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US sinks 30 Iranian ships, targets missile factories as ‘Operation Epic Fury’ enters new phase
TAMPA, March 6 — The United States has sunk more than 30 Iranian ships during the ongoing war, while ballistic missile and drone attacks by Tehran’s forces are down substantially, a top US military officer said Thursday. “We’re now up
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US investigators believe American military likely responsible for deadly strike on Iranian girls’ school
WASHINGTON, March 6 — US military investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion
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Philippines uncovers leak of South China Sea resupply data to China, calls breach ‘alarming’
MANILA, March 5 — A spokesman for the National Security Council (NSC) of the Philippines today said some information on the country’s resupply missions in the South China Sea was compromised and passed on to Chinese intelligence agents. His statement
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Russia accuses US and Israel of trying to drag Arab states into a wider Middle East war
MOSCOW, March 5 — Russia today accused the United States and Israel of trying to drag Arab countries into a wider Middle East conflict by provoking Iran into striking targets across the region and said there was no sign Washington
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Israeli strikes hit Beirut as Lebanese media reports Hamas official killed
BEIRUT, March 5 — Israel said it carried out strikes on Beirut targeting Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah on Thursday, while Lebanese state media reported an Israeli drone strike killed a Hamas official. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war
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China to boost military spending by 7pc in 2026 amid rising regional tensions
BEIJING, March 5 — China said on Thursday its defence budget, the world’s second largest after the United States, will increase by seven per cent in 2026, in line with expectations but slightly below last year’s. Beijing plans to spend
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Trump commerce chief agrees to testify as congressional Epstein probe widens to Gates and others
WASHINGTON, March 4 — US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to testify in the congressional inquiry of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the chairman of the committee conducting the investigation said yesterday. “Secretary Lutnick has proactively agreed to appear
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UK triggers ‘emergency brake’ to stop study visas for four countries and Afghan work visas
LONDON, March 4 — Britain said yesterday it would block study visas for nationals from four countries and halt work visas for Afghans, using what it called an “emergency brake” to curb rising asylum claims from people entering through legal
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France deploys aircraft carrier to Mediterranean as Macron warns of conflict spillover
PARIS, March 4 — France is sending its flagship aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean in response to the widening conflict in the Middle East, President Emmanuel Macron announced yesterday. “I have ordered the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, its air
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US military says it has hit nearly 2,000 targets in Iran as air defences ‘severely degraded’
WASHINGTON, March 4 — The US military commander in the Middle East said yesterday that American forces had struck nearly 2,000 targets so far in Iran as part of the largest firepower buildup in the region in a generation. “We’ve
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