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  • An airstrike is seen on April 16, 2026 in Nabatieh, Lebanon. Israel and Lebanon's ambassadors have held historic talks in Washington, the first direct diplomatic meeting between the two sides in decades. During the two-week ceasefire period between the US and Iran, Israel and the Iran-backed militant group, Hezbollah, have continued fighting. On April 8 Israel intensified strikes on what it says were Hezbollah targets, killing more than 350 people, according to health officials in Lebanon.
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    Live Updatesa min ago Continued US strikes risk ‘full-scale’ retaliatory attacks, Iran warns
  • A bridge damaged is seen following US Strikes, in Hormozgan Province, Iran on July 16, 2026.
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    Live Updatesa min ago July 17, 2026 — Iran and US widen attacks as renewed conflict shows no sign of de-escalating
  • TOPSHOT - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a session of the Israeli Parliament at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 16, 2026, before the start of the election recess ahead of the October 27 general election. (Photo by ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Netanyahu buys political loyalty with controversial legislation ahead of election
  • A couple watch oil tankers, general cargo ships, bulk carriers, and fishing boats anchored in the waters off Muscat near the Strait of Hormuz on June 18, 2026 in Muscat, Oman. The US and Iran have agreed to a deal to end their war and allow the safe passage of commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which vast amounts of oil and gas are transported every day. After the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, Iran retaliated by threatening ships and effectively blockading the strait, sending global oil prices ever upward. Under the new deal, ships will be able to pass through the strait with no charge for 60 days, after which time Iran, Oman and the Gulf states are to set up a long-term agreement for the strait's management.
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    Live Updatesa min ago July 16, 2026 — Qatar, Kuwait fend off fresh attacks, US continues Iran strikes
  • US launches new attacks on Iran as battle for control of Strait of Hormuz intensifies
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    Live Updatesa min ago July 15, 2026 — US says new strikes on Iran aimed at protecting vessels in Strait of Hormuz
  • Mourners attend the start of the dayslong funeral ceremonies for the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4.
    Altaf Qadri/AP
    The view from Tehran: Anger and vengeance in the air as Iran buries its longest-serving leader
  • Portrait of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in US-Israeli airstrikes, as mourners gather on the day of his burial, in Mashhad, Iran, July 9.
    Mohammed Salem/Reuters
    Iran’s supreme leader missed his father’s momentous funeral – now what?
  • Portrait of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes, as mourners gather on the day of his burial, in Mashhad, Iran, July 9, 2026. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Foreign media in Iran operate under guidelines set by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, which regulates press activity and permissions. ISRAEL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL. NO ACCESS FOR ISRAELI MEDIA. NO USE BBC PERSIAN. NO USE VOA PERSIAN. NO USE MANOTO. NO USE IRAN INTERNATIONAL. NO USE RADIO FARDA. DIGITAL: NO USE BBC PERSIAN. NO USE VOA PERSIAN. NO USE MANOTO. NO USE IRAN INTERNATIONAL. NO USE RADIO FARDA. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    Iran says millions are mourning Khamenei. That’s not the full picture
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  • A Palestinian mother and her child in Gaza City on May 1, 2026. People there say Israeli attacks and inhumane displacement conditions have persisted, months after a ceasefire deal was signed.
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    Bodies lie unclaimed and rats run rampant as months on Gaza’s ceasefire remains unfulfilled
  • Palestinians stand amidst the rubble of buildings flattened by Israeli strikes in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on May 24. Hamas said Monday it would disband its government there.
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    Hamas says it will dissolve Gaza government as US-brokered ceasefire plan stalls
  • Tankers and cargo vessels are seen in the Gulf of Oman, along shipping routes linking the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea, on June 16, 2026.
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    Iran strikes three vessels near Strait of Hormuz as Trump arrives at NATO summit
  • <p>Thousands have flocked to the streets of Tehran as funeral processions are underway for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family who were killed in February on the first day of the US-Israeli war with Iran. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen, Claudio Otto, and Joseph Ataman are on the ground in the Iranian capital where mourners have vowed to seek revenge with the United States and Israel. </p><p>CNN operates in Iran only with the permission of the government but maintains full editorial control of its reports.</p>
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    Video ‘Death to America’: CNN reports from funeral procession for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 2:00
  • Local and foreign officials walk past the coffins of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei and his family members after paying their respects at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran on Friday, July 3.
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    Iran sends a defiant message to Trump with colossal funeral for slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
  • Former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot, who is running for prime minister in the next Israeli elections, attends MUNI EXPO, a municipal conference, in Tel Aviv, Israel June 24, 2026. REUTERS/Nir Elias
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    Netanyahu’s emerging challenger represents his polar opposite, and that may be his appeal
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  • 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.
    Ken Cedeno/Reuters
    Israel to withdraw from two areas in Lebanon under newly signed agreement
  • Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Thursday.
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    Iran strikes vessel, pausing UN efforts to evacuate ships from Hormuz
  • U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman walk as he arrives at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    Trump’s Gulf allies fear his Iran agreement is a ‘disastrous turning point’
  • 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.
    Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
    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.
    Yemeni Civil Defense Authority/AP
    ‘Spider-Man of Yemen’ dies in fall while climbing volcanic crater
  • Residents sit amid debris in a residential building that was hit in an airstrike earlier this morning on March 30, 2026 in the west of Tehran, Iran.
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    What was it all for? US-Iran agreement brings bitter rivals full circle
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