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Nasrallah: 'The game is over'

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a ceremony celebrating the birthday anniversary of Prophet Mohammed in Beirut's southern suburbs, January 9, 2015. REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION) - RTR4KQOH

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Enrichment clash in focus as Iran, US set for contentious talks in Rome

A woman walks along Karim Khan Zand Avenue in Tehran on April 8, 2025, past the building with the landmark anti-US mural with the slogan, "Down with the USA," and skulls replacing the stars on the US flag.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Jordan aims to score big in global gaming industry

Nour Khrais, technical partner in The Jordan Gaming Lab, which provides equipment and educational courses to young people on all aspects of the gaming industry, talks to his team at their office in Amman

Agence France-Presse

Pentagon revamps Egypt war games in trust-building exercise

American and Egyptian paratroopers are air-dropped from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Bright Star 2007, at Kum Oshim 90 km (56 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt November 8, 2007. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT ) - GM1DWNYROZAA

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How Israel is preparing for Iran's retaliation as Netanyahu continues double game

Workers hang a billboard in Palestine Square bearing a portrait of slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh with slogan "Expect severe punishment" in Persian and Hebrew, Tehran, July 31, 2024.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

New Iraqi board games revisit cultural heritage, create common ground

US says Gaza cease-fire talks in 'end game' with new proposal

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on February 13, 2024 shows (L to R) CIA Director William Burns during an official State Dinner at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2023; Israel's Mossad Director David Barnea during a conference in Herzliya on September 10, 2023; and Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on January 16, 2024. CIA director William Burns, Mossad chief David Barnea and Qatari Prime

Turkey: Death toll from ski resort blaze rises to 79

Mourners react during a funeral service for Sozcu newspaper columnist and journalist Nedim Turkmen, his wife and his two children killed during a huge fire in a ski resort hotel in Bolu, at Marmara University Faculty of Theology Mosque in Istanbul on Jan. 22, 2025.

Security increased in Kosovo before football game with Israel

Police stand guard near the Fadil Vokrri stadium in Pristina ahead of Kosovo's rearranged Euro 2024 qualifier against Israel

Agence France-Presse

Middle East athletes rack up 44 medals at Paris Olympics

Imane Khelif