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Mourners carry the body of Hamas leader Mohammed Odeh and other Palestinians in a funeral procession in Gaza City on Wednesday, a day after his targeted assassination by the Israeli army.

WORLD

May 28, 2026

Palestinians mourn slain Hamas militant chief as Israel escalates Gaza attacks

The Israeli military said Mohammad Odeh was killed in a targeted attack on Tuesday night, just over a week after his predecessor was killed.

People assess the damage to a destroyed apartment in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in the Burj al-Shemali village near Tyre, Lebanon, on Tuesday.

WORLD

May 27, 2026

Israel pounds Lebanon and expands ground operations past security zone

The bombing raids further strained a ceasefire announced on April 16 that was meant to halt fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he was ready to resume attacks on Iran, but added that he could wait a few days to "get the right answers."

WORLD / Politics

May 21, 2026

Trump says willing to wait for a few days to get ‘right answer’ on Iran peace deal

The ceasefire has yielded little progress, and soaring gasoline prices continue to weigh on the president’s approval ratings.

People pass a street mural in Tehran on Monday.

WORLD / Politics

Apr 21, 2026

Fate of Iran peace talks uncertain as deadline approaches for end of ceasefire

The two-week ceasefire in a conflict that has killed thousands and roiled the global economy, particularly energy markets, is set to expire this week.

Mohamed El Junayd, 43, sits near damaged cars at the site of an Israeli strike carried out on April 8, at Corniche al-Mazraa in Beirut on Monday.

WORLD

Apr 14, 2026

Israel presses assault on Lebanon border town ahead of U.S.-hosted talks

Hezbollah fighters ⁠holed up inside Bint Jbeil were ready to fight to the death, Lebanese sources said, citing the strategic and symbolic significance of the town.

Ali Larijani (L), Iranian Secretary of the National Security Council, meets with the Minister of the Royal Office in the Sultanate of Oman, Sultan bin Mohammed al Numani, in Muscat, Oman, on Tuesday.

WORLD / Politics

Feb 11, 2026

Trump hints at second carrier in Middle East as Iran and U.S. near talks

The U.S. is seeking to expand the scope of negotiations with Iran beyond the nuclear issue to curb Iran’s ballistic missile program, one of the biggest in the Middle East.

Members of the Iranian police attend a pro-government rally in Tehran on Monday.

WORLD / Politics

Jan 13, 2026

Channels with U.S. ‘open,’ says Tehran, as Trump weighs intervening in crackdown

Iran has been suppressing nationwide protests seen as one of the gravest tests of clerical rule since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

A mourner reacts as they attend the funeral of a Palestinian who, according to medics, was killed in an Israeli strike, at Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday.

WORLD / Politics

Jan 9, 2026

Israeli forces kill 11 in Gaza hours after hitting militant rocket launch site

The Israeli military accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire twice in the past 24 hours, an allegation that a source from the Palestinian militant group said is being checked.

Omar Abu Kuwaik, a 6-year-old Gazan child who lost an arm, gestures as six Gazan families with wounded children arrive at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport for medical treatment in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 2

WORLD

Sep 11, 2025

Missing limbs and loved ones, Gazan children begin treatment abroad

At least 45,000 children have been wounded in Gaza, many of them suffering life-changing injuries, according to UNICEF.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a televised message, after the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, in Tehran on Thursday.

WORLD

Jun 27, 2025

Iran would strike back if attacked, supreme leader says

In his prerecorded remarks, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei promised that Iran would not surrender despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls.

Hamas gunmen stand guard at a funeral for a deputy military commander in the central Gaza Strip in February.

WORLD / Politics

Mar 22, 2025

Hamas studies U.S. ‘bridge’ proposal for truce as Israel escalates return to war

Israel has intensified a military onslaught to press the Palestinian militant group to free the remaining Israeli hostages.

Israelis sit together in Tel Aviv on Thursday as the bodies of deceased hostages were handed over by Hamas under the terms of a ceasefire.

WORLD

Feb 22, 2025

Hamas releases new hostage body after misidentification of Shiri Bibas

The failure to hand over the correct body and the staged public handover on Thursday caused outrage and drew a threat of retaliation from Netanyahu.

Israeli soldiers stand on top of a tank at the border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

WORLD

Feb 13, 2025

Israel calls up reservists as fears over Gaza ceasefire breaking grow

Hamas had agreed to free three more hostages on Saturday but said this week that it was suspending the handover over what it said were Israeli violations of the terms.

The silhouettes of a military vehicle and a soldier are seen near the Gaza border on Dec. 16.

WORLD / Politics

Dec 26, 2024

Hamas and Israel blame each other for Gaza cease-fire delay

Hamas said Israel laid down further conditions, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the group of going back on understandings already reached.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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