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Iran strikes Israeli refinery after attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure

TEHRAN/JERUSALEM/DUBAI/AMMAN/MANAMA - Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it attacked a refinery in Israel's Haifa on Saturday night in retaliation for a US-Israeli...

Death toll from Israeli strikes rises to 294 in Lebanon after Hezbollah’s rocket launches

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - The death toll from Israeli attacks on since early Monday has risen to 294, with 1,023 people injured, Lebanon's authorities said...

Economic concerns, calls for diplomacy as ME tensions ripple across Asia-Pacific

HONG KONG – The ongoing has sent shockwaves across the Asia-Pacific, triggering economic uncertainty, energy security alarms and urgent diplomatic calls for an...

NBC: Trump privately weighs small US ground forces in Iran

WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS/TEHERAN - US President Donald Trump has privately expressed serious interest in deploying US ground forces into Iran, NBC News reported on Friday,...

Russia warns of countermeasures if Finland deploys nuclear weapons

MOSCOW – Russia would take appropriate countermeasures against the potential deployment of nuclear weapons in Finland, a Kremlin spokesman said on Friday.“The fact is...

Spanish PM: US-Israeli action against Iran ‘extraordinary mistake’

MADRID – Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sanchez said on Friday that the US-Israeli military action against Iran is an "extraordinary mistake" and rejected criticism...

Poll: Majority of Americans oppose Trump’s military action in Iran

WASHINGTON – A PBS News/NPR/Marist poll released Friday showed that a majority of Americans disapprove of how US President Donald Trump is managing the...

Trump rules out talks, demands Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’

WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS/TEHERAN - US President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States will accept no agreement with Iran short of "unconditional surrender," one...

Japan’s ruling coalition proposes to ease rules on lethal arms exports

TOKYO - Japan's ruling coalition on Friday submitted a proposal to revise the operational guidelines of the Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment...

Trump says he must be involved in selecting Iran’s next leader

TEHRAN/JERUSALEM/BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON -US President Donald Trump said he must be personally involved in selecting Iran's next leader, the US news website Axios reported Thursday.In a...

Japan confirms new highly pathogenic bird flu outbreak in Hokkaido

TOKYO - Japan's agriculture ministry has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in Hokkaido, marking the northern prefecture's...

Middle East conflict continues to expand

Gulf states call on Iran to refrain from retaliatory strikes as turmoil deepensAmid incessant attacks and diplomatic restraints, the Middle East remained in turmoil...

WHO raises alarm over attacks on health care in Iran, Lebanon

GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it has verified 13 attacks on health care in Iran and one in...

Indian Air Force’s fighter jet goes missing in northeastern India

NEW DELHI - A Sukhoi Su-30 MKI of the (IAF) on Thursday went missing in India's northeastern state of Assam, officials said. The...

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