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The BBC’s Nawal Al-Maghafi has been piecing together what happened on 8 April 2026, after one of the deadliest chapters in the country’s recent history.
Capt Raman Kapoor's ship is one of several to be stranded in the strait in the midst of the power struggle between the US and Iran.
Israel and Hezbollah are still fighting in Lebanon despite a US-brokered ceasefire that began 12 days ago.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is quitting oil cartel Opec after nearly 60 years of membership.
The 300 couples were selected in a draw of nearly 2,000 people to be a part of the joint celebration.
The US and Iran's rival blockades of the Strait of Hormuz have become a "test of wills", says Lyse Doucet.
Analysis indicates that parts of the video appear to have been filmed hours after the ships were reportedly seized.
BBC Arabic's correspondent Carine Torbey reports from the border town of Khiam, as the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon goes into its second day.
Eyewitnesses captured the moment a burning fuel tanker drove through the centre of Hasakah, Syria, leaving a trail of fire behind it.
Lyse Doucet says Iranians want a solution to the long-running animosity with the US, but leaders is not willing to make a deal on Washington's terms.
While military targets have been struck in Iran, civilian areas have too, showing the stark reality of the war.
The BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet arrived in Tehran to what she described as 'life on pause'.
BBC foreign correspondent Nick Beake visits Metula, an Israeli town surrounded on three sides by Lebanon.
BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega joins paramedics on duty in Nabatieh - a city that was once vibrant, but is now abandoned.
BBC Middle East Correspondent Hugo Bachega hears from people affected by this week's attacks.
Pro-government demonstrators poured onto the streets of the Iranian capital after the announcement of the two-week conditional ceasefire between the US and Iran.
The BBC's Nick Marsh takes a look at whether fuel costs will get cheaper now the US and Iran have agreed a ceasefire.
More than one million people in Lebanon have been displaced since the start of the war as Israel expands its ground operation there.
The BBC's Orla Guerin travels to the edge of the critical waterway that Iran has put a stranglehold on.
BBC reports from the funerals of three journalists killed by a targeted attack in southern Lebanon.
