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  • King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 19, 2026.
    AFP/Getty Images
    Pakistan confirms it has troops in Saudi as conflict with Yemen’s Houthi rebels escalates
  • US Air Force Airmen assigned to the 147th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Texas Air National Guard, conduct preflight and postflight inspections on an MQ-9 Reaper aircraft at Keflavík Air Base, Iceland, in support of a search and rescue training mission during exercise Northern Viking 26, August 28, 2026.
    Senior Airman Edgar Grimaldo/US Air Force/File
    US has lost or sustained damage to 81 military aircraft worth up to $3.3 billion in Iran war, congressional report says
  • TOPSHOT - Jonathan Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, attend a demonstration by the families of the hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip since the October 7 attacks by Palestinian militants calling for the hostages' release, near Kibbutz Nirim in southern Israel by the border with Gaza on August 29, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
    Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
    Netanyahu says he brought all the October 7 hostages home. These are the stories of those who didn’t come back alive
  • Saudi-backed Yemeni government soldiers ride in a pickup truck near the Jabal Han front, west of the city of Taiz, which the Houthis are trying to encircle.
    Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP/Getty Images
    Saudi-backed Yemeni forces attack Houthis near key global trade route
  • Hamam al-Hammami has been identified as the pilot suspected of having attacked another pilot aboard a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai flight on Wednesday.
    Obtained by CNN
    Alleged Flydubai hijacker likely wanted to target Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, sources say
  • A destroyed car sits outside a burnt house after Israeli settlers attacked the Tubasi family and Israeli security forces who were escorting them back to their home in Jalud. (Photo by Erik Marmor/Getty Images)
    Erik Marmor/Getty Images
    100 Israeli settlers drove a Palestinian family from home again. Netanyahu blamed a ‘handful of rioters’
  • Protesters burn tires and other debris to block a highway during a demonstration over fuel price increases in Maarat al-Numan, Idlib province, on September 13.
    Ahmed Albam/AP
    Post-Assad Syria is facing its biggest stress test yet. Here’s why that matters
  • Vessels are seen anchored between Iran's Qeshm and Larak islands amid disruptions to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz on September 11.
    Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu/Getty Images
    Iran says it is awaiting ‘definitive’ US response despite Trump rejecting latest proposal
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  • Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on Wednesday, September 23.
    Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images
    Iran’s president laid out Tehran’s demands to the world, from a podium in New York
  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian waves as demonstrators in Tehran chant slogans against the US and Israel on September 18.
    Iranian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu/Getty Images
    Iran to attend UN assembly in New York — even as peace with US remains elusive
  • Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarters in New York City on Wednesday.
    Caitlin Ochs/Reuters
    A good week for Iran at the UN – but latest offer to the US appears a non-starter
  • A large plume of black smoke rises from the fuel storage area at King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
    Reuters
    Trump is staying out of Saudi Arabia’s war. Americans could pay at the pump
  • Yemenis loyal to the Houthi group demonstrate to support missile forces and denounce Saudi accusations that Yemenis are attempting to attack Mecca, on Friday in Sanaa, Yemen.
    Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images
    As US steers clear of Yemen fight, the Iran-backed Houthis launch next phase of campaign
  • Iranians seeking medication from pharmacies are facing soaring prescription prices as US sanctions devastate the economy.
    Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images
    Trump’s sanctions, inflation and a collapsing economy leaves Iran’s sick exposed
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  • A drone view of an election billboard by Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem and a text in Hebrew that reads "They Want Netanyahu to Lose, Don't let them Win", in Tel Aviv, Israel August 17, 2026 REUTERS/Amir Cohen
    Amir Cohen/Reuters
    These Israelis want to fly home to vote. Netanyahu is trying to stop them
  • The building of the destroyed Shajareh Tayebeh elementary school, surrounded by rubble in Minab, Iran, on August 10, 2026.
    Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images
    Deadly US strike on Iran school may have been a war crime, UN report finds
  • F-15SA fighter jets from the Royal Saudi Air Force escort Air Force One ferrying US President Donald Trump as they prepare to land at King Khalid International Airport on May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
    Win McNamee/Getty Images
    Houthis release video claiming to show downed Saudi F-15 fighter as both sides continue to trade strikes
  • Narges Mohammadi spoke about her imprisonment in an interview with CNN.
    CNN
    Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi’s memoir details abuse in Iranian prison. She’s prepared for the consequences
  • Yemen's Houthi rebels march during a mobilization campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026.
    AP
    Why Saudi Arabia has few options in its conflict with the Houthis
  • Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, left, is welcomed by his Slovenian counterpart Tone Kajzer in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
    Darko Bandic/AP
    An ambassador in Ljubljana, but not in London: Israel’s foreign policy shifts away from longstanding allies
  • US President Donald Trump inspects an honor guard as he attends a welcoming ceremony in the Irish capital of Dublin on Saturday.
    Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
    Trump says Iran likely responsible for attack that shut vital Saudi oil pipeline
  • Supporters of the Iran-backed Houthis are seen with their weapons at a rally in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon, in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 8, 2026.
    Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images/File
    ‘A f***-up of epic proportions’: Blame game begins after Iran-backed Houthis’ lightning advance down Red Sea coast
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