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Middle East

  • 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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  • Israeli Prime Minister and Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to supporters at the Likud Party election-night event at the Teddy Hall, International Convention Center on in Jerusalem on October 28.
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  • A picture shows Mangrove trees on the beaches of Al-Dhafra, north of Abu Dhabi on October 10 2023.
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  • Former military chief and leader of the Yashar party, Gadi Eisenkot, delivers a statement to members of the press, near Kibbutz Mefalsim, close to Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel, October 15, 2026. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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  • Likud activists hang campaign posters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu beside a billboard featuring opposition rival Gadi Eisenkot ahead of Israel's general election in Dimona, southern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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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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  • RAF Typhoons from 12 Squadron are seen in their role protecting UK personnel and allied nations across the Middle East in this handout photo from March 8, 2026.
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  • 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
  • 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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  • 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
  • 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
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  • Saudi air defense forces enhance their readiness to protect the airspace over the holy sites in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on March 15.
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    Why billions spent on defense haven’t shielded Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks
  • An aerial view shows ships anchored off the coast of Khasab in Oman's Musandam Governorate, near the Strait of Hormuz, on October 2, 2026.
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    After oil increasingly left the Gulf, Iran is trying to regain its stranglehold on shipping
  • One teenager was killed and others were wounded, according to Israeli emergency response services, after an explosion on an Israeli school trip near the Lebanon border. This image was provided by the Israel Defense Forces.
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    One teen killed, others wounded, after explosion on Israeli school trip near Lebanon border
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    Saudi Arabia intercepts three missiles as capital’s international airport remains closed after deadly Houthi attacks
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  • A member of Houthi security forces stands next to a poster of Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi at the site of a gathering of Houthi supporters to show solidarity with the movement as fighting intensifies across several fronts, in Sanaa, Yemen October 7, 2026.
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    Attack on Saudi airport kills 3 as Iran-backed Houthis warn of long conflict
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  • King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 19, 2026.
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    Pakistan confirms it has troops in Saudi as conflict with Yemen’s Houthi rebels escalates
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