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  • A satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway between Iran and Oman that links the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea. This vital energy chokepoint handles nearly 20% of global oil and 25% of liquefied natural gas exports, on January 11, 2025. Major exporters using the strait include Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE.
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    Live Updates 2 min ago Tensions over Strait of Hormuz intensify as Iran claims it seized two ships
  • US troops boarding the M/T Tifani on Aril 21, 2026.
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    The US-Iran war is spilling into the Indo-Pacific. That could make it harder to end
  • In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency, Mojtaba Khamenei (C), son of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, walks along a street in Tehran on May 31, 2019. (Photo by Hamid FOROUTAN / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Iran’s new supreme leader is nowhere to be seen. That might be helping the regime to survive
  • Relatives mourn over the bodies of two Palestinians allegedly killed earlier in the day by Israeli settler gunfire the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, at a hospital in Ramallah on April 21, 2026.
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    Palestinian schoolboy among two killed by Israeli settlers, amid spate of attacks on education in the West Bank
  • US President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on April 18, 2026.
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    Live Updates 2 min ago Day 53 of Middle East conflict - Trump extends ceasefire
  • Firefighters try to put out flames at the site of an airstrike that hit an apartment building in Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday, April 8. <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2026%2F04%2F09%2Fworld%2Flive-news%2Firan-war-trump-us-ceasefire%3Fpost-id%3Dcmnrg5ya40000356tw6nhkfw9">Iran is at odds with the US and Israel</a> over whether a two-week ceasefire applies to Israel’s military offensive targeting the Iranian-backed paramilitary group Hezbollah at Lebanon’s northern border.
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    Hospitals overwhelmed and communities destroyed: Lebanon reels from Israel’s unprecedented attacks
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    ‘Wait for death’: Inside Iran’s psychological war against its enemies
  • People gather around a destroyed Palestinian police jeep that was targeted by an Israeli air strike in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on March 22, 2026.
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    US and Hamas hold first direct talks since Gaza truce as ceasefire process stalls
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  • The USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Michael Murphy, USS Frank E. Petersen Jr., USNS Henry J. Kaiser, USNS Carl Brashear, USCG Robert Goldman and USCGC Clarence Sutphin. Jr. sail in formation in the Arabian Sea, on February 6, 2026.
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    How the US Navy could blockade Iran’s ports and sweep mines from the Strait of Hormuz
  • South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech at the Philippines-Korea Business Forum in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, on March 4, 2026.
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    South Korea’s president draws Israeli anger by using old video to make point about human suffering
  • Cameramen film US Vice President JD Vance's speech telecast by state run television after his meeting with Iranian officials at a media center in Islamabad on Sunday.
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    Failure of US-Iran talks is a blow to hopes of finding an off-ramp to crisis
  • Security personnel inspect vehicles entering the Foreign Ministry office in Islamabad
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    World anxiously waits to see if US-Iran peace talks can deliver. Here’s what we know
  • A new Israeli settlement near Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Thursday.
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    Israeli government secretly approves over 30 new settler outposts
  • Iranians react after a ceasefire announcement at the Enqelab square, in Tehran, on April 8, 2026.
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    The US and Iran have agreed a ceasefire, with talks to bridge the gulf between them. Here’s what to know
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  • TOPSHOT - US journalist Shelly Kittleson poses for a picture in Baghdad on March 31, 2026. Kittleson was kidnapped on March 31, in Baghdad by a suspected Iranian-backed Iraqi armed group, the United States said, as regional security deteriorates following the US-Israeli attack on Iran. The State Department said it had warned the journalist of security risks and was working to ensure the American's release "as soon as possible". (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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    Rubio says kidnapped American journalist has been released by pro-Iran militia in Iraq
  • U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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    What to know about Trump’s threat to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges, and why this could be a war crime
  • Satellite view of Kharg Island off the coast of Iran.
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    US has struck Iranian military targets on Kharg Island. Here’s what we know about it
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    Video Iran war could ‘spiral out of control,’ Qatari official warns 0:34
  • A woman uses a smartphone to record the damage at an impact site, following a barrage of missiles launched from Iran, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Ramat Gan, Israel, April 4, 2026.
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    As the Iran war drags on, Israeli solidarity comes under strain
  • Pope Leo XIV presides over the solemn liturgy of the Lord's Passion on Good Friday in St. Peter's Basilica on April 03, 2026 in Vatican City, Vatican. The Church celebrates the Solemn Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord, consisting of three parts: the Liturgy of the Word, culminating in the chanting of the Passion according to St. John; the Adoration of the Cross; and reception of Holy Communion.
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    Not in God’s name: How Pope Leo is pushing back on divine justification of war
  • Mandatory Credit: Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (16781135i) Pro-government demonstrators stand in front of a banner depicting portraits of Iran's late Supreme Leaders Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and a portrait of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, during a rally in support of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and in opposition to the United States-Israeli military operations, in Tehran, Iran, on March 18, 2026. Rally In Support Of War Against U.S.-Israeli Military Campaign, Tehran, Iran - 18 Mar 2026
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    Iran’s ‘new’ regime looks much the same, only harsher
  • Iranian state media released photos Friday, April 3, 2026, of what it claimed is the wreckage of a US Air Force fighter jet downed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The debris is consistent with US Air Force F-15.
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    Video US fighter jet shot down over Iran, US sources say 4:28
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