Iran war

Resident Samih Haidar, right, inspects his burned apartment damaged in Israeli strikes in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

In Mideast and around the world, everyone’s talking ‘ceasefire.’ But what does it really mean?

Ceasefires in the Middle East are not bringing the peace many people expect. Despite agreements, fighting continues in Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza.

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A group of people stands in shallow water as a cargo ship appears anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

US and Iran hold separate meetings in Qatar and agree to continue discussions

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Demonstrators chant slogans and raise placards, during an anti-NATO protest in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 27, 2026, days ahead of the NATO summit scheduled to be held in Ankara on July 7-8.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Turkey tightens security and showcases strength and commitment ahead of NATO summit

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Tokyo container terminal is pictured in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Survey shows Japan’s business sentiment improving for a 5th straight quarter

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FILE.- This picture, released by the Iranian government's foreign media department and distributed by the AP without changes, shows graves being prepared for the victims, mostly children, of a strike Feb. 28 on a primary school in Minab, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026. (Iranian Foreign Media Department via AP,File)

As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children

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Specialist Patrick King, left, and trader Mark Puetzer work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Most US stocks rise, but drops for tech pull Wall Street lower

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Uncertain progress as Vance meets top Iranian officials in Switzerland

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What to know about the deal between Iran and the U.S.

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Smooth G7 summit appears to have given positive lift to ties between US and allies

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Iranians protest ahead of Iran-New Zealand World Cup match

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Iran war drives solar sales in energy-hungry Asia

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Fire at a shopping center in Iran kills several people and injures dozens

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Workers around the world demonstrate on May Day

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Medicine for sick people in Sudan is stuck because of the Iran war’s effect on supply lines

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Lipstick and pajamas are among over 6,000 products that could cost more due to war

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Trump’s approval on U.S. economy falls during Iran war, AP-NORC poll shows

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Fans greet members of the Iran World Cup soccer team as they leave their hotel for the airport Tuesday, June 30, 2026, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Iran heads home after a heartbreaking World Cup knockout, but fans say players should be proud

The Iranian national team has left North America, departing from its World Cup home in Mexico following a tournament marked by repeated disagreements with U.S. officials, flashes of athletic brilliance and, ultimately, disappointment over barely missing out on advancing beyond the group stage.

A hiring sign is seen outside of a company in Wheeling, Ill., Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Job openings stayed at a surprisingly strong 7.6 million in May; U.S. labor market proves resilient

Steve Witkoff, special envoy to the Middle East, listens as President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte meet in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US envoys arrive in Qatar for meetings on Iran, with tensions high over Hormuz

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A tug boat pushes a barge carrying coal on Mahakam river in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dec. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

Iran war turns Asia toward diversifying energy supplies, undermining climate goals

The Euro sculpture stands in front of the former headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany, May 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Europe’s central bank head defends its recent rate hike to fight inflation

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Motorbikes drive past a banner showing a portrait of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran says this. The US says that. A look at the trickiest issues in the unresolved conflict

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, June 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Supreme Court lets Trump fire agency heads, a dramatic expansion of presidential power

A demonstrator carries an American flag upside-down near the White House during a protest taking place on the day of a military parade commemorating the Army's 250th anniversary, coinciding with President Donald Trump's 79th birthday, June 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

How Americans feel about country’s achievements and place in the world, according to new polling

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A woman walks past a welcoming billboard featuring Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian along a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

US and Iran pause strikes but disagree over next steps on talks

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Specialist Philip Finale works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

US stocks rise and recover some of their losses from a rare losing week

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This is a locator map for Saudi Arabia with its capital, Riyadh. (AP Photo)

Aramco oil company helicopter crashes in Saudi Arabia, killing all 14 on board

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi listens to his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein during a news conference after a meeting at the foreign ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following US strikes and threatens to halt talks

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Iran's team stands for their national anthem during the World Cup Group G soccer match between Egypt and Iran in Seattle, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Iran narrowly knocked out of tumultuous World Cup on Austria’s last-second goal

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A man stands beside a fishing pole along the shore as cargo ships and commercial vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

