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Residents look on and take pictures as flames and smoke rise from an oil storage facility struck as attacks hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (Alireza Sotakbar/ISNA via AP)

Where things stand after another weekend of war

March 9, 2026 at 8:15 a.m.

Iran has named a son of its late supreme leader as his successor. U.S. President Donald Trump already had expressed disdain for Mojtaba Khamenei, calling him “unacceptable.” The Islamic Republic’s...

Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes on Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, March 2, 2026. (Hassan Ammar/AP)

Where things stand after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran

March 2, 2026 at 11:35 a.m.

The United States and Israel targeted Iran in coordinated attacks over the weekend that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of other senior figures. Here’s where things stand.

Sewage overflowed parts of a makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

$1 billion gets a permanent seat on Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, as India and others invited

January 18, 2026 at 2:36 p.m.

At least six more countries said Sunday the United States has invited them to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” a new body of world leaders meant to...

FILE – Palestinians run for cover during an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise building in Gaza City, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, after the Israeli army issued a warning. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun, File)

What to know as key talks to end the war in Gaza are set to begin

October 6, 2025 at 6:08 a.m.

Israel and Hamas are set to begin indirect talks on ending the war in Gaza after both sides signaled support for President Donald Trump’s peace plan.

Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip take part in a protest demanding their release from Hamas captivity and calling for an end to the war, in Jerusalem, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

What to know after Hamas welcomes US peace plan for Gaza

October 4, 2025 at 3:27 p.m.

President Donald Trump says he thinks Hamas is ready for a “lasting peace” and has told Israel to stop bombing the territory. But he warns that “all bets will be...

Yazan Abu Ful, a 2-year-old malnourished child, poses for a photo at his family home in the Shati refugee camp, in Gaza City on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

‘Worst-case scenario of famine’ is happening in Gaza, food crisis experts say

July 29, 2025 at 8:42 a.m.

The “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert Tuesday, predicting “widespread death” without...

In this July 10, 2011 file photo, Southern Sudanese wave the national flag in the capital Juba. (AP Photo/Pete Muller, File)

A look at South Sudan, where the US is accused of quietly sending migrants

May 21, 2025 at 12:12 p.m.

The United States once cheered the creation of South Sudan as an independent nation. Now the U.S. is being asked to explain why it appears to be deporting migrants from...

Palestinian prisoners are greeted by a crowd after being released from Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement with Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Here’s what happens next during the ceasefire in Gaza

January 25, 2025 at 12:49 p.m.

The first week of the latest ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas fighter group is complete. Hamas has begun to release hostages and Israel has freed nearly 300 Palestinian prisoners.

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