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US bombs military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island, preps to escort ships through Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN, March 14 — AFP teams in Tehran, Jerusalem, Washington, Dubai and Beirut President Donald Trump said yesterday that the United States had heavily bombed military targets on Iran’s oil hub Kharg Island and the US Navy would soon begin
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UN rights chief voices concern over China’s ‘ethnic unity’ law
GENEVA, March 14 — UN rights chief Volker Turk voiced concerns yesterday about China’s so-called “ethnic unity” law, saying it could restrict freedom of religion and culture. The law, passed Thursday by the National People’s Congress, formalises policies to promote
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Israel strikes bridge in Lebanon, warns more infrastructure could be hit in Hezbollah conflict
BEIRUT, March 13 — Israel warned Lebanon on Friday that it would face further damage to its infrastructure until Iran-backed Hezbollah is disarmed, after the Israeli military destroyed a bridge in south Lebanon in what appeared to be the first
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Trump claims Iran is ‘about to surrender’ in call with G7 leaders, report says
WASHINGTON, March 13 — US President Trump told G7 leaders in a virtual meeting on Wednesday that Iran is “about to surrender,” Axios reported today citing three officials from G7 countries briefed on the contents of the call. According to
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Iran Guards vow ‘stronger’ response than in January if new protests erupt
TEHRAN, March 13 — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the ideological arm of the country’s military, warned today that any new protests against the authorities would be met with a stronger response than in January, when several thousand people were killed. “The
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Trump says he thinks Iran’s new supreme leader is ‘alive in some form’ but ‘damaged’
WASHINGTON, March 13 — President Donald Trump said that he thinks new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, whose father, the former supreme leader, was killed on the first day of the US and Israel’s war on Iran, is alive but
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Trump says conflict with Iran is moving ‘very rapidly’, but end remains unclear
WASHINGTON, March 13 — US President Donald Trump said yesterday the war against Iran was moving “very rapidly,” even as Tehran’s new leader vowed defiance in his first public message. “The situation with Iran is moving along very rapidly. It’s
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Saudi forces down drones after Iran vows to target oil resources
TEHRAN, March 13 — Saudi forces intercepted more than two dozen drones today after Iran vowed to attack oil resources in the Middle East and said it would maintain a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz that has sent crude
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Iran supreme leader says vengeance is priority ‘until fully achieved’
TEHRAN, March 13 — Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who is yet to appear in public, vowed yesterday to avenge the deaths since the start of the war with the US and Israel, in a statement read out by
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US refuelling plane crashes in Iraq as Iran claims allied group shot it down
WASHINGTON, March 13 — An American KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq while a second plane involved in the incident landed safely, the US military said yesterday. “One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the
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