Three close allies of the United States say they are ready to join forces to defend their interests in the Middle East and stop Iran’s retaliatory strikes following the killing of its supreme leader
March 01, 2026
The Associated Press is using the word “war” to refer to the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran’s retaliation
March 02, 2026
President Donald Trump has taken the United States into war with Iran despite decades of self-professed aversion to foreign entanglements, particularly in the Middle East, and repeated pledges to focus primarily on the Western Hemisphere with an “America first” agenda
March 02, 2026
Trump officials decline Sunday show invitations amid Iran strikes
March 02, 2026
Who’s running Iran now that the supreme leader is dead?
March 02, 2026
CIA closely watched Khamenei for months before fatal strikes in Iran
March 02, 2026
Who might replace Iran’s supreme leader? There’s no clear successor
March 01, 2026
What we know about why the US and Israel attacked Iran and Tehran’s retaliation
February 28, 2026
Exclusive: Trump crossed a ‘very dangerous red line’ with killing of supreme leader, Iranian official tells CNN
March 01, 2026
Afghanistan says it has thwarted an attempted Pakistani airstrike on Bagram Air Base
March 01, 2026
Saturday’s military operation against Iran shows the dramatic evolution in risk tolerance that President Donald Trump has made in a matter of months
March 01, 2026
Israel has killed multiple senior officials with Iran's armed proxies like Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023
March 01, 2026
The United States and Israel have clashed with Iran at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, where the U.N. chief and many countries urged a halt to their attacks and a return to negotiations
March 01, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s “not happy” with the latest talks over Iran’s nuclear program but has indicated he'll give the negotiators more time to reach a deal to avert another war in the Middle East
February 27, 2026
Pakistan’s defense minister says latest clashes with Taliban mean ‘open war.’ What’s happening?
February 27, 2026
A new Gallup poll shows that American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis
February 27, 2026
Pakistan and Afghanistan have traded attacks in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the countries
February 27, 2026
US ambassador to Israel tells embassy staff if they want to leave they ‘should do so TODAY’
February 27, 2026
Afghanistan and Pakistan exchange cross-border strikes in escalating retaliatory attacks
February 27, 2026
Iran and the United States held hours of indirect negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program but walked away without a deal
February 26, 2026
The family of independent U.N. investigator Francesca Albanese has sued the Trump administration over U.S. sanctions imposed on her last year for her criticism of Israel’s policies in Gaza
February 26, 2026
An Israeli strike has killed at least two Palestinians and wounded five others east of Gaza City, according to Fadel Naeem, director of Al-Ahli Hospital, where the casualties arrived
February 26, 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to stand with Israel “shoulder-to-shoulder, opposing terrorism and its supporters.”
February 26, 2026
Syria reports ‘mass escape’ from detention camp holding ISIS-linked families amid reports thousands fled
February 25, 2026
Iranians face a sudden surge in prices for food and daily essentials, and many families say they cannot keep up
February 25, 2026
US offers diplomatic services in West Bank settlement for first time. Critics warn it’s ‘normalizing annexation’
February 25, 2026
Many Iranians are worried as the United States assembles its greatest military firepower in decades in the Middle East and the next round of talks in Geneva get closer
February 24, 2026
Protesters have gathered on the Greek island of Crete following the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier that is part of a major buildup of American forces in the Middle East
February 24, 2026
Seventeen international aid groups have petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to allow them to keep working in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian areas as Israel is set to bar them for refusing to comply with new rules
February 24, 2026
The Pentagon is building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades
January 23, 2026
The United States has ordered nonessential diplomats to leave Lebanon as tensions over Iran rise with the threat of a potentially imminent military strike
February 23, 2026
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro may be the nation’s most prominent Jewish politician as antisemitism surges across America
February 23, 2026
Palestinian Authority officials say Israeli settlers have attacked a West Bank mosque
February 23, 2026
There is fresh outrage over U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee's remarks in an interview that Israel could “take it all” when asked about biblical claims to Middle East land
February 22, 2026
Middle East states condemn US ambassador’s comments appearing to support ‘expansionist’ Israel
February 21, 2026
Arab and Muslim countries are sharply condemning comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, who said in an interview that Israel had a right to much of the Middle East
February 21, 2026
A woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran, who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian, is being threatened with deportation to Iran, a country notoriously dangerous for Christians and on the brink of war with the United States
February 21, 2026
Israeli airstrikes on eastern Lebanon have killed eight Hezbollah members
February 21, 2026
President Donald Trump has warned that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat says Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few days following nuclear talks with the U.S. Trump's remarks Friday came a few hours after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said on MSNOW’s “Morning Joe” show that his country was planning to finalize a draft deal in “the next two to three days” to then send to Washington
February 20, 2026
Britain blocking use of air bases Trump says would be needed for strikes on Iran, UK media reports
February 20, 2026
Iran held annual military drills with Russia as a second American aircraft carrier drew closer to the Middle East
February 19, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to travel to Israel next week to update Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks
February 19, 2026
US military prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend, but Trump has yet to make a final call, sources say
February 18, 2026
Members of the United Nations Security Council are calling for the Gaza ceasefire deal to become permanent and blasting Israeli efforts to expand control in the West Bank as a threat to prospects of a two-state solution
February 18, 2026
Trump launches his ‘Board of Peace’ with billions pledged for Gaza, but many allies are wary
February 18, 2026
Vatican will not participate in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
February 18, 2026
As Iran talks drag on, questions emerge over how long Trump will indulge diplomacy
February 17, 2026
Iran has announced the temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz for live fire military drills
February 17, 2026
Australia refuses to repatriate ISIS-linked citizens in Syria as escape attempt fails
February 17, 2026
Israeli producer Dana Eden, best known for co-creating the Emmy-winning drama “Tehran,” has died suddenly in Greece
February 16, 2026
Israeli move to designate large parts of West Bank as state land condemned as ‘de facto annexation’
February 15, 2026
Nasser Hospital in Gaza has condemned the decision by Doctors Without Borders to suspend most work at the facility due to concerns over armed men in the compound
February 15, 2026
About 250,000 people have demonstrated against Iran’s government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany
February 14, 2026
The Swiss Foreign Ministry says Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program this week
February 14, 2026
Tatreez explained: Why Palestinian women are preserving this embroidery
February 14, 2026
A month after Iran launched a crackdown on nationwide protests, widespread arrests are roiling the country
February 14, 2026
President Donald Trump says a change in power in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen” as the U.S. administration weighs whether to take military action against Tehran
February 13, 2026
The husband of imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says his wife's health condition is worsening, in part because of the beating she endured during her arrest two months ago
February 13, 2026
Fears are rising of the outbreak of another war that could spread into a regional conflict in the Middle East as U.S. President Donald Trump raises the pressure on on Iran to give up its nuclear program
February 13, 2026
The Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City was hit by an Israeli strike during the war with Hamas
February 13, 2026
The Trump administration is ending Operation Metro Surge, a sweeping immigration crackdown in Minnesota that sparked weeks of protests and left two U.S. citizens dead
February 12, 2026
Activists say the death toll from a crackdown over Iran’s nationwide protests has reached at least 7,005 with many more people still feared dead
February 12, 2026
Netanyahu leans on Trump ties as Israel heads toward elections
February 12, 2026
Iranian authorities subjected Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to ‘life-threatening mistreatment,’ Nobel Committee says
February 11, 2026
President Donald Trump met privately with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and says he pushed Israel to back continued U.S. talks with Iran on a nuclear deal
February 11, 2026
Iran marks the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution as leaders face pressure from the U.S. and anger at home
February 11, 2026
Iranian security official Ali Larijani is in Oman, the country currently mediating talks between Tehran and Washington over Iran's nuclear program
February 10, 2026
Two Palestinian men riding bicycles were killed in an Israeli drone strike Tuesday, hospital officials said, as deadly violence continued in Gaza despite an October ceasefire
February 10, 2026
Netanyahu to discuss potential Iran strikes with Trump as Washington and Tehran resume talks
February 10, 2026
Israeli military strikes on Monday killed three people west of Gaza City, according to the hospital where the casualties arrived
February 09, 2026
Pakistan’s president warns that the Taliban's government in Afghanistan has created conditions “similar to or worse than” those before the 9/11 attacks in 2001
February 09, 2026
