Israel warned its citizens Sunday 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 has seen drone and…
Category: 3. Middle East
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'It's been bittersweet': The Iranian-Iraqi cafe drawing crowds to Hackney
Logma, a newly opened Iranian-Iraqi cafe in Hackney, has gone viral for its sandwiches.
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UK minister says Trump speaks for himself on his deadline for Iran
LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) – British cabinet minister Steve Reed said on Sunday that U.S. President Trump spoke for himself when he threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if Tehran did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48…
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Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s power plants if Strait of Hormuz remains shut
US President Donald Trump threatened Saturday to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if the Islamic Republic didn’t open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, drawing an Iranian vow to redouble strikes on US and Israeli energy…
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Iran is ready to engage in dialogue regarding the situation in the Strait of Hormuz
Iran is ready to cooperate with other countries and the International Maritime Organisation to improve the safety of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, said Ali Musavi, Iran’s permanent representative to the…
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Ambassador Huckabee, God Promised the Holy Land to Both Jews and Arabs
As the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the Holy Land, I urge the U.S. Ambassador to read the Bible carefully: The land was promised to all of the descendants of Abraham. And rather than justifying modern territorial expansion, the Bible…
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Patriot interceptor likely behind Bahrain blast blamed on Iran, analysis shows
Reuters — An American-operated Patriot air defense battery likely fired the interceptor missile involved in a predawn explosion that injured dozens of civilians and tore through homes in US ally Bahrain 10 days into the war on Iran,…
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Iranian women’s footballer rejects offer to remain in Australia
Iranian women’s football player Zahra Ahmadizadeh said she had rejected an offer to remain in Australia and would now stand “in the street” beside the people of her country, according to a statement published by Iran’s semi-official…
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‘They beat us with whips’: Sudan RSF detainees tell of horrors in El-Fasher
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 are estimated to…
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Researchers say US-operated Patriot likely involved in Bahrain residential blast
An American-operated Patriot air defense battery likely fired the interceptor missile involved in a pre-dawn explosion that injured dozens of civilians and tore through homes in US-ally Bahrain 10 days into the war on Iran, according to an…
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