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A pump jack drills oil crude from the Yates Oilfield in West Texas’s Permian Basin, near Iraan, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2023. (Reuters/Bing Guan)

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Oil Prices Edge Higher Ahead of US–Iran Nuclear Talks

U.S. President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 29, 2025. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

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Netanyahu: Deal With Iran Must Dismantle Nuclear Infrastructure, Not Just Stop Enrichment Process

Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians killed in an overnight Israeli strike, according to medics, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 15, 2026. (Reuters/Ramadan Abed)

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Israeli Airstrikes Kill 11 in Gaza, Palestinians Say. Israel Says Hamas Violated Truce

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses delegates during a high-level meeting of heads of state on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians at United Nations headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2025. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)

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Macron Urges Calm After Activist’s Death Sparks Political Clash

U.S. forces prepare to board the vessel Veronica III, which tried to defy U.S. President Donald Trump's quarantine, according to the U.S. Department of Defense, in what the department said is the INDOPACOM area of responsibility, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on February 15, 2026. (Department of War via X/Handout via Reuters)

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US Says It Interdicted and Boarded Vessel Defying Trump’s Quarantine

Excavators expand an Israeli bypass road connecting Israeli settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank with Jerusalem, near Ramallah in the West Bank, September 29, 2025. (Reuters File)

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Israeli Cabinet Approves West Bank Land Registration, Palestinians Condemn ‘De-Facto Annexation’

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