Sam Metz

Activists accumulate food and water supplies in front of Israeli army soldiers who are blocking the road leading to the houses of three Palestinian families that have been besieged by Israeli settlers for six days, in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinians besieged in West Bank village fear Israeli settlers will seize their homes

August 14, 2026 at 5:04 p.m.

The West Bank has become more dangerous for Palestinians as Israel, under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has approved more than 100 new settlements. Extremist settlers routinely enter Palestinian towns, clashing...

An overturned car sits on a section of a destroyed bridge after a strike in Hormozgan province, southern Iran, Saturday, July 18, 2026. (Mahdi Negahban/Mehr News Agency via AP)

US launches more airstrikes against Iran after announcing another death of a service member

July 19, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.

The United States began a new round of airstrikes early Monday targeting Iran after announcing the death of another American service member, and Iran fired missiles toward Jordan that risked...

A woman waves an Iranian flag during a pro-government campaign as a portrait of the slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, is displayed at right, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran says the deal to end the war with the US requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon

June 16, 2026 at 4:42 p.m.

Iran’s top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon.

Jibril Rajoub, president of the Palestinian Football Association speaks during the 65th FIFA Congress held at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, on May 29, 2015. (Patrick B. Kraemer/Keystone via AP)

Head of Palestinian soccer says he wasn’t granted US visa to attend World Cup

June 12, 2026 at 8:47 a.m.

The head of the Palestinian Football Association is waiting in Mexico City for permission to enter the United States with other federation heads attending the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

A vendor looks on from the window of his shop at a local street market following air raid sirens warning of incoming Iranian missiles in Haifa, northern Israel, Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

War in the Middle East is flaring again. Here’s how each side sees the stakes.

June 8, 2026 at 1:41 p.m.

The tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East has held up, sometimes barely, despite being shaken by repeated flare-ups over the past two months. But it is now coming the closest...

An Israeli flag hangs on a destroyed building in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Thursday June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hezbollah rejects latest ceasefire agreement and demands Israel withdraw from Lebanon

June 4, 2026 at 7:50 a.m.

The leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group has rejected the latest ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and the Lebanese government, demanding a complete Israeli withdrawal.

A woman rides a bicycle as others cross a street in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US and Iranian negotiators reach tentative deal to extend ceasefire and start new nuclear talks

May 28, 2026 at 5:28 p.m.

U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement Thursday to extend the ceasefire in the 3-month-old war by 60 days.

A container ship sits at anchor as a small motorboat passes in the foreground in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

The US fights to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as the UAE comes under attack in a test of Iran truce

May 4, 2026 at 6:04 p.m.

The U.S. military says it has opened a passage through the Strait of Hormuz and reached out to dozens of shipping companies to encourage navigation through the waterway.

A man on his scooter passes next to an Iranian flag placed in front of a destroyed building, following a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

President Trump claims progress in Mideast wars, but grievances could reignite them

April 25, 2026 at 5:50 p.m.

The post-Oct. 7 order in the Middle East — such as it is — is barely pieced together by conditional ceasefires and mutual threats.

The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)

US Navy seizes Iranian-flagged ship near Strait of Hormuz and Tehran vows to respond

April 19, 2026 at 5:57 p.m.

President Donald Trump said U.S. negotiators will head to Pakistan on Monday for another round of talks with Iran.

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