A Norwegian ambassador who was involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts in the 1990s and most recently served in Jordan has resigned as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, the country’s Foreign Ministry says
February 09, 2026
Clashes in Sydney over Israeli president’s visit as police disperse mass protests
February 08, 2026
Israel tightens grip on West Bank ahead of Netanyahu’s visit to US
February 08, 2026
Israelis forces have seized a local Sunni Islamist politician and an ally of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and took him to Israel for questioning
February 09, 2026
Iranian security forces have launched a campaign to arrest figures within the country's reformist movement
February 09, 2026
Iran has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison
February 08, 2026
Kushner, Witkoff visit USS Abraham Lincoln carrier amid tension with Iran
February 07, 2026
President Donald Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace this month in Washington to raise money for the reconstruction of Gaza
February 07, 2026
Patrick Reed is on a tear in the Middle East
February 07, 2026
President Donald Trump has taken an unusual step of turning to military leaders for high-level diplomacy
February 07, 2026
Pakistani security forces have arrested four suspects linked to a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque near the capital that killed 31 people
February 07, 2026
AIPAC allies picked a candidate to target in New Jersey. They may have boosted a stronger critic of Israel
February 07, 2026
Iran and the United States have held indirect talks in Oman
February 06, 2026
Patrick Reed is atop the leaderboard again on the European Tour
February 05, 2026
A global hunger monitoring group says that famine is threatening more areas in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region, where acute malnutrition has been registered in two more towns there
February 05, 2026
As Israeli strikes killed two dozen Palestinians on Wednesday, many in Gaza wondered what had become of the ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas in October
February 05, 2026
President Donald Trump says he and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in Iran in a wide-ranging call as the U.S. administration pushes Beijing and others to further isolate Tehran
February 04, 2026
Envoys from Moscow and Kyiv have met in Abu Dhabi for U.S.-brokered talks to end the nearly four-year war
February 04, 2026
A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios late Tuesday has left at least 15 migrants dead, while a search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was underway in the area, the coast guard says
February 03, 2026
US carrier shoots down Iranian drone as tensions escalate and diplomatic talks hit a snag
February 03, 2026
The White House says talks between special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian officials are still planned after a Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea
February 03, 2026
Grieving Iranians cowed into silence beside the graves of protesters
February 03, 2026
Gaza’s only border crossing with Egypt partially reopened on Monday morning after Israel closed it nearly two years ago, allowing a small number of Palestinians to enter and leave the war-torn enclave. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.
February 02, 2026
Iran is open to participate in a "fair and equitable" deal talks with the United States amid rising tensions between the two nations. CNN senior international correspondent Frederik Pleitgen sat down with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to discuss the topic. Thousands of people were killed in the brutal crackdown on recent protests and tens of thousands are in prison. CNN operates in Iran only with government permission.
February 01, 2026
Israeli authorities are investigating a group of local officials and businesspeople that investigators suspect siphoned millions of dollars of wartime aid being funneled to help people in the early days of the Israel-Hamas war
February 02, 2026
One of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of the Iranian drama “It Was Just an Accident” has been arrested in Tehran just weeks before the Academy Awards
February 01, 2026
Pakistani police and military forces have killed over 100 "Indian-backed terrorists" in Balochistan, according to government officials
February 01, 2026
Patrick Reed’s bid for back-to-back victories on the European tour has come up just short after he was beaten in a playoff won by Freddy Schott for his first title
February 01, 2026
Iran’s supreme leader has warned that any U.S. attack would trigger a “regional war” in the Mideast
February 01, 2026
Israeli strikes kill over 30 in Gaza, health ministry says, in deadliest day in months
January 31, 2026
Foreign leaders and governments presented to former President Joe Biden, his wife, U.S. Cabinet members and other senior officials tens of thousands of dollars in gifts in the last year of the Biden administration
January 29, 2026
Israel says it will reopen Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt over the weekend
January 30, 2026
Iran is open to US talks but won’t be dictated to and won’t negotiate on missiles, foreign minister says
January 30, 2026
The Trump administration has imposed sanctions against Iran’s interior minister, accusing Eskandar Momeni of repressing nationwide protests that have challenged Tehran’s theocratic government
January 30, 2026
U.S. allies and partners in the Middle East again are urging restraint from both the United States and Iran as the Trump administration warns of a possible strike and builds up its military presence in the region
