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    An Iranian cleric (C) speaks to the media in front of a residential building hit by US-Israel airstrikes days before a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States took effect, at the Shahid Broujerdi residential complex in southern Tehran on April 14, 2026. Pakistan was working to bring Iran and the United States together for a second round of talks, senior Pakistani sources told AFP on April 14, with one noting efforts to secure an extended ceasefire to allow for diplomacy. Washington and Tehran held historic face-to-face talks in Islamabad over the weekend, but failed to reach an immediate agreement on ending the war in the Middle East. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /
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    Live Updates11 mins ago Ceasefire in Lebanon goes into effect as Trump voices confidence in Iran deal
  • 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
  • Tracking shipping through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
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    Live Updates11 mins ago Day 47 of Middle East conflict - Trump says Iran war ‘very close to over,’ Israel-Lebanon negotiations
  • An Iranian man carrying a national flag participates in a pro-government rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 6, 2026. The rally takes place amid ongoing U.S.-Israeli military operations in the country. President Donald Trump has threatened the Islamic Republic, stating that if the IRGC does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz within the next 24 hours, he will target Iran's bridges and energy infrastructure. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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  • A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, April 12, 2026. REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    Live Updates11 mins ago Day 46 of Middle East conflict - Few ships pass Strait of Hormuz since US blockade
  • Sam Rutherford, and Shannon in Scotland after crossing the Atlantic.
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    What happened when a tiny propeller plane met a US aircraft carrier in a war zone
  • 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
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  • 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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    Visualizing the US-Israeli war with Iran and retaliation in maps and charts
  • 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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  • Iranian state media shared images of apparent aircraft wreckage on April 5, 2026, after President Donald Trump said US forces rescued a crew member from a downed fighter jet.
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  • Iranian state media released photos on April 3, 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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    What we do — and don’t — know about the operation to rescue the US airman
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  • 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
  • Hamidreza Afarideh's music studio in Tehran, Iran.
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    This Iranian music school was a haven for children. After an airstrike ‘there is nothing left’
  • Residents remove a torched tractor that, according to the Palestine Red Crescent, was torched by Israeli settlers, alongside tents and cars in the West Bank village of Tayasir, near Tubas, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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    Israeli settlers build new illegal outpost near West Bank village where soldiers assaulted, detained CNN crew
  • US President Donald Trump, pictured Tuesday, has stepped up his criticism of NATO since the US-Israeli war with Iran.
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    Trump suggests in new interviews he is ‘absolutely’ considering withdrawing US from ‘paper tiger’ NATO
  • Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks during a session as Israel's parliament passes a law on Monday making the death penalty a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem March 30, 2026 REUTERS/Oren Ben Hakoon
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    Israel’s parliament votes to expand death penalty for Palestinians
  • A display of shrapnel from Hezbollah missiles in the entrance to Kibbutz Kfar Giladi March 29, 2026 Tal Shalev/CNN
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    As Lebanon braces for expanded Israeli incursion, northern Israel residents see buffer zone as lifeline to normalcy
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