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  • U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit board M/V Blue Star III, a commercial ship suspected of attempting to transit to Iran in violation of the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, April 28, 2026. U.S. forces released the vessel after conducting a search and confirming the ship’s voyage would not include an Iranian port call. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)Politics

    Trump says U.S. will guide stranded ships from ‘neutral and innocent’ countries out of the Strait of Hormuz while hinting at positive Iran talks

    By Adam Schreck, Melanie Lidman, and others
  • This photo obtained by AFP from the Iranian news agency Tasnim shows an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) boat allegedly taking part in an operation to seize ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, on April 21, 2026. Oil prices had been climbing earlier as investors worried about a lack of progress in ending the Middle East crisis, with Tehran keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed and the US maintaining a blockade of Iranian ports. (Photo by Meysam MIRZADEH / TASNIM NEWS / AFP via Getty Images) /Politics

    Cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz comes under attack by multiple small boats as the U.S. and Iran exchange peace plans

    By Adam Schreck, Melanie Lidman, and others
  • President Donald Trump talks to reporters before he boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday May 2, 2026, en route Miami. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Politics

    Trump says he is reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war but ‘can’t imagine that it would be acceptable’

    By Aamer Madhani, Sarah El Deeb, and others
  • Vice President JD Vance, center, walks up a flight of stairs to meet with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for talks about Iran, Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Islamabad. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)Politics

    JD Vance leaves Pakistan after marathon talks with Iran end without a deal as Tehran refuses U.S. demand not to develop nuclear weapons

    By Munir Ahmed, E. Eduardo Castillo, and others
  • 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

    Trump says he asked 7 countries for Hormuz help. None answered the call

    By Sam Metz, Will Weissert, and others
  • khameneiPolitics

    Weeks before his death, Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader heard shouts of ‘Death to Khamenei’ and unleashed a bloody crackdown

    By Lee Keath, Cara Anna, and others
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    Trump is charging world leaders $1 billion each for their countries to permanently join Gaza ‘Board of Peace’

    By Cara Anna, Josh Boak, and others
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech at a concert marking the eighth anniversary of the referendum on the state status of Crimea and Sevastopol and its reunification with Russia, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 18, 2022. (Sergei Guneyev/Sputnik Pool Photo via AP)International

    ‘For a world without Nazism’: Putin appears at packed patriotic rally as troops press attack in Ukraine

    By Cara Anna and The Associated Press
  • GHANA-HEALTH-VACCINES-MALARIAHealth

    Groundbreaking malaria vaccine test underway in 3 African nations

    By Cara Anna, Lauran Neergaard, and others
  • US-POLITICS-TRUMP-MEDALPolitics

    How Trump Upended U.S.-Taliban Peace Talks

    By Cara Anna and The Associated Press