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    Live Updates15 min ago Iran attacks US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait as strikes strain fragile truce
  • Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 18, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    Live Updates15 min ago June 27, 2026 — US launches more strikes on Iranian sites
  • <p>As negotiations to end the war in Lebanon continue, one threat has emerged on the battlefield: Hezbollah's growing use of small first-person-view drones. They’ve proven effective, killing more than a dozen Israeli troops — a cheap but lethal tactic that Ukraine knows all too well from its war with Russia, and one it urged Israel to take seriously. CNN's Jeremy Diamond examines what Israel is now doing to respond.</p>
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    Israel’s military and tech industry race to counter Hezbollah’s latest threat
  • Vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on June 19.
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    Iran and US exchange strikes as Hormuz tensions stress agreement
  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as State Department Counselor Daniel Holler, Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter and Lebanon's Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh sign a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon, at the State Department in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2026.
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    Israel to withdraw from two areas in Lebanon under newly signed agreement
  • People ride motorcycles past a large billboard showing portraits of Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) in central Tehran on June 8, 2026. Iran said on June 8 that the resumption of hostilities in the Middle East war will have consequences for ongoing talks with the United States to reach peace in the region. "It is perfectly natural that the diplomatic process initiated to put an end to this imposed war would be affected," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said at a press conference in Tehran. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) /
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    For Iran’s leaders, surviving the war may prove easier than winning the peace
  • Cars and monocycles are seen traveling in front of a billboard displaying the Iranian flag on in Tehran, Iran, on Monday.
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    US releases official agreement with Iran. Read the 14-point text
  • Rescuers in Yemen removed the body of daredevil adventurer Al-Qaqa Ibn Antar on Saturday, June 13, after he had fallen into a volcanic crater while climbing without safety equipment on Friday.
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    ‘Spider-Man of Yemen’ dies in fall while climbing volcanic crater
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  • Fahd Abu Haikal and his elder son, Kinan, carry the body of his seven-month-old son, Sam, during the funeral in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on June 6, 2026. The Palestinian Health Ministry stated Sam was killed and his parents were wounded by Israeli gunfire on the evening of June 5 in southern Hebron. The Israeli military stated soldiers fired at a vehicle they perceived as accelerating toward them and expressed sorrow over harm to civilians, while the family stated they had come to a complete stop on the soldiers' orders.
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    ‘It’s not by mistake’: A family demands justice after 7-month-old killed by Israeli soldier
  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is interviewed on September 25, 2025.
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    Iran’s ‘accidental’ president has survived the war. Peace may be a tougher challenge
  • A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, on February 25.
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    Trump again has a key Iranian oil hub in his sights. Here’s what we know about Kharg Island
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    Video IRGC commanders dismiss Trump’s threats as empty 2:15
  • US Army crew members conduct flight checks on an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter in the US Central Command Area of Responsibility on November 5, 2025.
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    Crew members safe after Trump says Iran shot down US helicopter
  • <p>A top Iranian official has cast doubts on a deal being imminently reached between the US and Iran, telling CNN major roadblocks persist on issues like Iran’s nuclear programme and uranium enrichment. Ebrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee told CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen that a “lack of trust” remains between the two sides and Tehran is yet to see a “serious will” from Washington to finalise the framework for a deal. </p>
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    Video Top Iranian official says Iran doesn’t see ‘serious will’ from US to finalize deal framework 2:10
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  • Fahd Abu Haikal, 41 displays a mobile photo of his seven month old Palestinian baby boy Sam, who was killed on Friday by Israeli soldiers who fired at the vehicle carrying him and his parents, in Tel Rumeida, at a hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron Saturday, June 6, 2026.
    Mahmoud Illean/AP
    Israeli soldiers open fire on car in West Bank, killing 7-month-old baby
  • A man in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre carries the casket of a Hezbollah fighter killed in an Israeli strike, during his funeral on April 22.
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    Israeli offensive emboldens Hezbollah as it claims mantle of Lebanon’s defender
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    Exclusive: Lebanese president accuses Iran of using his country as a bargaining chip in peace talks with the US
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    Exclusive: Israel sent troops to Azerbaijan during Iran war as part of secret network across region, sources say
  • Ships remain anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on May 16.
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    What’s in the proposed deal that could end the US-Iran conflict?
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, on March 19.
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    Netanyahu says he directed Israeli military to take over 70% of Gaza
  • Two women use a smartphone in northern Tehran, Iran, on Septembet 28, 2025.
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    Iranians emerge online with skepticism and defiance after months of blackout
  • US President Donald Trump delivers a speech at Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in New York on Friday.
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    Trump says agreement with Iran has ‘been largely negotiated’ and Strait of Hormuz will be opened
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