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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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A surprise meeting with Oman's Sultan Qaboos. A tour of the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates. A call for a rail link between Haifa and the Gulf.
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Thirty-five Yemeni and international NGOs called Wednesday for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" in Yemen, where they warned 14 million people were now "on the brink of famine".
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Saudi Arabia is barring more than one and a half million Palestinian citizens of Israel from travelling on temporary Jordanian passports to perform the Islamic pilgrimages of Hajj and Umrah.
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An Israeli minister is in Oman to attend an international transport conference and to pitch a railway project that would link the Gulf to the Mediterranean via Israel.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey would not abide by the renewed US sanctions on Iran’s oil and shipping industries, adding that they were aimed at “unbalancing the world”.
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Saudi Arabia insisted at the UN on Monday that its investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi would be “fair”, amid a barrage of criticism from countries over the brutal murder.
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The sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi have asked Saudi authorities to return the body of their father so the family can properly grieve, they told CNN in an interview that aired Sunday.
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Iran has greeted the reimposition of US sanctions with air defence drills and an acknowledgement from the president, Hassan Rouhani, that the country faces a “war situation”, raising tensions in the Middle East.
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Iran unveiled the Kowsar domestic fighter jet in August with President Hassan Rouhani saying Tehran's military strength was only designed to deter enemies and aimed at creating "lasting peace".
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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman described slain journalist Jamal Khashoggias a "dangerous Islamist" after his disappearance weeks ago, according to US media reports.
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has met with a delegation of pro-Israeli advocates in Riyadh amid reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the US to keep.
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The Swiss government decided Wednesday to halt deliveries of spare weapons parts to Saudi Arabia amid concern over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
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