From menstruation mishaps to a meditation on old age, and the challenges faced by Arab-Israelis in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks, one Oscars category is nothing if not varied.
“The live action short category, it’s particularly diverse in its…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Donald Trump: US Navy to protect Gulf shipping amid Iran threats
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the US Navy will protect commercial shipping in the Middle East “if necessary” and that his administration will offer government-backed insurance to safeguard maritime trade, as tensions with Iran…
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Hezbollah fires on Tel Aviv as Israel threatens Iranian officers in Lebanon
Hezbollah fired on central Israel on Tuesday, the terrorist group’s first long-range attack since the start of the Iran war, as IDF airstrikes hammered Hezbollah and Israel threatened Iranian officials in Lebanon.
Tehran-backed Hezbollah…
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Exclusive-Defense executives plan to meet at White House as strikes on Iran diminish stockpiles
By Mike Stone
WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to meet with executives from the biggest U.S. defense contractors at the White House on Friday to discuss accelerating weapons production, as the Pentagon works to…
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Trump insists he struck Iran on his own terms
President Donald Trump and his team scrambled Tuesday to reclaim the narrative on why he decided to attack Iran, after his top diplomat suggested the US struck only after learning of an imminent Israeli strike.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
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Khamenei’s son Mojtaba said to emerge as leading candidate for new supreme leader
Report says that ahead of Saturday strike, Netanyahu phoned Trump to say Khamenei would convene his top advisers that day * Iran fires missiles at Israel as IDF carries out ‘broad wave of attacks’ across Islamic Republic
The post Khamenei’s son…
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Gulf states weigh response to Iranian strikes
The six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman – met in emergency session on Sunday to express solidarity and pledge to “take all necessary measures to defend their…
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Pentagon identifies first US soldiers killed in Iran war
The US military identified on Tuesday four of the first American soldiers killed in Operation Epic Fury.The US Army Reserve soldiers, from the 103rd Sustainment Command out of Des Moines, Iowa, were:Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven,…
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Saudi Arabia to take all necessary measures to defend its security, cabinet says
March 4 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will take all necessary measures to defend its security and protect its territory, citizens and residents, the state news agency reported early on Wednesday, citing a cabinet statement.
An Iranian attack targeted…
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Israel partially evacuates UAE embassy staff after 2 attempted Iranian terror attacks — official
Israel conducted a covert extraction of part of its embassy staff in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday after two Iranian terror plots targeting the diplomatic team were foiled in recent days, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel,…
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