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  • Live Updates How the US-Israeli strikes on Iran unfolded and the aftermath, moment by moment
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    How Pope Leo was elected: New details of dramatic conclave battle revealed
  • Ayatollah Khamenei, who battled the US and Israel for decades as Iran’s supreme leader, has been killed
  • From Tehran to Dubai: Geolocated videos show the shockwaves of US-Israeli strikes — and Iran’s retaliation
  • With sniper rifle photos, Kim Jong Un intensifies spotlight on his daughter, a potential successor
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  • Pakistan’s defense minister says latest clashes with Taliban mean ‘open war.’ What’s happening?
  • Trump wonders why Iran won’t ‘capitulate’ on its nuclear program. Here’s why
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    Afghanistan and Pakistan exchange cross-border strikes in escalating retaliatory attacks
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    Former US F-35 instructor charged with conspiring to train Chinese military

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    On GPS: What’s next for the Iranian regime? 3:18
  • Rescue workers and military personnel operate at the scene where several people were killed by an Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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    3 US troops killed amid Iran operation 1:42
  • <p>Iranian state media says more than 100 students have been killed and scores more injured at a girls' elementary school. CNN investigates cell phone footage of the aftermath.</p>
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    A girls’ elementary school was hit in Iran. Here’s what we know 1:52
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    Who was Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei? 1:20
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    Smoke rises in Tehran on second day of Israel-US attacks 0:48
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    State TV presenter cries while announcing the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 0:38
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    Dubai airport ‘damaged’ amid Iranian drone barrage 0:24
  • Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks during a meeting with a group of Iranian elites in Tehran, Iran October 17, 2023.
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    Iran’s supreme leader killed in US-Israeli strikes 5:12
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    What we know about why the US and Israel attacked Iran and Tehran’s retaliation
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  • Exclusive: Trump crossed a ‘very dangerous red line’ with killing of supreme leader, Iranian official tells CNN
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    US citizen was among those killed in Cuba speedboat shootout. Here’s what we know
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    Taliban allows men to beat their wives as long as they don’t break bones or leave open wounds
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    The 1,700-year-old megastructure history almost forgot
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    Can Gucci make luxury AI?
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  • Luis Javier Rodriguez clears snow from a sidewalk, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Weekhawken, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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    Power outages, travel troubles and bitter cold plague Northeast in wake of historic bomb cyclone blizzard
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    Video John Bolton: Ayatollah ‘deserved It’ 1:19
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    Video Hear air raid sirens go off in Tel Aviv as Israel says Iran’s supreme leader killed in strikes 3:05
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    Video Netanyahu says “there are many signs” Iranian supreme leader is “no longer with us” 2:53
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