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Vehicles drive past a billboard with graphic showing Strait of Hormuz and sewn lips of U.S. President Donald Trump in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

President Trump says the US will ‘guide’ stranded ships from the Strait of Hormuz, starting on Monday

May 3, 2026 at 4:44 p.m.

The United States will launch an effort on Monday to “guide” stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said, giving few details about a sweeping effort...

Displaced residents drive back to their villages as locals wave Hezbollah flags and an image of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Zefta, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, but Trump says blockade on Iranian ships and ports will stay in force

April 17, 2026 at 12:49 p.m.

Iran said Friday it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, but President Donald Trump said the American blockade on Iranian ships and ports “will remain in full force” until...

Missiles launched from Iran are seen in the sky over central Israel, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel says Iran is using cluster munitions. What to know about the weapons.

March 10, 2026 at 11:43 a.m.

Israel says Iran has been firing cluster munitions throughout their 10-day war — adding a complicated and deadly challenge to Israel’s already-stretched air defenses.

Iraqi Shiites hold pictures of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by a U.S. airstrike in Tehran, during a symbolic funeral, in Najaf, Iraq, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

As Mideast conflict widens, US says attacks on Iran will last weeks and intensify

March 3, 2026 at 6:12 a.m.

Israeli and U.S. airstrikes pounded Iran in an escalating campaign that U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday would likely take several weeks.

Government supporters chant slogans as they gather in mourning after state TV officially announced the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US, Israel pound Iran as President Trump signals willingness to talk to new leadership after Khamenei’s death

March 1, 2026 at 3:40 p.m.

The U.S. and Israel pounded targets across Iran on Sunday, dropping massive bombs as part of an intensifying military campaign following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP)

Iranian state media say country’s supreme leader is dead

February 28, 2026 at 7:56 p.m.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died following a major attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian state media confirmed early Sunday.

Commuters drive past Saint Sarkis church and a mural of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US and Iran wrap up latest nuclear talks without a deal as the risk of war looms

February 26, 2026 at 3:56 p.m.

Iran and the United States held hours of indirect negotiations Thursday over Tehran's nuclear program but walked away without a deal, leaving the danger of another Mideast war on the...

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, arrives at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter’s

December 24, 2025 at 10:51 p.m.

Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, right, makes a statement next to Dani Dayan, chairman of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (John Wessels, Pool Photo via AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas will enter ceasefire’s second phase soon

December 7, 2025 at 9:41 a.m.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are “very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire,” after Hamas returns the remains of...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu insists there can be no Palestinian state, ahead of UN vote leaving that door open

November 16, 2025 at 9:24 a.m.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to oppose any attempt to establish a Palestinian state, a day before the U.N. Security Council will vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution...

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