January 30, 2026
Trump warns against Nouri al-Maliki’s return as prime minister of Iraq
January 27, 2026
President Donald Trump is warning Iraqi officials that the U.S. would no longer support the country if its former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, returns to power
January 28, 2026
US conducts military drills in Middle East as tension with Iran builds amid Trump’s demands
January 28, 2026
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has expressed defiance after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw support for Iraq if he returns to power
January 28, 2026
Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has arrived in Moscow for his second time in less than four months for talks, and Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized his readiness to help the country rebuild its war-battered economy
January 28, 2026
Protesters want slavery exhibit restored after removal: "The stories should be told"
January 29, 2026
The Trump administration is looking at basing the new Board of Peace in the Washington building that formerly housed the U.S. Institute of Peace
January 29, 2026
Patrick Reed is going to spend a full month in the Middle East on the European tour
January 29, 2026
Activists say at least 6,221 people have been killed in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests and many more are still feared dead
January 27, 2026
Ilana Kantorowicz Shalem was born in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March 1945, and is one of the youngest Holocaust survivors
January 27, 2026
Israel says the remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered, clearing the way for the next phase of the ceasefire that stopped the Israel-Hamas war
January 26, 2026
US carrier strike group is now in the Middle East region, sources say
January 26, 2026
Trump admin deports Iranians for first time since brutal crackdown on protests
January 26, 2026
Israelis expressed relief as the remains of Ran Gvili, the last hostage taken into Gaza, were recovered Monday
January 26, 2026
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three accompanying warships have arrived in the Middle East
January 26, 2026
Here’s the latest on the first trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and US as negotiators set plans for future meeting
January 26, 2026
Patrick Reed will take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic after shooting 5-under 67 as Rory McIlroy’s chances of a record-extending fifth title virtually disappeared
January 24, 2026
The scale of nationwide protests in Iran and the bloody crackdown that has followed is slowly coming into focus, even though authorities have cut off the country from the internet
January 24, 2026
Unsealed court documents suggest Trump admin detained Tufts student for writing op-ed critical of Israel
January 24, 2026
US expected to deport dozens of Iranians as Trump threatens regime over crackdown
January 23, 2026
Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. envoys are meeting in the United Arab Emirates, the first known instance that officials from the Trump administration have sat down with both countries as part of Washington’s push to end Moscow’s nearly 4-year-old invasion
January 23, 2026
Turkey is celebrating the latest developments in Syria, where the new government has effectively defeated a major Kurdish-led force with an abrupt offensive
January 23, 2026
President Donald Trump launched his Board of Peace on Thursday to lead efforts to maintain a ceasefire in Gaza
January 22, 2026
A federal judge ruled that the academics, who are party to a lawsuit alleging U.S. policy singles out noncitizens for detention or deportation over their pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses, can seek relief from the court if their immigration status is changed as retribution for taking part in the case
January 23, 2026
Iran has reported its first government-issued death toll from the recent protests, saying 3,117 people were killed
January 21, 2026
President Donald Trump’s ambitions for the “Board of Peace” to play a role in global conflicts beyond Gaza appear to be the latest U.S. attempt to sidestep the U.N. Security Council
January 22, 2026
Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli forces have killed at least 11 Palestinians on one of the deadliest days since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect in October
January 21, 2026
Divisions have emerged over U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace as its ambitions have grown beyond Gaza
January 21, 2026
Israeli settlers are celebrating the inauguration of a new settlement in the West Bank on land where Israel and the U.S. once hoped to build a hospital for Palestinian children
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump closed out 2025 with his plan to end the Israel-Hamas war in fine fettle
January 20, 2026
Witness testimony has ended in the trial of a former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer accused of failing in his duty to stop a gunman in the critical first minutes of the 2022 Robb Elementary School attack
January 20, 2026
Guards from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have abandoned a camp in northeast Syria, allowing detainees linked to the Islamic State group to escape
January 20, 2026
Israeli forces have targeted two United Nations facilities as part of their crackdown on the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees
