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  • 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
  • Emergency crews survey the aftermath of an explosion near a hotel where France's President Emmanuel Macron had been staying in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday.
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    Explosion near Macron’s Damascus hotel as French president meets Syrian counterpart
  • People gather on the day of a funeral procession for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes, in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, July 6, 2026.
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    Live Updates July 6-7, 2026 - Funeral ceremonies for Iran’s slain supreme leader
  • 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
  • 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’
  • TOPSHOT - A mother mourns over the body of her three-year-old Palestinian child Iyad Ahmed Naeem Al-Rabai'a, who was reportedly killed by Israeli airstrike, during his funeral at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on February 2, 2026. Israeli air strikes killed 32 people including children in Gaza on January 31, according to the Palestinian territory's civil defence agency, as the military said it had attacked in response to a Hamas ceasefire violation. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Israel deliberately targeting children in ongoing genocide against Palestinians, UN commission finds
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  • 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
  • A displaced family on a scooter fleeing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon drives on a highway in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on June 19, 2026.
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    Why is there fighting in Lebanon?
  • 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
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by US President Donald Trump, speaks during a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on July 07, 2025.
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    Trump’s agreement with Iran is the moment Netanyahu has been dreading
  • 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
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  • 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
  • The caved-in roof of the drinking water reservoir is seen after it was heavily damaged in a strike on June 10, 2026.
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    Photos suggest US bombs damaged drinking water tanks in Iran
  • <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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  • Israeli police officers are deployed at the scene of the shooting in central Israel on June 7, 2026
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    One killed, several wounded in suspected terror attack in central Israel
  • 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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