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US President Donald Trump halted planned strikes on Iran hours before a deadline, agreeing to a two-week ceasefire in a 40-day conflict, as Tehran claimed victory.
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Iran rejects US ceasefire, demands a permanent end to war, sanctions relief, and guarantees, warning any temporary truce would only escalate future conflict.
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US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran does not meet his latest deadline for the Islamic Republic to agree to a deal.
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With the West Asia crisis deepening and Donald Trump issuing a stark deadline to Iran, India has issued an urgent advisory asking its citizens to stay indoors amid fears of further escalation.
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US President Donald Trump threatens strikes on Iran infrastructure over Strait of Hormuz closure, drawing condemnation from Amnesty International and raising war fears.
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Iran claims it shot down an F-35 fighter jet and captured the pilot, also alleging a failed rescue attempt. The reports, carried by state media, remain unverified by independent sources.
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Amid the second month of the U.S.–Iran war and rising tensions, President Masoud Pezeshkian issued a strong letter to Americans, defending Iran and questioning the U.S.–Israeli campaign.
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US President Donald Trump expressed growing frustration with America’s allies on Tuesday, accusing them of failing to support Washington’s military campaign against Iran, as the conflict drives global oil prices higher
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Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei appointed Iran’s Supreme Leader after his father’s assassination, marking a major power shift as war escalates and tensions rise across the Middle East.
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Iran confirms Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was assassinated in an Israeli strike in Tehran, a major escalation with global implications and rising tensions involving the US.
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As unrest persists and rhetoric hardens, Iran’s internal crisis is increasingly entangled with a broader geopolitical struggle—one in which economic grievances on the streets risk becoming the spark for a far more danger
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Iran’s moderate government, led by President Masoud Pezeshkian, has called for dialogue with protest leaders after the country’s largest demonstrations in three years over a plunging currency and declining living conditi
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President Vladimir Putin hailed close ties between the Russian and Turkey militaries as he welcomed Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for Friday’s talks focusing on Syria.
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IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to lead the battle against Iraqi forces advancing in the city.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Israel on Thursday to focus on today’s “different world” after premier Benjamin Netanyahu evoked age-old tensions with Iran, ahead of a holiday marking an ancient victory.
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AS THE governor of Mecca, Prince Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud has been able to compensate for earlier failings. He came to his role in 2007 from Asir province, where his plans to erect modern tower blocks in the city.
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In Saudi Arabia, a group of women are preparing an unusual event to mark International Women’s Day – a campaign to highlight the changing role and economic potential of women in the deeply conservative kingdom.
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More than 2,000 fighters sent from Iran have been killed in Iraq and Syria, the head of Iran's veterans' affairs office said Tuesday.Some 2,100 martyrs have been martyred so far in Iraq.
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The meeting between Turkish Chief of Staff Hulusi Akar, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford and Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov appears to be the first of its kind.
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Iraq announced Tuesday that its forces have retaken the provincial government headquarters, the Turkish consulate general, and a bridgehead from Daesh in west Mosul.
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been busy lobbying the United States and its allies against Iran, is reportedly set to visit Russia for discussions on the Islamic Republic’s role in Syria.
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Iran and France are considering the expansion of mutual cooperation in the transport sector that has helped bilateral economic relations thrive after the signing of the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and world power.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the level of economic cooperation between Iran and Azerbaijan is low in view of the two sides' capacities, calling for a tenfold rise in bilateral trade.
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Seven people, among them five children, have been hospitalised over the past two days near Iraq’s Mosul with injuries from chemical weapons, the Red Cross said on Friday.
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