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  • 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’
  • MUSCAT, OMAN - JUNE 22: Crude oil tankers, bulk carriers and vessels sit anchored around Qaboos Port on June 22, 2026 in Muscat, Oman. The Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route for the region's oil and gas, was effectively blockaded since the outbreak of war between the United States and Iran in late February. This week's provisional peace deal between the countries was meant to reopen the waterway to shipping traffic, but the pace of that reopening is unclear amid continued fighting in Lebanon and the need to clear the Strait of sea mines. On Sunday, U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Switzerland for high-level talks with the Iranian delegation, as the two sides seek to clarify the terms of ending the war. (Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images)
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    Live Updatesa min ago June 24, 2026 - Global oil prices fall to lowest level since before the US-Iran war
  • 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
  • Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, June 21, 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA/via WANA (West Asia News Agency)via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. 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.
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    Live Updatesa min ago June 23, 2026 - Strait of Hormuz evacuation plans, Trump insists Iran agreed to more nuclear inspections
  • 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
  • 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
  • A child holds an image of Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, during a rally against the US and Israel in Tehran on June 7, 2026.
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    Dissent grows against deal in Iran – but the regime is likely to have final say
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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
  • HEBRON, PALESTINE - JUNE 7: Missiles launched from Iran toward Israel are seen in the sky over the West Bank city of Hebron on June 7, 2026. Sirens sounded in several regions across northern Israel due to the missile attack, which followed an Israeli strike on the Lebanese capital, Beirut. (Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    Iran’s new leaders are taking risks their predecessors avoided
  • A nurse looks through a shattered window of the Jabal Amel Hospital into a destroyed building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 2.
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    Why Lebanon may hold the key to the future of the Iran war
  • Israeli police officers are deployed at the scene of the shooting in central Israel on June 7, 2026
    Ariel Schalit/AP
    One killed, several wounded in suspected terror attack in central Israel
  • 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: Israel sent troops to Azerbaijan during Iran war as part of secret network across region, sources say
  • In the interview with CNN, Rezaei shed light on the Iran leadership's thinking about the country’s postwar vision, the fate of the Strait of Hormuz and how Iran may act if it is attacked again.
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    Exclusive: Iran supreme leader’s adviser says talks deadlocked over $24 billion and warns of wider war
  • Photo released on Sunday by the Israeli defense minister's spokesperson shows the Israeli flag and the Golani unit flag raised above the Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon.
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    Israel seizes Crusader-era castle as Netanyahu orders forces deeper into Lebanon
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the annual ceremony on the eve of Israel's Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers (Yom HaZikaron) at the Yad LaBanim Memorial in Jerusalem on April 20, 2026.
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    Emerging Iran deal risks shattering Netanyahu’s legacy
  • 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
  • TEHRAN, IRAN - 2026/01/01: Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, deputy commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), arrives at the sixth anniversary of Qassem Soleimani's killing at Tehran's Musalla. Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force of the IRGC, was killed in 2020 in a U.S. missile strike in Iraq.
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    A hardline general wanted by Interpol emerges as a key player in Iran war
  • Activists from a Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla at Fiumicino Airport, Italy, on May 21. The group alleged sexual assault by Israeli forces, including “forcible penetration by a handgun."
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    Freed Gaza flotilla activists accuse Israeli forces of sexual violence and abuse while in custody
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