Outdated intelligence likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over 165 people, many of them children, in the opening hours of the conflict, according to a U.S. official and…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Donald Trump: US president says Iran ‘welcome’ at 2026 World Cup but not ‘appropriate’
US president Donald Trump has said Iran’s men’s football team is “welcome” at the 2026 World Cup but that it is not “appropriate” for them to be there “for their own life and safety”.
Trump’s comments come after Iran’s Minister of Sports and…
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Iran threatens withdrawal from FIFA World Cup
The statement from Minister of Sport Ahmad Donyamali on Wednesday that Iran could not take part in a World Cup being co-hosted by the United States offered the clearest indication yet of the potential for a first withdrawal from global soccer’s…
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Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei vows Strait of Hormuz closure, attacks on U.S. Mideast bases
Two tankers were ablaze in an Iraqi port after being hit by suspected Iranian explosive-laden boats, a step-up in attacks that have cut off oil from the Middle East, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States had already…
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'Containment' is no longer a viable policy for Iran, Hamas or Russia. But is there an alternative?
Supporters of containment once believed that, instead of endless wars, it was possible to contain an enemy through economic sanctions and international isolation. But for Iran, Russia and Hamas, money carries far less weight than holding on to power
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Trump says Iran shouldn’t come to World Cup for ‘own life and safety’
US President Donald Trump warned Iran’s football team Thursday their “life and safety” would be at risk if they took part in the upcoming World Cup in North America.
Trump’s comments came just two days after he told FIFA chief Gianni Infantino the…
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British-Israeli company gave Mojtaba Khamenei loan
Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, purchased his luxury homes in London with a loan provided to him by a company owned by British-Israeli businessmen, an investigation conducted by Shomrim and the International Consortium of…
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Football players pressured by government to return to Iran
Several members of Iran’s women’s national football team sought refuge in Australia after refusing to sing the anthem of the Islamic Republic during an international tournament, triggering a scramble by activists and officials to prevent them…
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Laundry fire on giant US aircraft carrier injures two: US military
Two crew on the USS Gerald R. Ford — the world’s largest aircraft carrier currently deployed for the war against Iran — were injured Thursday in a laundry room fire, the US Navy said.
“Two sailors are currently receiving medical treatment for…
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Katz threatens to take territory in Lebanon if attacks persist; evacuation warnings expand
Defense Minister Israel Katz said Thursday he has warned Lebanon that if it does not stop the Hezbollah terror group’s continuing rocket and drone attacks, Israel will “take the territory and do it ourselves.”
Meanwhile, Israel…
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