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  • A view of Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska as the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer USS Spruance conducts its interception in a location given as the north Arabian Sea, in this screen capture from a video released April 19, 2026. CENTCOM/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS IMAGE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY, AN UNPROCESSED VERSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SEPARATELY. VERIFICATION -Identity of the ship confirmed as Touska by shape which matched file imagery of the vessel. -Exact date not verified but no older version found posted online before April 19. -Vessel tracking data showed the most recent location of Touska near the Gulf of Oman on April 19.

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  • The Malta-flagged tanker Agios Fanourios I, an oil tanker that sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, arrives in Iraq’s territorial waters off Basra,Iraq April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Mohammed Aty

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  • BEIRUT, LEBANON - APRIL 17: People are seen in the streets of Dahieh region after the commencement of a 10-day temporary ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon on April 17, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon. (Photo by Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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  • An Iranian cleric (C) speaks to the media in front of a residential building hit by US-Israel airstrikes days before a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States took effect, at the Shahid Broujerdi residential complex in southern Tehran on April 14, 2026. Pakistan was working to bring Iran and the United States together for a second round of talks, senior Pakistani sources told AFP on April 14, with one noting efforts to secure an extended ceasefire to allow for diplomacy. Washington and Tehran held historic face-to-face talks in Islamabad over the weekend, but failed to reach an immediate agreement on ending the war in the Middle East. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /

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