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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File Photo: Reuters

Israel recovers last hostage body from Gaza, paving way for crossing to open

The remains of police officer Ran Gvili – held in Gaza for more than 840 days – have been identified and will be returned for burial, the military said in a statement

Representational Image. Photo: Collected/Khaleej Times

Dubai to build world's first street made of gold  

US and Iran flags are seen in this illustration created on June 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

US Official says Washington is open for business if Iran wishes to contact them

The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, US August 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

US aircraft carrier enters Middle East region: Officials

The USS Abraham Lincoln deploys from San Diego Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, US, 3 January 2022. Photo: Reuters

US aircraft carrier enters Middle East region, officials say

Aircraft of the German carrier Lufthansa are parked on the tarmac, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo

Airlines reroute, cancel flights as tensions ramp up over Iran

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters walk near an armored vehicle, following clashes between SDF and Syrian government forces, in Hasakah, Syria, January 20, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Orhan Qereman

Syria extends ceasefire with Kurdish forces by 15 days

A bronze seal for the Department of the Treasury is shown at the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

US targets Iran's 'shadow fleet' over crackdown on protesters

Iranian women walk on a street in Tehran, Iran, January 19, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran will treat any attack as 'all-out war against us,' says senior Iran official

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Damascus, Syria December 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

How Syria's Sharaa captured Kurdish-held areas while keeping the US onside

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File Photo: Reuters

Netanyahu confirms Israel's participation in Trump's proposed Board of Peace

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters walk near an armored vehicle, following clashes between SDF and Syrian government forces, in Hasakah, Syria, January 20, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Orhan Qereman

Syria gives Kurds four days to accept integration as US signals end of support

The Iranian flag. Photo: Reuters/Leonhard Foeger

Soaring Iran executions seemingly 'tool of state intimidation': UN