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Number of Iranian military personnel reported killed by US strikes this week rises to 13
Iran attacks US targets despite Trump threats
Iran threatens tougher strategy after US strikes kill 4 at wedding
Iran live updates: 'We're going to hit them hard,' Trump says after Iranian strikes
New US missile appears to have left wide path of death and destruction in Iranian city, report says
U.S. says pipelines will make Strait of Hormuz irrelevant. Energy experts disagree
After 6 months of war, Iran's battered regime remains entrenched
US targets Egyptian bank's UAE branches under new push for Iran's economic isolation
Analysis-After six months, the Iran war has reached its endgame - a costly stalemate
Iran urges other nations not to join new US sanctions, mediators focus on reopening strait
Six months on, the Iran war has changed the Middle East, but not in the way its architects had hoped
Putin sees U.S. as weakened by Iran war, intelligence reports say
U.S. weapons shortage from Iran war alarms allies confronting China
Trump says Strait of Hormuz has been demined, warns Iran not to plant more
Iran and Oman discuss temporary Hormuz corridor as impasse with US drags on
vTrump, Hegseth clashed at Camp David over Iran missile depletion concerns
Oil prices ease on Hormuz reopening hopes
Exclusive-Iran threatens to hit Gulf states if US launches new strikes
Proposed Hormuz deal would give Iran control of inbound traffic, sources say
Iran and Oman reach understanding on coordinates of route through Hormuz, Iran ministry says
The soaring demand for Patriot missiles, from the Middle East to Ukraine
US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
Qatar says progress made toward US-Iran talks on ending war
Cargo ship reports being struck in Strait of Hormuz as US, Iran claims about talks diverge
No new negotiations planned despite Trump comments, U.S. officials tell CBS News
Trump says he's cancelling Iran strikes, deal pending
Trump says new Iran talks set to start after calling off massive attack
As Trump cites progress on deal to end war, Iran and Israel remain on alert

Spain's World Cup champions return home for parade in front of almost 2 million
Argentina is back in the World Cup final after a thrilling semifinal win over England
France downs Morocco 2-0 to advance to the World Cup semifinal
England player Jarell Quansah suspended for two games at the World Cup
With Mexico and the US out of the World Cup, who should their fans support now?
Reigning champion Argentina escapes with remarkable World Cup victory over Egypt
World Cup: Lionel Messi rips Argentina from the jaws of defeat vs. Egypt
Lionel Messi, Argentina surge past Egypt: World Cup Round of 16 continues with Colombia vs. Switzerland

Iran lays out demands to participate in 2026 World Cup
These fans are boycotting the World Cup. Will they make it a bust?
The 2026 World Cup faces big challenges with only 100 days to go
Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter joins those calling for boycott of World Cup in U.S.
FIFA president defends World Cup ticket prices, saying demand is hitting records
After outcry over prices, FIFA to sell $60 tickets for the World Cup — with a catch
No toll boost for major Seattle route during World Cup
With the World Cup coming to Kansas City, these fans get to root for their home counties here
Egypt and Iran object to playing in a Seattle 'Pride' match in next year's World Cup
Trump awarded 1st FIFA Peace Prize by Gianni Infantino at 2026 World Cup draw
The World Cup draw is here. Here's why it matters — and how it will work
FIFA head says 'you will see' at World Cup draw if Trump receives new peace prize
'Absolute madness': Soccer fans are outraged over ticket prices for U.S. World Cup
World Cup ticket sales are about to begin. Scoring them may not be easy — or cheap

One of the first people known to change their gender was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh

Greetings from Cairo, where lights and decorations transform the city during Ramadan
Lunar New Year, Ramadan and Lent converge this week

Israel’s military says it found the final hostage body in Gaza
Inside a Gaza medical clinic at risk of shutting down after an Israeli ban
Trump and Netanyahu to meet in Florida at a crucial moment for the Gaza ceasefire
Search for body of last hostage held by Hamas in Gaza is delayed due to bad weather
Israeli military says one of the bodies handed over by Hamas is not that of a hostage
Two years of chains, torture, and isolation: What is known about the hostages' time in captivity?
Reunited hostage describes stark differences in couple's Gaza captivity
Released Israeli hostages arrive in Petah Tikva and Tel Aviv by helicopter
Israeli hostages freed, hundreds of Palestinians released, as Trump hails 'historic dawn'
A fragile Gaza ceasefire is tested after Israel and Hamas swap detainees and hostages
Israel to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for fragile ceasefire
Palestinians celebrate as prisoners are released by Israel under Gaza ceasefire deal/a>
Trump, world leaders gather in Egypt for ceasefire deal signing with Netanyahu absent
Hamas releases Israeli hostages as world leaders sign peace deal in Egypt
As the ceasefire begins, a look at the Gaza war by the numbers
Palestinians celebrate as prisoners are released by Israel under Gaza ceasefire deal
Hamas releases Israeli hostages, Trump gets standing ovation in Israel's parliament

