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New strikes were reported Tuesday across the Middle East, including Israeli strikes on Lebanon and a drone attack on the US embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh.The conflict started by US and Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend, which sparked retaliatory Iranian attacks across the region, showed no sign of abating as it entered …

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Iran’s first Oscar-nominated documentary will compete in Hollywood at a time of incredible tumult at home, days after US-Israeli strikes killed the country’s long-time supreme leader.As the Islamist regime scrabbles to shore itself up in the wake of the death of the hardline Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, “Cutting Through Rocks” offers a different vision of leadership …

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US President Donald Trump says he attacked Iran to eliminate a threat. How he sees the war ending is much less clear.After Saturday’s first strikes killed the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Trump called on Iranians to rise up.But Trump soon said his war launched alongside Israel was not about regime change after all.In the …

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As the sun set in the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Monday, air raid sirens warning of incoming Iranian missiles sent residents hurrying to shelters just as the Jewish holiday of Purim was starting.All public gatherings have been banned by military order, but four floors underground in the basement parking lot of a …

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The US Congress is scheduled to vote this week on motions seeking to curb President Donald Trump as he wages war against Iran, but the Republican majority will probably shield him.Trump has sought to expand executive power drastically since returning to the White House in 2025, overshadowing the legislature.So some lawmakers now want to reassert …

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Energy prices surged Monday as the war in the Middle East led to outages of key energy production operations and a critical waterway was essentially emptied of traffic.European natural gas prices finished the day up more than 39 percent after surging more than 50 percent earlier in the day.Brent oil futures rose to above $82 …

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US forces have shot down hundreds of Iranian ballistic missiles in recent days, raising questions about how long American air defense interceptor stocks will last in a war that could continue for weeks or more.Iran responded to the massive US-Israeli air campaign launched over the weekend with barrages of hundreds of missiles and drones against …

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President Donald Trump warned Monday of a longer Iran war and refused to rule out ground troops, as his top diplomat suggested the timing of the US military operation was triggered by Israel.Trump’s brief remarks at the White House were his first in public since launching the strikes, after two Truth Social videos and a …

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The United States attacked Iran only after learning that ally Israel was going to strike and fearing Tehran would retaliate against US forces, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday.”We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action. We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that …

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