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  • Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Energy

    Iran says it’s giving some countries access to the Strait of Hormuz, while Trump’s call for others to send warships is met with no promises

    By Sam Metz, Samy Magdy, and others
  • Plumes of smoke rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Middle East

    Iran openly threatens neighbor’s non-U.S. assets for first time, telling UAE ports to evacuate

    By Jon Gambrell, Sam Mednick, and others
  • iranEnergy

    America says it’s destroying mine-laying Iranian ships as Trump denies that Iran has mined the Strait of Hormuz

    By Jon Gambrell, Julie Watson, and others
  • trumpMiddle East

    Trump calls war in Iran ‘a little excursion … to get rid of some evil,’ predicting end to hostilities soon

    By Jon Gambrell, Will Weissert, and others
  • iranMiddle East

    Iran’s Assembly of Experts picks 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei as next Supreme Leader

    By Jon Gambrell, Sam Metz, and others
  • Flames rise from an oil storage facility south of the capital Tehran as strikes hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign, Iran, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Middle East

    Iran sends conflicting signals on war, highlighting split between leaders looking to de-escalate vs. hard-liners bent on fighting the U.S. and Israel

    By Jon Gambrell, Sam Mednick, and others
  • iranMiddle East

    Trump says ‘I have to be involved’ in choosing next Iran leader, ‘like with Delcy in Venezuela’

    By Jon Gambrell, David Rising, and others
  • iranMiddle East

    War widens in Middle East with over 500 dead, according to Iranian Red Crescent Society

    By Jon Gambrell, Melanie Lidman, and others
  • huckabeeMiddle East

    Mike Huckabee infuriates Middle East after agreeing with Tucker Carlson’s claim that Israel has a biblical right to the whole region

    By Sam Mednick, Samy Magdy, and others
  • TrumpMiddle East

    Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ extends invitations to Russia, Belarus and Thailand along with EU

    By Samy Magdy, Julia Frankel, and others
  • President Donald Trump listens as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during an arrival at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Middle East

    Trump warns U.S. will ‘knock the hell out of’ Iran’s nuclear capabilities if it’s rebuilding them amid Israeli concerns about long-range missiles

    By Will Weissert, Sam Mednick, and others
  • Palestinian children celebrate at a camp for displaced people in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on October 9, 2025, following news of a new Gaza ceasefire deal.Middle East

    The Trump-brokered Gaza truce includes a U.S.-led reconstruction plan and Arab-led security in Gaza

    By Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, and others
  • Israeli troops deploy along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip, on September 25, 2025, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)Middle East

    Israel moves to defensive-only position in Gaza as army eyes first phase of Trump’s plan to end the war

    By Sam Mednick, Samy Magdy, and others
  • Men carry a body of a child killed in an airstrike carried out by IsraelEnvironment

    A 2 a.m. airstrike carried out by Israel struck a media tent, killing a local reporter and wounding six other journalists

    By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, and others
  • Smoke rises from a location reportedly struck by U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah AbdulrahmanPolitics

    Trump orders airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen and warns Iran to stop supporting them

    By Michelle L. Price, Samy Magdy, and others