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  • A view shows the Saint Maroun monastery, which the pope is expected to visit during his trip to Lebanon, in Annaya, Lebanon November 25, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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    In battered Lebanon, an ancient Christian community awaits the new pope
  • Israeli soldiers take position during a raid in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 27, 2025.
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    Israeli ​military kills two men after they appeared to surrender during operation in West Bank
  • A damaged site, following an Israeli raid on Friday, according to Syrian state media, in Beit Jinn, Syria November 28, 2025. REUTERS/Ali Ahmed al-Najjar NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
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    Israel’s deadly incursion in Syria a ‘war crime’ after 13 killed, Syrian FM says
  • Pope Leo XIV smiles to the faithful and pilgrims during his weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Vatican, on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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    Pope Leo takes message of peace to Middle East on first foreign visit. Here’s what to know
  • Israeli forensic examiners have identified the remains of a deceased Israeli hostage returned from Gaza as those of Dror Or, the prime minister’s office said on November 26, 2025.
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    Israel identifies deceased hostage returned by Hamas as Dror Or. Two more hostage bodies remain in Gaza
  • Destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Wednesday.
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    Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 32 Palestinians, as Hamas warns of ‘dangerous escalation’
  • Released Israeli hostage Bar Kupershtein waves to supporters as he returns to his home in the city of Holon, Israel, after completing hospitalization and treatment following his release from captivity, on November 2.
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    ‘In your head, you count every day’: Ex-October 7 hostage describes 2 years in captivity
  • Kamal Kharrazi, foreign policy adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is interviewed by CNN's Fred Pleitgen on Tuesday.
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    Exclusive: Iran open to resuming nuclear talks with the US but won’t shift its conditions, supreme leader’s adviser says
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  • Palestinians inspect parts of a burnt house after an Israeli settlers attack in the village of Beit Lid, east of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank on November 11, 2025. Violence in the West Bank has soared since the war in Gaza broke out in October 2023. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Dozens of Israeli settlers launch arson attack in West Bank as attacks against Palestinians surge
  • A view of Sde Teiman military detention camp in Israel's Negev desert near the Gaza Strip, on January 10, 2025.
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    At least 98 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons in two years, Israeli human rights group finds
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  • RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - OCTOBER 31: The Skyline of Riyadh is seen on October 31, 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is set to host the men's 2034 World Cup after Fifa confirmed it was the only bidder for the tournament. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
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    His family say he was a fisherman. The Saudis say he smuggled drugs. He was one of hundreds executed this year
  • Yamen's dream is to become an artist. While living in his hospital room in Jerusalem for the past two years, he's been painting colorful illustrations that remind him of his home in Gaza.
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    ‘A death sentence for my son’: Israel plans to deport sick Palestinians back to Gaza, patients and doctors say
  • Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh holds a press conference in Tehran on May 9, 2022.
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    Iran nuclear sites left ruined in US and Israeli strikes but program ‘intact,’ deputy foreign minister tells CNN
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  • SOUTHERN ISRAEL, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 29: A view over the Gaza Strip as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on October 29, 2025 in Southern Israel, Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered "immediate, powerful" strikes on Gaza Tuesday, after his office accused Hamas of violating the terms of the ceasefire agreement for returning remains that Israel says do not belong to any of the 13 unaccounted for hostages. The announcement of strikes followed reports of fighting in Rafah near the "yellow line" demarcating territory under IDF control in Gaza, according to the US-brokered ceasefire agreement that came into affect on October 10. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
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    Weeks into the Gaza ceasefire, scores of Hamas fighters remain stuck in tunnels under Gaza
  • Iran confirms seizure of tanker carrying petrochemical cargo
  • Bittersweet moments of joy as Gaza celebrates high school graduations without schools
  • Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza
  • Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) addresses the supporters during an election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 22, 2024.
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    Turkish prosecutor seeks 2,000 years for jailed opposition mayor of Istanbul
  • Controversial death penalty and foreign media bills clear first reading in Israel’s parliament
  • Hannibal Gadhafi, son of late Libyan leader Moammar, released by Lebanon after 10 years in detention
  • Israel confirms returned body belongs to soldier killed in Gaza in 2014 war
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