January 20, 2026
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party says that violence against Kurdish groups in Syria risks undermining reconciliation efforts with Kurdish militants in Turkey
January 20, 2026
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a bombing at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people including a Chinese national and wounded more than a dozen others
January 20, 2026
Hackers have disrupted Iranian state TV to air footage supporting the exiled crown prince
January 19, 2026
Putin invited to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, Kremlin says
January 19, 2026
Shapiro says Harris’ vetting team asked whether he was ‘an agent of the Israeli government’
January 19, 2026
At least eight more countries say the United States has invited them to join President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace overseeing next steps for Gaza
January 18, 2026
Iran’s supreme leader acknowledges thousands were killed in protests
January 18, 2026
A U.S.-based activist agency reports at least 3,919 deaths during recent protests in Iran
January 18, 2026
‘Blood on the streets’: Iranian who fled Karaj tells of brutal crackdown on protesters
January 17, 2026
Israel’s government is objecting to a White House announcement about leaders overseeing the next steps in Gaza as the ceasefire enters its challenging second phase
January 17, 2026
Former UK leader Blair joins Carney and Rubio on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza
January 17, 2026
The White House has released the names of some of the leaders who will play a role in overseeing next steps in Gaza
January 16, 2026
‘As far as I’m concerned, this regime has fallen’: Director Jafar Panahi on Iran’s deadly protests
January 16, 2026
26-year-old Erfan Soltani is believed to be the first anti-regime protester in the latest Iranian uprising to reportedly be given the death sentence, according to human rights organizations. CNN's Isobel Yeung spoke to his relative.
January 14, 2026
U.S. and Iranian officials faced each other at the U.N. Security Council, where America’s envoy renewed threats against the Islamic Republic despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to lower the temperature between the two adversaries
January 15, 2026
Boise man who fled Iran shares perspective as protests escalate overseas
January 15, 2026
Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has outlined his vision for a democratic Iran on social media
January 15, 2026
Rachel Goldberg-Polin, known for her advocacy for hostages abducted by Hamas-led militants, has a memoir coming out this spring
January 15, 2026
Major Middle East powers urge Trump not to attack Iran as US moves some personnel from key base
January 14, 2026
Israel plans to honor the late Charlie Kirk for his efforts against antisemitism
January 15, 2026
Iranian officials signaled that fast trials and executions lay ahead for suspects detained in nationwide protests, while the Islamic Republic promised retaliation if the U.S. or Israel intervened in the domestic unrest
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump says he’s been told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, even as Tehran has signaled fast trials and executions ahead in its crackdown on protesters
January 14, 2026
US announces next phase of Gaza ceasefire plan as committee is formed to run battered enclave
January 14, 2026
Pro-Palestinian activists are carrying out one of the UK’s longest ever hunger strikes. Their families say they won’t stop
January 14, 2026
Activists say the death toll from Iran's protests has risen to at least 2,571, and Iranian state TV acknowledges there was a high death toll
January 13, 2026
Iranian state media has aired at least 97 confessions from protesters since Dec. 28, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency
January 13, 2026
As Iran faces unrest, Israel waits quietly for Trump’s next move
January 13, 2026
A man accused of steering a U-Haul truck toward a Los Angeles demonstration over the weekend in support of Iran’s protests has been released after being arrested on suspicion of reckless driving, officials say
January 12, 2026
President Donald Trump has arrived at a delicate moment as he weighs whether to order a U.S. military response against the Iranian government over its crackdown on protests
January 13, 2026
Trump administration under pressure to restore funding to groups supporting internet freedom in Iran
January 13, 2026
A morgue overflowing with more body bags than answers amid Iran’s latest crackdown on dissent
January 12, 2026
Democrats are looking to expand their hold on the nation's governorships in the midterm elections in November
January 12, 2026
Hospital officials in Gaza say an Israeli drone strike has killed three Palestinians who crossed the ceasefire line
January 12, 2026
A student, a bodybuilder and a father of three among those killed during protests in Iran
January 11, 2026
The U.S. has launched another round of strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria
January 10, 2026
Aviation safety bill based on deadly midair collision near Washington faces a House vote
Race for California governor moves on after dramatic downfall of Rep. Eric Swalwell
Tom Holland says new 'Spider-Man' is the most emotional, most mature, yet
China’s exports grew 2.5% in March in a sharp slowdown as Iran war raises uncertainty
Prince Harry and Meghan arrive in Australia for a low-key, privately funded visit