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‘Big wave hasn’t happened’: Trump signals prolonged war with Iran
WASHINGTON, March 3 — US President Donald Trump warned yesterday that his attack on Iran could extend longer than a month, as the war spread with Israel bombarding Lebanon and Tehran targeting oil facilities in Gulf countries. New powerful explosions
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UK sending rapid teams to help 300,000 nationals in Gulf, says minister
LONDON, March 2 — British foreign minister Yvette Cooper said today that Britain was setting up support systems to help evacuate its citizens from the Gulf with an estimated 300,000 people living in the region. “We are looking at a
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Pro-Iran protesters storm US consulate as clashes kill 25 in Pakistan
KARACHI, March 2 — The death toll from Pakistan’s violent weekend protests over the killing of Iran’s supreme leader has reached at least 25, according to an AFP tally today. Demonstrations erupted in several major cities in Pakistan, including the
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Iranian drone strikes UK military base in Cyprus, damages runway
NICOSIA, March 2 — An Iranian drone hit the runway of a UK military base in Cyprus today, prompting the EU to vow solid backing for member states as the US-Israeli conflict with Iran spread. Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides said
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Iran Red Crescent says 555 killed in US-Israel strikes since war began
TEHRAN, March 2 — A total of 555 people have been killed across Iran in US and Israeli strikes that began two days ago, the Iranian Red Crescent said today. “Following the Zionist-American terrorist attacks carried out in various regions
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Switzerland urges return to diplomacy after Gulf strikes as Geneva talks overshadowed by new Middle East violence
GENEVA, March 2 — Switzerland urged a return to diplomacy as Tehran launched retaliatory strikes across the Gulf yesterday — three days after mediated talks in Geneva between the United States and Iran. Swiss President Guy Parmelin said on X
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Melania Trump to chair UN Security Council as missiles fly in Middle East
NEW YORK, March 2 — First Lady Melania Trump is slated to chair a UN Security Council meeting today, an appearance that was announced last week before the United States launched its war against Iran. Her office said the former
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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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