Ireland among countries boycotting Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
A Palestinian imprisoned for planning a bombing is now a prized novelist, and free

Israel's president says 'shocking' settler violence against Palestinians must end
Israel deported Palestinian prisoners to Egypt. Some Israelis question the practice
They found a 'bucket of lentils.' Then it blew up. The menace of Gaza's unexploded ordnance
An NPR reporter's journey into Gaza, for the first time since the war began
Netanyahu's political future and what the 'BibiSitters' want from him
How to Deal with Mountains of Rubble in Gaza
Israel launches renewed strikes in Gaza less than 3 weeks into Trump's ceasefire deal
How Israel is winning the wars and losing the peace
Israel says it's resuming the ceasefire after its strikes in Gaza kill over 100 people
Israel's military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104
Netanyahu orders 'forceful' Israeli strikes in Gaza
Gaza ceasefire tested as Israel and Hamas exchange fire and blame
Vance slams Israel's parliament vote on West Bank annexation, calling it an 'insult'
American 'Bibisitters' try to keep the Israel-Hamas truce on track
Israel takes steps to shut down international aid groups in Gaza and the West Bank

Who are the 20 hostages who have been released from Gaza?
What to know as Gaza ceasefire talks begin in Egypt
Trump urges Gaza peace deal negotiators to "move fast" ahead of Cairo talks
What to know about former U.K. leader Tony Blair, tapped by Trump for postwar Gaza role
Trump tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agrees to release Israeli hostages
5 takeaways from the U.S. ceasefire proposal for Israel and Hamas
Trump gives Hamas ‘3 or 4 days’ to agree to White House proposal or face a ‘sad end’
Trump announces an agreement with Israel to end war in Gaza
Netanyahu apologizes to Qatar for strike targeting Hamas as he meets with Trump
Iran's supreme leader rejects direct talks with US over his country's nuclear program
Israel has hunted its top enemies around the Middle East. What has it achieved?

Ethiopia inaugurates Africa's biggest dam amid regional tensions

Archaeologists Found the Lost ‘Book of the Dead’ Buried in an Egyptian Cemetery

Israel intensifies strikes across Gaza on Palm Sunday and hits a hospital in the north
Israel cuts off Gaza's southern city of Rafah and vows to 'vigorously' expand in the territory
UN chief says Gaza transformed into 'killing field'
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 32, mostly women and children
Israel controls 50% of Gaza after razing land to expand its buffer zone
Palestinians in Gaza protest against Hamas for a second day
Anti-Hamas slogans shouted at a Gaza protest against the war in a rare show of dissent
Israel's latest war plans: To occupy Gaza and rule Palestinians
Israeli strike kills top Hamas official
Trump turns to deadly force in Middle East peace push
Israel has resumed the war in Gaza. Why now?
Israel expands its ground offensive in Gaza as Hamas fires rockets back
Israel has launched a new ground invasion into Gaza after breaking ceasefire
Why did Israel resume the war in Gaza?
Hundreds killed as Israel launches a series of airstrikes on Gaza
Israel hits Gaza with 'extensive strikes,' killing over 400 and ending ceasefire
Hamas is offering a truce with Israel for 5 to 10 years, a U.S. official says
Trump hostage envoy says ‘deal’ in which every Hamas hostage freed ‘could come together within weeks’
Arab leaders endorse Egypt's plan to rebuild Gaza as an alternative to Trump's proposal
In a policy shift, U.S. and Hamas say they're in direct talks on hostages
With Gaza tensions high, Egyptians and Israelis warn of a new war
Israel stops the delivery of aid to Gaza until Hamas accepts a proposed ceasefire extension
Trump wants Palestinians out of Gaza. Here are Egypt's plans to keep them there
Israeli military cites 'fundamental misunderstanding' of Hamas ahead of Oct. 7 attack
Hamas hands over bodies of four hostages, Israel frees Palestinian prisoners
Hamas says Israel evading ceasefire obligations as Netanyahu delays release of 600 Palestinians
Body released by Hamas is Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, family says
Hamas releases new hostage body after misidentification of Shiri Bibas
Hamas releases the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including mother and young sons
Parading of bodies in Gaza abhorrent, UN rights chief says
Netanyahu vows revenge as Hamas hands over bodies of youngest hostages
Trump says the U.S. will 'own' Gaza — what that could mean for the Middle East
Hamas says it will free 3 more hostages. That could resolve its ceasefire dispute with Israel
Hamas to hand over 4 Israeli hostages' bodies Thursday and 6 living hostages Saturday
Rubio is in Saudi Arabia to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and Ukraine war
Egypt to offer Trump Gaza reconstruction plan without Palestinian displacement
Trump's Gaza proposal has rattled the Middle East. More surprises are likely

Egypt announces discovery of the lost tomb of King Thutmose II'

