Samer Moumneh, wearing a red headband, recording a new sketch in a cafe in Beirut, Lebanon, last week.

Vice President JD Vance arriving at Joint Base Andrews from Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday. Mr. Vance there were “some good conversations” with Iran in Pakistan, and the ball is now in Tehran’s court.

Pro-government demonstrators burning the American and Israeli flags on Wednesday in Tehran after a cease-fire was announced.

Peter Arnett covered conflicts for decades, first for The Associated Press and then for CNN.

A woman ran for shelter after a rocket warning in Ashkelon, Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023.

Sudanese residents gathered to receive food in El Fasher, a city in Darfur that has been under a siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2024.

Syrian government forces entered the predominantly Druse city of Sweida on Tuesday. Israel intervened after days of deadly sectarian clashes in the southern Sweida region.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visited the site of an Iranian strike in Rehovot, Israel, last month during the 12-day Israel-Iran war.

Officials have said Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been sheltering at a bunker and refraining from electronic communication to prevent assassination attempts against him.

Iran fired missiles at an American military base in Doha, Qatar, on Monday, in response to U.S. strikes against Iranian nuclear sites.

People gathered on top of a hill watching the smoke in Tehran on Friday. Israel has been attacking the city for days.

An M23-organized event at a Goma stadium last month.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was scheduled to meet on Monday with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler.

Members of the Syrian government’s security forces in the capital, Damascus, on Thursday.

Members of the new Syrian government set up security checkpoints in Homs in February. Many Syrians are demanding more such controls.