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Starmer says US can use UK bases for defensive strikes on Iran but UK won’t join offensive action
LONDON, March 2 — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said yesterday he had agreed to let the United States use UK bases to fire “defensive” strikes aimed at destroying Iranian missiles and their launchers. But in a video address posted
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Trump vows revenge after three US troops killed in strikes, warns of ‘punishing blow’ to Iran
WASHINGTON, March 2 — President Donald Trump vowed yesterday to avenge the first US deaths in the war he launched to topple Iran’s cleric-run state, which fired missiles across the Middle East even as the headquarters of its elite Revolutionary
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Israel strikes Tehran again after Khamenei’s death; Iran retaliates with missile barrages as leadership council takes over
JERUSALEM, March 2 — Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Tehran yesterday and Iran responded with more missile barrages, a day after the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei pitched the Middle East and the global economy into
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Iran’s top generals wiped out: Chief of staff, defence minister killed in US-Israel strike
TEHRAN, March 1 — Iran’s armed forces chief of staff Abdolrahim Mousavi was killed along with other senior generals in US and Israeli strikes on the country, state TV reported on Sunday. State TV listed the name of Mousavi along
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Trump warns Iran: Hit back and we’ll unleash force like never before
WASHINGTON, March 1 — President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States would hit Iran with “force that has never been seen before” if the country retaliated against US and Israeli strikes that killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran
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Dubai and Doha rocked by second day of Iranian retaliatory strikes
DUBAI, March 1 — Loud blasts were heard in Dubai and Qatari capital Doha for a second day on Sunday and Oman was hit for the first time as retaliatory strikes on neighbouring Gulf states in response to US and
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Iran confirms Khamenei’s death; Trump and Netanyahu call for uprising
PALM BEACH, March 1 — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader since 1989 and sworn enemy of the West, was killed in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack that extended into a second day Sunday, as
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Middle East aviation shutdown: 1,800+ flights cancelled as 7 nations close airspace over US-Iran war
PARIS, March 1 — Flights across the Middle East were cancelled Saturday as several countries closed their airspace after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran. Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates all announced
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UN Security Council divided as US, Israel, Russia, China and Gulf States all take opposing sides on Iran war
UNITED NATIONS, March 1 — The United States and Israel on Saturday defended their attacks on Iran, which called resulting civilian deaths a “war crime” during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. “The international community has long affirmed
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World’s busiest aviation hub damaged as Iran strikes Dubai Airport, Jebel Ali Port and Palm Jumeirah
DUBAI, March 1 — Dubai’s international airport and its landmark Burj Al Arab hotel sustained damage as overnight Iranian retaliatory attacks spread across the Gulf states and the wider Middle East, reaching beyond US bases and interests. Four people were
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