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  • FILE PHOTO: Alaa Dahnoun, 12, who said she survived an Israeli strike that forced her to flee with her parents to Beirut, looks out through her apartment's damaged window after a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, in Nabatieh, Lebanon, April 18, 2026.
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    Live Updates 3 min ago Trump says ceasefire still in place after US and Iran exchange fire
  • An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) speed boat equipped with a gun sails along the Persian Gulf during a marine parade to commemorate Persian Gulf National Day on April 29, 2024, near the seaport city of Bushehr, Iran.
    Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty Images
    Iran’s ‘mosquito fleet’ means its battered navy still has bite
  • A motorist rides a scooter along a street near a billboard on the facade of a building depicting the Strait of Hormuz with a caption in Persian reading "Forever in Iran's Hand", at Vanak Square in Tehran on May 6, 2026. The United States and Pakistan, a key mediator in the Middle East war, expressed new hope of talks leading to a peace deal with Iran on May 6, after President Donald Trump halted a plan to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /
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    Live Updates 3 min ago Day 69 of Middle East conflict — Trump warns Iran to sign a deal ‘fast’
  • In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on May 4, vessels are pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran.
    Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/Getty Images
    Iran imposes new rules for Strait of Hormuz in bid to secure wartime gains
  • Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4, 2026.
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    Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA/Wana/Reuters
    Live Updates 3 min ago Day 68 of Middle East conflict - Trump touts ‘very good talks’ with Iran
  • TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 02: A general view of Tehran with smoke visible in the distance after explosions were reported in the city, on March 02, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
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    Iran’s economy was in a dire state before the war. Now millions face job losses and poverty
  • A Palestinian woman in in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, places her ballot vote for municipal elections on Saturday – the first elections in two decades in Gaza.
    Abdel Kareem Hana/AP
    Gaza holds first elections in 20 years amid stalled ceasefire process – but only in one city
  • People ride motorcycles near a billboard featuring an image of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran on April 20.
    Majid Asgaripour/Wana News Agency/Reuters
    Iran is suffering in a standoff with the US – but may be betting Trump will blink first
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  • Italian peacekeepers and a priest pose with the new statue in the Lebanese village of Debel
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    Italian peacekeepers replace Jesus statue vandalized by Israeli soldiers
  • Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush sails in the Indian Ocean in the US Central Command area of responsibility, April 23.
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    Third US aircraft carrier arrives in Middle East as Trump declines to give timeline on ending Iran war
  • <p>Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced the Iranian regime’s killing of protesters but stressed that, “as a pastor,” he cannot support the US-Israeli war with Iran.</p>
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    Video Pope Leo condemns Iran’s killing of protesters but says he cannot support war 0:37
  • Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who works for the daily Al-Akhbar newspaper, reports near a destroyed bridge in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon, Sunday, March 22, 2026.
    Mohammed Zaatari/AP
    Lebanese PM accuses Israel of war crimes after strike kills journalist
  • 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
  • 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.
    Zain Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images
    Palestinian schoolboy among two killed by Israeli settlers, amid spate of attacks on education in the West Bank
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  • Israeli soldiers patrol along the Israel-Lebanon border on April 10, 2026. The Israeli military said on April 10 that it had "dismantled" more than 4,300 Hezbollah sites in Lebanon since fighting with the militant group began last month. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP via Getty Images) /
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    Israel jails two soldiers who damaged and photographed a Jesus statue in Lebanon
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    ‘Blood only brings more blood’: Israelis and Palestinians share grief under veil of secrecy
  • A view of Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska as the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance conducts its interception in a location given as the north Arabian Sea, in this screen capture from a video released April 19, 2026.
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    Iran cargo ship seized by US could become ‘spoils of war’
  • The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, on Saturday, April 18.
    Asghar Besharati/AP
    How 24 hours of whiplash over the Strait of Hormuz unfolded
  • 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.
    Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images
    US and Hamas hold first direct talks since Gaza truce as ceasefire process stalls
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    How US and Iran could reach a peace deal that both can sell as a victory
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    Why are some ships going through the Strait of Hormuz during a blockade?
  • Israel's Military Secretary to the Prime Minister Roman Gofman waits before a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the State Dining Room of the White House on September 29, 2025.
    Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/File
    Israel’s new spymaster is a Netanyahu aide who believed war with Iran would topple the regime
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