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Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit Burj al-Shamali village near the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Trump acknowledges calling Netanyahu ‘crazy’ and says Israel is complicating peace talks with Iran

June 3, 2026 at 6:23 p.m.

President Donald Trump acknowledged criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy” in a phone call that involved expletives, saying he was “a little bit perturbed” that Israel’s fighting with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon...

An Emirati patrol boat, left, is near a tanker anchored in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from a coastal road near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

US threatens shipping firms with sanctions if they pay Iran to transit the Strait of Hormuz

May 2, 2026 at 9:40 a.m.

The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control alert posted Friday adds pressure in the standoff between the U.S. and Iran over control of the strait at the mouth of the...

A woman sits on rubble across from a residential building damaged last Sunday during the U.S.-Israeli air campaign in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Residents of Tehran tell AP of rising fear and isolation as bombs strike without warning

March 13, 2026 at 8:36 a.m.

Fierce U.S.-Israeli bombardment of Iran’s capital, Tehran, now at the end of its second week, has left residents in a state of shock. From central historic quarters to upscale northern...

FILE – This image from a video verified by AP shows Iranian security forces shooting into the courtyard outside the Imam Khomeini Hospital, in Ilam, Iran, Jan. 4, 2026. (UGC via AP, File)

AP reporter speaks to Iranian doctors who say agents intimidated them and obstructed medical care

February 27, 2026 at 7:59 a.m.

As wounded anti-government protesters poured into an Iranian hospital during last month’s crackdown, a young doctor hurried to the emergency room to help treat a man in his 40s who...

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.., as he heads to the Middle East. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Egyptian president says Trump’s Mideast proposal is ‘last chance’ for peace in the region

October 13, 2025 at 3:06 p.m.

The U.S. and Egyptian presidents are chairing a gathering of world leaders dubbed “Summit for Peace” on Monday to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after...

Displaced Palestinians walk amid destroyed buildings in the heavily damaged Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel expects hostages to be freed from Gaza ‘in a few hours’ as ceasefire holds

October 12, 2025 at 2:27 p.m.

Israel said Sunday that it expected all of the living hostages held in the Gaza Strip to be released Monday in its breakthrough ceasefire deal with Hamas, as Palestinians awaited...

Displaced Palestinians carry their belongings as they walk along the heavily damaged Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City, Oct. 11, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians return to ruins and US troops land in Israel as ceasefire holds

October 11, 2025 at 12:26 p.m.

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to their Gaza neighborhoods Saturday, as bulldozers clawed through the wreckage of war and a ceasefire held.

Naima Abu Ful poses for a photo with her 2-year-old malnourished child, Yazan, at their home in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Dozens of kids and adults in Gaza have starved to death in July as hunger surges

July 24, 2025 at 9:22 p.m.

Health workers and aid groups fear hunger that has been building in Gaza for months under Israel's blockade is now reaching a tipping point into accelerating death.

Buildings that were destroyed during the Israeli ground and air operations stand in northern of Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Europe unveils a deal for more food and fuel for Gaza, while an Israeli strike kills 15, including 10 children, outside a medical clinic

July 10, 2025 at 6:19 p.m.

Europe and Israel have reached a new deal to allow more food and fuel into Gaza.

Osama al-Raqab, 5, whose mother says his cystic fibrosis has worsened since the start of the war due to the lack of meat, fish and enzyme tablets to help him digest food, is being treated at the malnutrition clinic in Nasser hospital, Khan Younis, Gaza, on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Hunger and malnutrition are rising across Gaza as Israel’s blockade leaves parents with few options

May 3, 2025 at 12:38 p.m.

Some 3,600 children were admitted and treated for acute malnutrition in the past month, a figure that is likely rising.

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