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  • The US is offering a multi-million-dollar reward for information it might be able to use to eradicate Iran's nuclear program - the same nuclear program Trump has repeatedly claimed to have ended.
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    US offers millions for information on Iran’s nuclear program despite Trump’s claims of obliteration
  • Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, reacts to the exit poll at his party headquarters, on the evening of Israel's national election last month.
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    In setback to Netanyahu, rival Eisenkot to be tasked with forming next Israeli government. But the path remains complicated
  • Women hold placards critical of U.S. President Donald Trump during an anti-U.S. rally in Tehran on Nov. 4, 2026, a day after the U.S. midterm elections. (Kyodo via AP Images) ==Kyodo
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    Iran’s hardliners see a weakened Trump – and want more to end the war
  • Israeli President Isaac Herzog has taken seat for talks with his Hungarian counterpart at the presidential Sandor Palace in Budapest on October 20, 2026.
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    ‘Like a bolt from the blue’: Israel’s president shocked by Trump announcing end of aid
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to supporters during a party campaign rally at Expo Tel Aviv on September 17 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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    Trump said he’d accept the election results. Netanyahu is challenging the outcome of his.
  • Israeli Prime Minister and Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu reacts to exit polls, at his party headquarters during Israel's national election, in Jerusalem, on October 28.
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    The final Israeli election results are in. Netanyahu hasn’t won – but he hasn’t lost either
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  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a briefing near the Salem military post in the occupied West Bank on July 4, 2023. Israel's biggest military operation for years in the occupied West Bank continued for a second day on July 4, leaving at least 10 Palestinians dead and forcing thousands to flee their homes as the government said it struck "with great strength" the militant stronghold. (Photo by Shir TOREM / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SHIR TOREM/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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  • People and security forces gather outside a Greek Orthodox Church in the village of Hammoud in Jordan's Karak governorate following a shooting on October 23, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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    At least 9 people killed in unprecedented shooting at church in Jordan
  • <p>Israeli soldiers exchanged gunfire with a gunman at a checkpoint near Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Friday. In video obtained by Reuters, gunfire can be heard as an ambulance stands by. </p>
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    Israel begins demolitions in West Bank city after two soldiers killed in shooting attack
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  • From left, Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir and Turkish Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin attend talks hosted by the Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian between delegations from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey during a meeting of the Mecca Pact countries in Tehran, Iran, on October 26.
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    Iran hosts Saudi Arabia and regional powers as fears grow of return to war
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    Washington Post journalist says attack by Israeli West Bank settlers has only ‘strengthened’ her resolve
  • 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
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  • 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 file photo of the Aramco headquarters in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on December 8, 2019.
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    Headquarters of Saudi Aramco hit as Houthis and Riyadh trade strikes
  • A child observes emergency crews among the rubble in Gaza City, northern Gaza, on September 8. Around 8,000 people are estimated to be missing, most of whom are likely buried beneath debris after repeated Israeli strikes.
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    Buried bodies, cleared rubble, Israel’s yellow line: How war is hampering the search for Gaza’s missing
  • 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
  • Avi Gil and Benjamin Netanyahu
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    ‘This was communicated at every level’: Netanyahu military aide reveals internal warnings before October 7
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