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  • A member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at a military training center for ordinary citizens at Tajrish Square in Tehran, Iran, on November 2.
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  • Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, looks on following the exit poll at his party headquarters, on the evening of Israel's national election, in Tel Aviv, Israel October 28, 2026.
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  • An Aramco building in Riyadh's King Abdullah Financial District sustained damage from fallen debris after a Houthi missile attack, according to Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry.
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  • The US is offering a multi-million-dollar reward for information it might be able to use to eradicate Iran's nuclear program - the same nuclear program Trump has repeatedly claimed to have ended.
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  • Women hold placards critical of U.S. President Donald Trump during an anti-U.S. rally in Tehran on Nov. 4, 2026, a day after the U.S. midterm elections. (Kyodo via AP Images) ==Kyodo
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  • Supporters of Israel's Arab-led Joint List political alliance cheer at the alliance's campaign headquarters in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth on October 27, 2026, as the first exit polls are announced on television during Israel's legislative election. Israeli voters on October 27 gave a narrow edge to opposition parties over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, initial projections showed, after decades-high turnout in the country's first election since the trauma of the October 7, 2023 attacks. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP via Getty Images)
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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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  • A supporter of former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, reacts to the exit poll at his party headquarters, on the evening of Israel's national election, in Tel Aviv, Israel October 27, 2026. REUTERS/Shir Torem
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  • 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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  • 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
  • IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, September 29, 2026.
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    ‘The world will be amazed:’ Iran’s commanders prepare for further war
  • 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
  • Soldiers loyal to Yemen's separatist Southern Transitional Council stand guard outside the compound of the presidential palace in Aden, Yemen, December 9, 2025. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman
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  • 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
  • A child observes emergency crews among the rubble in Gaza City, northern Gaza, on September 8. Around 8,000 people are estimated to be missing, most of whom are likely buried beneath debris after repeated Israeli strikes.
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  • A pro-Saudi-backed Yemeni government fighter fires a vehicle-mounted weapon during what government forces say was an advance against the Iran-backed Houthis, near Dhubab, Taiz Governorate, Yemen, in this still image taken from video released October 5, 2026. Southern Giants Brigades/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO. VERIFICATION: - Location partially verified from the runway, airport control tower, road layout, shape of the mountains and coastline, that matched topography mapping, satellite and archive imagery. - Date could not be independently verified. - No older versions found posted online before October 5.
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