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The US FBI said on Monday it was investigating after Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said its internal communications were hacked and blamed the Iranian government. The former president said on Saturday that Microsoft had informed…
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The US has prepared for what could be significant attacks by Iran or its proxies in the Middle East as soon as this week, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday. Kirby said the US had increased its regional…
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement said an Israeli air strike on Sunday killed two fighters from the Iran-backed group, with the health ministry reporting another death from an attack days ago. Hezbollah has traded near-daily fire with Israel…
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Iran’s new president presented his Cabinet to parliament on Sunday for a vote of confidence, state media reported, proposing seasoned, pragmatic diplomat Abbas Araqchi as foreign minister at a time of heightened regional tensions.…
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The campaign of Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Saturday some of its internal communications were hacked and blamed the Iranian government, citing past hostilities between Trump and Iran without providing direct…
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Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Saturday that the kingdom would not be a battlefield for Iran or Israel, as the region braces for a possible new wave of attacks by Tehran and its allies following last week’s killing of senior…
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Dozens of Russian military personnel are being trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 close-range ballistic missile system, two European intelligence sources told Reuters, adding that they expected the imminent delivery of hundreds of the…
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France’s Emmanuel Macron and Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Sunday said a military escalation in the Middle East must be avoided “at all costs” during a telephone call, the French presidency said. Fears that the almost 10-month-old Gaza…
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An Israeli official has said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been encouraged to take stronger action against Iran because Joe Biden has quit the US presidential race. The official told the Daily Telegraph that Biden had tried to…
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Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has received a phone call from his Iranian counterpart Ali Bagheri, the Saudi Press Agency said early Thursday. The call discussed bilateral relations and the latest regional…
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