The IDF completed a round of strikes across Tehran on Tuesday, including against several command centers used by the regime’s security forces, the military announced on Wednesday.Among the sites targeted were the IRGC Security Unit’s…
Category: 3. Middle East
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IDF strikes Tehran command centers, IRGC headquarters, Iranian air defenses
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Dubai remains crypto hub despite ongoing regional conflict
Laia Fernández has been working as normal as a crypto marketing executive from her high-rise apartment in Dubai’s gleaming downtown business district, even as occasional sounds of projectile interceptions act as reminders of the US-Israeli war…
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Japan’s leader faces high-wire act in Washington over Trump’s Iran demands
By Tamiyuki Kihara, Tim Kelly and John Geddie
TOKYO, March 18 (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visits the White House on Thursday for meetings that offer U.S. President Donald Trump a chance to lean on a key security partner for…
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Israeli strike hits central Beirut after evacuation warning
BEIRUT, March 18 (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike hit Beirut’s Bachoura neighbourhood in the centre of the city on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said, with a loud explosion heard in the area after the Israeli military warned residents to evacuate…
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Airlines cancel more flights as Middle East conflict escalates
March 18 (Reuters) – Global air travel remains severely disrupted after the war in Iran forced the closure of key Middle Eastern hubs including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi, stranding tens of thousands of passengers.
Below is the latest on flights,…
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Explainer-How Trump’s Hormuz push tests Japan’s pacifist limits
By Tim Kelly
TOKYO, March 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for allies to send warships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz has revived questions about how far pacifist Japan can go to support its closest ally in a…
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Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel, Mizan reports
Iran executed a man accused of spying for Israel, according to the judiciary’s Mizan news agency, which identified him as Kurosh Keyvani.The man was found “guilty of providing Israel’s spy agency, Mossad, with pictures and information about…
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USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier to dock for repairs after 30 hour fire on board
The US aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, deployed in operations against Iran, is expected to temporarily pull into port after a fire on board that reportedly took 30 hours to put out, US officials said on Tuesday, the 18th day of the war with…
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Iraqi government, Kurdish authorities reach deal to resume oil exports to Turkey’s Ceyhan port
By Ahmed Rasheed and Yomna Ehab
BAGHDAD, March 17 (Reuters) – The Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government reached an agreement to resume oil exports to Turkey’s Ceyhan energy hub starting on Wednesday, Iraq’s oil minister said on…
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Iran missile fire kills two in central Israel: medics
An Iranian missile barrage killed two people near Israel’s commercial hub Tel Aviv, medics said Wednesday, as the national railway company suspended operations due to shrapnel impact at a station in the city.
Authorities reported that falling…
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