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Residents watch as smoke rises from a nearby building during an Israeli strike in central Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Blast rocks Tehran after Israel threatened to target area of government-organized rally

March 13, 2026 at 2:30 p.m.

A large explosion rocked a central square in Iran’s capital where thousands were gathered Friday for an annual state-organized rally to support the Palestinians and call for Israel’s demise. Israel...

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Iran targets busiest international airport as top UN body demands halt to attacks on Gulf neighbors

March 11, 2026 at 10:02 p.m.

The latest attacks marked an escalation in Iran's campaign aimed at generating enough global economic pain to pressure the United States and Israel to end the war that started 12...

Women hold Iranian flags and pictures of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as government supporters march against the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military campaign after Friday prayers at the Imam Khomeini Grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Explosions rock Iran’s capital, more attacks target Israel and US warns bombing will intensify

March 6, 2026 at 9:19 p.m.

The Israel military announced new strikes on Tehran early Saturday, while saying it was also moving to intercept a salvo of Iranian missiles

Some holding pictures of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, mourners reach out to coffins during a funeral for people killed during the ongoing U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Isfahan, Iran, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Payman Shahsanaei/ISNA via AP)

Trump rules out talks absent Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ as Israel strikes Lebanon

March 6, 2026 at 1:03 p.m.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to rule out talks with Iran absent its “unconditional surrender.” Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut and Tehran as Iran launched more retaliatory strikes against...

Red Cross convoy carrying the body of a person believed to be a deceased hostage handed over by Palestinians fighters makes its way toward the border crossing with Israel, to be transferred to Israeli authorities, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 69,000, as more bodies are exchanged

November 8, 2025 at 9:29 a.m.

The Palestinian death toll has risen due to bodies being recovered since the ceasefire began on Oct. 10.

A demonstrator blocks a highway during a protest demanding the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas and calling for the end of the war in the Gaza Strip, near Modiin, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

US hosts talks on post-war Gaza as Israel calls Gaza City evacuation ‘inevitable’

August 27, 2025 at 10:02 p.m.

Israeli and U.S. officials are meeting in Washington to discuss post-war Gaza.

The mother of Mohammed Al-Sukni, center, who was killed while trying to reach aid trucks, is comforted by relatives outside Shifa Hospital, before his funeral in Gaza City, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will push ahead with Gaza City takeover and renew ceasefire talks

August 21, 2025 at 5:44 p.m.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will give final approval for the takeover of Gaza City while also restarting negotiations with Hamas aimed at returning all the remaining hostages...

Syrians sing and wave post-Assad flags during a concert by the recently returned “revolutionary” singer Wasfi Maasrani in Damascus late Wednesday Jan. 8, 2025..(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrians celebrate a month since Assad’s overthrow with revolutionary songs in Damascus

January 11, 2025 at 2:20 p.m.

A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the Syrian uprising, performed in celebration of “Syria’s victory.”

Israeli soldiers patrol the perimeter of the agricultural settlement of Avivim, next to the Lebanese border in upper Galilee, Israel, Monday Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Hezbollah attack draws Israeli strikes on Lebanon, killing 11 people and testing ceasefire’s limits

December 2, 2024 at 6:09 p.m.

Hezbollah fired into a disputed border zone held by Israel on Monday, the militant group’s first attack since its ceasefire with Israel took hold last week, after Lebanon accused Israel...

Firefighters and rescuers gather outside a computer shop hit in an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near key government buildings and embassies

November 18, 2024 at 3:57 p.m.

An Israeli airstrike late Monday slammed into a densely populated residential area in Lebanon’s capital close to the U.N. headquarters, Parliament, the prime minister’s office and several embassies.

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