Photos: Former President Carter redefined post-presidency role
A look back at Jimmy Carter's presidency
Jimmy Carter's environmental legacy set the foundation for today's climate action
Jimmy Carter was 'a very unusual kind of politician,' biographer says
Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and he triumphed
Jimmy Carter gave Panama control of the canal. It's one of his most controversial achievements
Egyptian and Israeli leaders send condolences for Carter, who brokered their peace treaty
Jimmy Carter had an early ally in the Senate: a young Democrat named Joe Biden
Carter's single White House term still stirs controversy after more than 40 years

Israeli forces leave a trail of destruction after dayslong siege at one of Gaza's last hospitals
Middle East latest: Israel says it detained militants in Gaza hospital as airstrikes pound Tyre
Israeli settlers in Gaza? Netanyahu’s allies lay out a strategy
Blinken urges Israel to capitalize on Sinwar’s killing to end Gaza war, but a breakthrough seems a long way off
Destitute Gazans cold 'every night' as winter approaches
US says 'now is the time' to end Gaza war
Middle East latest: Sirens sound across Tel Aviv as projectiles are intercepted near Blinken's hotel.
Israel considering Egyptian plan for 2-week cease-fire with Hamas, source says
Wealthy Israelis offer rewards for release of Gaza hostages
Blinken arrives in Israel as US looks to renew cease-fire efforts after the killing of Hamas leader
UN condemns Israeli airstrikes in Gaza's Beit Lahiya
Purported leaked US intelligence docs appear to show Israel's plans for attack on Iran
Martyr or coward? Israel and Hamas offer competing narrative on Sinwar’s death
U.S. investigating unauthorized release of classified documents on Israel attack plans
Israeli strikes kill scores in northern Gaza, with no cease-fire in sight
Hamas leader’s death shakes up Middle East war
Biden, Harris say Yahya Sinwar's death offers chance to end Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
What does Yahya Sinwar's death mean for the Middle East?
U.S. says Hamas leader's killing an opportunity, but the war rages on
Israel and its Iran-aligned foes vow more war after Hamas leader's death
Who was Yahya Sinwar? Israeli military says it killed Hamas leader responsible for Oct. 7 attacks.
Who was Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar?
Israel confirms that Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in Gaza
'Tragedy in Jabalia' as Israel army tightens siege in north Gaza
IDF 'checking the possibility' Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza
Israel threatens to starve out northern Gaza, U.N. aid agencies say
UNRWA 'very near' possible breaking point in Gaza operation, head says

Egypt has been declared malaria-free by the World Health Organization

Israeli defense officials at odds with Netanyahu over Hamas, Hezbollah cease-fire conditions
‘We no longer study.’ Gaza’s children lose out on school, as Israel’s war disrupts a year of education
Hamas chief says ready for 'long war' in Gaza
Opinion - A cease-fire and hostage deal in Gaza will require a change of framework
Israeli strike on Gaza school kills 6 UN workers
Amnesty urges war crimes probe over Israel levelling east Gaza
‘All the streets were destroyed:’ Palestinians count the cost as Israel pulls back from Jenin
US could negotiate directly with Hamas to free American Gaza hostages
Netanyahu gives a starkly different take on Biden administration's hopes for a Gaza deal
Parents of American Hostage in Gaza Say Netanyahu Favors Power Over Human Life
Hostage families press Biden admin to make a deal with Hamas that doesn't include Israel
Israel's Netanyahu demands open-ended control of Gaza's border with Egypt
Netanyahu derailed a potential Gaza hostage deal in July, Israeli newspaper reports
'Bring them home.' Hostages' families cry.
US official lays out new details on Gaza ceasefire talks, says Netanyahu comments on Philadelphi Corridor not constructive
Netanyahu says cease-fire deal 'not close,' rejecting U.S. optimism
Netanyahu defiant as protesters demanding a ceasefire-for-hostages deal bring Israel to a halt
U.S. charges Hamas leaders with terrorism over October attack in Israel
Palestinians in Gaza Grapple With Prospect of Israeli Presence Postwar
US charges Hamas leader, other militants in connection with Oct. 7 massacre in Israel
Hamas says hostage guards in Gaza have been operating under new instructions
Rare strike disrupts Israel while Biden says Netanyahu isn’t doing enough to reach Gaza deal
How a narrow strip of scrubland has become an obstacle to a cease-fire in Gaza
Israel-Hamas war latest: Protesters gather in Tel Aviv again to pressure government to reach a deal

Iran warns airlines to avoid its airspace for 3 hours on Thursday over military drills, Egypt says

US couple 'walked for hours' before dying in Hajj heat
Egypt orders to revoke licenses from Hajj tourism companies over illegal pilgrimages amid reports of hundreds of deaths
Hajj death toll tops 1,000 after extreme heat
Diplomats say at least 550 pilgrims died during hajj, mostly Egyptians
14 pilgrims die from sunstroke as Eid al-Adha celebrations begin for Muslims
Gaza war hangs over hajj as pilgrims flock to Mecca