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Explosions rock Tehran as Israel launches fresh wave of strikes
TEHRAN, March 23 — Explosions rang out in Tehran early today, Iranian media reported, as Israel announced it launched a fresh wave of strikes. “Explosion heard in Tehran,” local media Mehr posted on Telegram, while Fars news agency said airstrikes
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As deadline approaches, Iran faces high-stakes choice over Hormuz blockade
TEHRAN, March 23 — Iran today faces a deadline by President Donald Trump to open up the crucial Strait of Hormuz or face a major US assault on power plants, as Israel warned of weeks more of war. Israel also
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Israel warns of weeks of war ahead as US and Iran exchange threats
TEHRAN, March 23 — Israel warned its citizens yesterday to expect weeks more fighting against Iran, after Washington and Tehran traded threats to destroy power plants or block oil and gas exports. The tit-for-tat rhetoric came as the war that
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‘They beat us with whips’: Sudan RSF detainees tell of horrors in El-Fasher
TAWILA, March 23 — In the suffocating darkness of a sealed shipping container, every thud signalled to Ibrahim Noureldin that one more detainee had died in the crush as Sudanese paramilitary fighters kept forcing more men inside. Thousands of people
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Is the world on the brink? WHO sounds alarm as Dimona and Natanz nuclear sites under fire
GENEVA, March 22 — The Middle East war has reached a “perilous stage” with strikes around nuclear sites in Iran and Israel, the World Health Organization warned Sunday, as it called for maximum restraint. An Iranian ballistic missile ripped open
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Six dead, co-pilot missing after Qatar-Turkiye military helicopter crash into sea during training
DOHA, March 22 — Three Turkish nationals including a serviceman were on board a helicopter that crashed in Qatar’s territorial waters, alongside three Qatari servicemen, the Gulf country’s defence ministry said on Sunday. The Turkish defence ministry meanwhile said that
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Catch up: Strikes, deaths and rising tensions in the Gulf war while you were away
PARIS, March 22 — Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war: Israel’s military said that Iran had fired more than 400 ballistic missiles at Israel since the start of the Middle East war, with around 92 per
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Hate speech spreading unchecked as anti‑racism progress is ‘questioned, delayed and reversed’, says UN rights chief
GENEVA, March 22 — Progress in combating racism is hitting a point at which it may be reversed, the UN rights chief warned yesterday, saying hate speech was spreading unchecked. Hatemongers have notched successes in sowing distrust among societies, Volker
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Japan open to Hormuz minesweeping under ceasefire conditions, foreign minister says
TOKYO, March 22 — Japan could consider deploying its military for minesweeping in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global oil supplies, if a ceasefire is reached in the US-Israeli war on Iran, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said
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Saudi Arabia reports three ballistic missiles targeted Riyadh area, one intercepted
RIYADH, March 22 — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defence said today three ballistic missiles were detected around the capital, as the kingdom and its Gulf neighbours face Iranian strikes in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks. “One missile was intercepted, while the
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