US airstrikes again hit Iran as Tehran strikes Bahrain and Kuwait, further imperiling interim deal

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Iran's Mehdi Taremi (9) reacts at the end of the World Cup Group G soccer match between Egypt and Iran in Seattle, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Egypt advances past group stage at the World Cup after a 1-1 draw with Iran

Belgium's Leandro Trossard (10) celebrates his goal against New Zealand with teammates Kevin De Bruyne (7) and Charles De Ketelaere (17) during the first half of a World Cup Group G soccer match, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, June 26, 2026. (Timothy Matwey/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trossard, De Bruyne score and Belgium defeats New Zealand 5-1 to advance at the World Cup

A Hezbollah supporter with mud on his face brought from Karbala, attends the holy day of Ashoura that commemorates the 7th century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussein, in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Photos show Ashoura commemorations shaped by war and loss in Lebanon and Iran

Residents swim in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz as a small motorboat passes cargo ships and other commercial vessels offshore near Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

US strikes Iran in response to a drone attack on a ship

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Delegation staff members meet in the lobby on the first day of a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)

Mediators worked through threats and strikes to broker the US-Iran deal, and challenges remain

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A woman watches as Lebanese Shiites beat their chests and bleed from self-inflicted ceremonial head wounds during Ashoura, when Shiites commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, amid buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Massive Shiite crowds mark the holy day of Ashoura against backdrop of Iran-Israel-US war fallout

A spectator holds up a flag before the start of the World Cup Group G soccer match between Egypt and Iran in Seattle, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo//Lindsey Wasson)

Rainbow flags dot Iran and Egypt’s match as Seattle celebrates Pride during the World Cup

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Trader Edward Curran works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Most of Wall Street rises, but sinking AI stocks send it lower for the week

Marchers with the Greater Seattle Business Association, Washington State's LGBTQ+ and allied chamber of commerce, hold rainbow letters spelling out "Seattle," during the annual Seattle Pride Parade, June 25, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Iran and Egypt avoid talking about World Cup ‘Pride Match’ in Seattle

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A boy carries a water can which he collect from a public tap in Mumbai, India, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Delayed rains bring water shortages to cities and uncertainty to farms across India

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa salute eachother after their meeting as U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain Stephanie Hallett looks on at right, at Al-Sakhir Palace near Zallaq, Bahrain Thursday, June 25, 2026. U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain Stephanie Hallett. (Eric Lee/Pool Photo via AP)

Rubio hails US-Gulf Arab unity despite that region’s persistent concerns about Iran agreement

A "For Sale" sign is seen on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Average 30-year U.S. mortgage rate rises to 6.49%, little changed from its range the past 6 weeks

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A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Niles, Ill., Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

US jobless aid filings fall to 215,000 last week as layoffs remain low despite economic headwinds

A man stands beside a fishing pole along the shore as cargo ships and commercial vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

UN agency pauses evacuation of ships through the Strait of Hormuz after attack on vessel

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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., heads to a closed-door Republican policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans reject war powers resolution after Trump berates them at Capitol meeting

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A girl wearing an Ashoura headband rests on her father's shoulder during a sermon marking the third day of Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim commemoration of the 7th-century death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Shiite Muslims collectively mourn to mark Muharram and Ashoura

Shiite faithful Muslims attend an Ashoura procession which commemorates the 7th-century martyrdom of Imam Hussein in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Shiite Muslims mark holy day of Ashoura after months of war in Iran and Lebanon

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., leaves a closed-door meeting with President Donald Trump and Republican senators at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Inside Trump’s Capitol showdown with Republican Sen. Cassidy

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People hold flags in front of a gas station as President Donald Trump's motorcade passes by Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Despite Trump’s frustration, experts say it’s normal for gas prices to fall slower than oil

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President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House seeks $87.6B from Congress for Iran war costs, US farmers and Ebola response

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A "For Lease" sign is displayed at the Lewis' Continental Kitchen in Bondi, Sydney, Australia, Aug. 26, 2025. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP)

Iranian agents lived in Australia before directing attacks on Sydney and Melbourne, spy chief says