By Joey Roulette
March 15 (Reuters) – An Afghan immigrant who previously worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan and later sought asylum in the United States died this weekend in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody less than 24 hours…
Category: 3. Middle East
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PDKI official says Kurds prepared for military action
The Kurdish coalition forces have organized a military and are now awaiting external material support to arrive before they carry out any ground operations in Iran, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) representative in the UK, Razgar…
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Iran captain latest footballer to drop asylum bid, Iranian state media says
Shiva Amini, an exiled former Iranian national futsal player, said she had received information Iran’s Football Federation, working with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), had “placed intense and systemic pressure on the players’…
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How Iranians are evading internet blocks to contact family abroad
Negar, who lives in Toronto, Canada, says her family have been managing to make short calls to reassure her they are okay, knowing how anxious she was during the deadly anti-government protests in Iran in January. These have done little to allay…
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Germany sceptical about expanding EUOperation Aspides in Strait of Hormuz
FRANKFURT, March 15 (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Sunday that he was sceptical about a potential widening of the European Union’s Aspides naval mission to the Strait of Hormuz.
Wadephul said that the mission to help…
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IDF destroys 2,200 Iranian regime targets
The IDF has destroyed an astounding 2,200 Iranian regime targets, mostly in the Tehran and western Iran areas, which it hopes will weaken the regime substantially as well as the regime’s ability to threaten Israel, the military said on…
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Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site remains a threat
The two largest remaining nuclear threats from the Islamic Republic after the June 2025 war were the 400-plus kilograms of 60% enriched nuclear uranium covered in rubble after IDF attacks on nuclear sites and the Pickaxe Mountain nuclear…
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WHO releases $2 million in emergency funds to Lebanon, Iraq and Syria
March 15 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Sunday it had released $2 million from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies (CFE) to support the health response in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria amidst the ongoing crisis in the Middle…
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Netanyahu posts video in response to Iran rumours that he is dead
JERUSALEM, March 15 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video of himself getting a cup of coffee and chatting with his aide on Sunday, after rumours that he was dead or injured were aired by Iranian state media and…
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Exclusive-Iran wants ‘serious review’ of Arab Gulf ties, denies role in Saudi oil attacks
By Timour Azhari
RIYADH, March 15 (Reuters) – Iran’s relations with Arab Gulf states will require a “serious review” in light of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, limitingthe power of external actors so the region can become prosperous, Tehran’s…
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