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Middle East

  • The sun rises behind a tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026.
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    Asghar Besharati/AP
    Live Updates 10 min ago Iran’s top diplomat in Russia for Putin meeting as US peace talks stall
  • In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, shakes hands with Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq during their meeting, in Muscat, Oman, Sunday, April 26, 2026.
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    Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP
    Live Updates 10 min ago Day 58 of Middle East conflict - Iranian FM lands in Russia
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets Pakistan’s Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, in location given as Islamabad, Pakistan, released April 25, 2026.
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    Seyed Abbas Araghchi via Telegram/Handout/Reuters
    Live Updates 10 min ago Day 57 of Middle East conflict - Trump says US team won’t visit Pakistan
  • A Palestinian woman in in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, places her ballot vote for municipal elections on Saturday – the first elections in two decades in Gaza.
    Abdel Kareem Hana/AP
    Gaza holds first elections in 20 years amid stalled ceasefire process – but only in one city
  • People ride motorcycles near a billboard featuring an image of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran on April 20.
    Majid Asgaripour/Wana News Agency/Reuters
    Iran is suffering in a standoff with the US – but may be betting Trump will blink first
  • US forces patrol the Arabian Sea near the Iranian-flagged Touska on April 20, after it attempted to evade a US naval blockade.
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    Who will blink first as the Iran war hits the world economy?
  • Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who works for the daily Al-Akhbar newspaper, reports near a destroyed bridge in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon, Sunday, March 22, 2026.
    Mohammed Zaatari/AP
    Lebanese PM accuses Israel of war crimes after strike kills journalist
  • Commuters make their way past a giant billboard of slain Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Valiasr Square in Tehran on April 19, 2026. The strategic Strait of Hormuz was again closed on April 19 in the stand-off between Iran and the United States, with Iran's powerful parliament speaker signalling a final peace deal remained "far" off despite some movement in negotiations.
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    Trump claims Iran’s regime is fractured. The reality is more complicated.
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  • Israeli soldiers patrol along the Israel-Lebanon border on April 10, 2026. The Israeli military said on April 10 that it had "dismantled" more than 4,300 Hezbollah sites in Lebanon since fighting with the militant group began last month. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP via Getty Images) /
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    Israel jails two soldiers who damaged and photographed a Jesus statue in Lebanon
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    ‘Blood only brings more blood’: Israelis and Palestinians share grief under veil of secrecy
  • A view of Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska as the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance conducts its interception in a location given as the north Arabian Sea, in this screen capture from a video released April 19, 2026.
    CENTCOM/Handout/Reuters
    Iran cargo ship seized by US could become ‘spoils of war’
  • U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on, December 29, 2025.
    Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/File
    With a ceasefire in Lebanon, Trump has forced Netanyahu’s hand – again
  • 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.
    Bilal Hussein/AP
    Hospitals overwhelmed and communities destroyed: Lebanon reels from Israel’s unprecedented attacks
  • People gather around a destroyed Palestinian police jeep that was targeted by an Israeli air strike in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on March 22, 2026.
    Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images
    US and Hamas hold first direct talks since Gaza truce as ceasefire process stalls
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    Why are some ships going through the Strait of Hormuz during a blockade?
  • Israel's Military Secretary to the Prime Minister Roman Gofman waits before a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the State Dining Room of the White House on September 29, 2025.
    Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/File
    Israel’s new spymaster is a Netanyahu aide who believed war with Iran would topple the regime
  • The USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Michael Murphy, USS Frank E. Petersen Jr., USNS Henry J. Kaiser, USNS Carl Brashear, USCG Robert Goldman and USCGC Clarence Sutphin. Jr. sail in formation in the Arabian Sea, on February 6, 2026.
    Petty Officer 1st Class Jesse Mo/US Navy
    How the US Navy could blockade Iran’s ports and sweep mines from the Strait of Hormuz
  • South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech at the Philippines-Korea Business Forum in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, on March 4, 2026.
    Jam Sta Rosa/Pool/Reuters
    South Korea’s president draws Israeli anger by using old video to make point about human suffering
  • BEIRUT, LEBANON - APRIL 09: Civilians inspect the site as a residential building lies in ruins and surrounding structures show heavy damage after an Israeli strike hits Corniche Al-Mazraa district in Beirut, Lebanon on April 09, 2026. The Israeli army carries out 100 simultaneous attacks across Lebanon, including the capital Beirut. According to the Lebanese Civil Defense Directorate, 254 people are killed and more than 1,000 others are injured in the attacks. (Photo by Murat Sengul/Anadolu via Getty Images)
    Murat Sengul/Anadolu/Getty Images
    What is Israel’s war in Lebanon, and why could it shatter the Iran ceasefire?
  • A new Israeli settlement near Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Thursday.
    Mohammed Torokman/Reuters
    Israeli government secretly approves over 30 new settler outposts
  • A mourner leans over the body of Majdi Aslan at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Monday.
    Mahmoud Issa/Reuters
    WHO driver killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza, relatives say
  • 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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