Elena Becatoros

People follow a truck carrying the flag draped coffins of Gen. Ali Mohammad Naeini, a spokesperson for Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and one of his comrades Amir Hossein Bidi , during their funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

President Trump says Iran is eager for a deal to end the war as he extends deadline to allow for diplomacy

March 23, 2026 at 4:01 p.m.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the U.S. was talking with a “respected” Iranian leader and claimed the Islamic Republic was eager for a deal to end the war. He...

A man carries an Iranian flag to place on the rubble of a police facility struck during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

President Trump says he wants to be involved in picking Iran’s next leader as war ripples across the region

March 5, 2026 at 9:37 p.m.

The U.S. and Israel have been hammering Iran for a sixth day while the Islamic Republic has kept up its retaliatory attacks on Israel, American bases and countries around the...

Smoke engulfs a street after a strike in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohsen Ganji)

Israel steps up airstrikes in Tehran, as Iran widens its response across the region

March 3, 2026 at 3:25 p.m.

Iran struck the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital with a drone early Tuesday, while the United States and Israel pounded Iran with airstrikes.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

World leaders express hope after Trump says Israel and Hamas agreed to first phase of peace deal

October 9, 2025 at 8:35 a.m.

World leaders on Thursday expressed hope for peace and urged Israel and Hamas to fulfill their commitments in the hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the parties had...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Sunday, June 22, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel's effort to decapitate the country's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

What to know about the conflict between Israel and Iran, and the US intervention

June 22, 2025 at 8:51 a.m.

Here’s what to know about the conflict between Israel and Iran, and the United States' intervention.

A local resident reacts inside her partially damaged house after a hit by a missile fired from Iran, in Holon, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

What to know about the conflict between Israel and Iran

June 19, 2025 at 9:52 p.m.

The open conflict sparked by Israel’s sudden barrage of attacks against Iran’s nuclear and military structure shows no signs of abating.

Palestinians receive humanitarian aid distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

UN official urges Israel to lift Gaza blockade, calling it ‘cruel collective punishment’

May 1, 2025 at 6:01 p.m.

The United Nations’ emergency relief coordinator is urging Israel to lift its blockade of aid into the Gaza Strip.

Passengers wait to board a ferry bound for the Greek mainland, in the earthquake-struck island of Santorini, Greece, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Scientists say several thousand earthquakes detected near Greece’s island of Santorini

February 11, 2025 at 5:14 p.m.

Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority of them with small magnitudes, in just over two weeks near Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini, the University of Athens’ crisis...

Fire service rescuers arrive at the airport of the earthquake-hit island of Santorini, Greece, on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Earthquakes keep rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes

February 5, 2025 at 4:50 p.m.

Earthquakes rattled Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes overnight and into Wednesday as authorities bolstered emergency plans in case the hundreds of temblors over the past few days...

A general view of Athens with the Acropolis hill is seen as fire burns the northern part of the city on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, Hundreds of firefighters are tackling a major wildfire raging out of control on the fringes of the Greek capital. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Crews battle scattered fires in Athens suburbs, helped by calmer winds and reinforcements

August 13, 2024 at 6:08 p.m.

Firefighters in Greece battled scattered fires on Tuesday in hopes of containing the remains of a major wildfire that burned into the northern suburbs of Athens.

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