Smoke billowed over the skyline of southern Beirut following airstrikes as Israel continued to escalate its war on Hezbollah nearly four weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran. The Israeli military said it was targeting Hezbollah…
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Iran issues sharp warning to UN nuclear chief over ‘destructive’ remarks
TEHRAN- A senior Iranian diplomat issued a strong warning to the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), accusing him of making biased and passive statements that only worsen the situation regarding Iran’s nuclear…
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More than 400 Hezbollah fighters killed in new war with Israel so far, sources say
BEIRUT, March 27 (Reuters) – More than 400 fighters fromHezbollah have been killed since the Lebanese armed group launched the opening salvoes of a new war with Israel on March 2, two sources familiar with Hezbollah’s count told Reuters.
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UN moves to create mechanism to safeguard Hormuz trade in face of Iran war
March 27 (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Friday it was setting up a task force to design a mechanism to keep trade flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, warning that disruptions caused by the Iran war risked greater food shortages and…
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Displaced mothers in Lebanon welcome babies’ new lives with hope and fear
By Catherine Cartier and Emilie Madi
BEIRUT, March 27 (Reuters) – When Israeli strikes rained down on southern Lebanon in early March, Hawraa Houmani, 29 years old and almost nine months pregnant, fled her village near Nabatieh to a shelter in a…
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Musk joined Trump and Modi call on Iran, says New York Times
WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) – Elon Musk joined a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday about the war in Iran, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing two U.S. officials.
It was…
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The Iran War Is a Boon for Russia. Putin Should Still Worry.
Thomas Graham is a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Russia has emerged as an early beneficiary of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, aided by higher oil revenues, rising demand for other products it produces like fertilizers,…
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German Chancellor Merz says he has doubts over Iran war aims
By Rachel More and James Mackenzie
BERLIN, March 27 (Reuters) – Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday expressed scepticism that the United States and Israel had a clear strategy to end the war in Iran but he said Germany would in principle be ready…
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Araghchi: Barring enemy vessels is Iran’s legal right
TEHRAN – Iran’s foreign minister told the United Nations secretary general that preventing the passage of vessels belonging to or associated with “the enemy and its allies” is a legal right of Iran as a coastal state, and that Tehran has…
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US, Israel target Iran’s largest steel companies in new wave of strikes – Middle East Monitor
The US and Israel targeted Iran’s Khuzestan and Mobarakeh steel companies, among the country’s most strategic and largest steel companies, in a new wave of strikes amid an ongoing escalation, Anadolu…
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