Friday.
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    Trump says agreement with Iran has ‘been largely negotiated’ and Strait of Hormuz will be opened
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  • Activists from a Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla at Fiumicino Airport, Italy, on May 21. The group alleged sexual assault by Israeli forces, including “forcible penetration by a handgun."
    Remo Casilli/Reuters
    Freed Gaza flotilla activists accuse Israeli forces of sexual violence and abuse while in custody
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  • Israel’s Ben Gvir shown taunting flotilla activists arrested with some held in stress position at port of Ashdod.
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    Video showing far-right Israeli minister taunting Gaza flotilla activists sparks global outcry
  • Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich sits before a press conference near the settlement of Maale Adumim, in a land corridor known as E1, outside Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
    Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images
    Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich says ICC seeking warrant for his arrest
  • A view shows tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in western Gaza City on May 10, 2026, as reports indicate that Israeli forces have expanded their control over more than half of the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Ahmed Al Arini / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
    Ahmed Al Arini/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images
    Gaza risks becoming permanently divided, top official warns
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    On the road to Tehran, Iranians on edge as threat of resumption of war looms
  • US President Donald Trump arrives for a "Rose Garden Club" dinner in honor of Police Week at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Israel is worried that Trump will strike a ‘bad deal’ with Iran, leaving war objectives unmet
  • An Israeli soldier patrols one of the sites of the October 7 attacks.
    Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
    First on CNN: New report details ‘systematic’ rape and sexual violence during Hamas’ Oct 7 attack on Israel
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