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Israel to receive more US refuelling planes as Iran attacks intensify, Israeli officials say

By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM, July 19 (Reuters) - Israel is preparing to receive more U.S. refuelling aircraft, an Israeli military official said on Sunday, as attacks launched by the United States and…

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Trump says Republicans should add Iran to Russian bill

July 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Republicans should add Iran to the Russian sanctions bill. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru)

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US-Iran strikes: latest developments

US and Iranian strikes extended into Sunday, with Washington saying it was punishing Tehran for the deaths of two US servicemen in Jordan and Gulf states announcing responses to Iranian attacks. US st…

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Palestinians say Israeli settlers torch mosque, factory

Israeli settlers set fire overnight to a mosque in a village in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official said Sunday, as an AFP journalist saw the structure's entrance scorched and Hebrew graffi…

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US launches strikes to 'punish' Iran after troops killed

The United States carried out airstrikes on Sunday to "punish" Iran after the first US military deaths since open hostilities rekindled the Middle East war. The US military said it carried out an eigh…

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Lebanon's Aoun to meet Trump at White House, hoping to generate pressure on Israel

By Maya Gebeily and Tom Perry BEIRUT, July 19 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will make his first trip to the White House this week to present a plan to U.S. President Donald Trump on how t…

11h ago

In a Lebanon museum, 'keys without homes' evoke destruction in south

Tears streamed down south Lebanon resident Fatima Hajj Ali's face as she stared at a host of keys hanging like windchimes from the ceiling of a Beirut museum -- each one symbolising a home, like her o…

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US renews strikes on Iran after two military personnel killed by Iranian attack

By Nayera Abdallah and Eman Abouhassira DUBAI, July 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. said it had completed an eighth straight night of attacks against Iran after earlier announcingthat two U.S. military person…

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International oil firms halt production in Iraq’s Kurdistan amid US-Iran escalation

The move follows the deaths of two US service members in an Iranian attack on Jordan.

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Two US service members in Jordan killed in Iranian attack, US says

July 18 (Reuters) - Two U.S. military personnel in Jordan were killed on Friday as they defended against an attack by Iranian missiles and drones, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Satur…

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Iran's Supreme Leader says US breaches show Trump's signature is 'worthless'

July 18 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement on Saturday that repeated U.S. breaches of a memorandum of understanding signed by the presidents of Iran and the…

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NY mayor says still mulling Netanyahu arrest during UN meet

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is in talks over whether to try to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an upcoming UN summit, he said in an interview published Saturday -- prompting…

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Germany upgrades security stance to 'high threat level', interior minister tells paper

FRANKFURT, July 18 (Reuters) - Germany is upgrading its security stance to a "high threat level" from a previous"abstract threat level" based on increasing reports and intelligence, the country's Inte…

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US says two military personnel killed by Iranian attack in Jordan

By David Ljunggren, Enas Alashray and Hatem Maher WASHINGTON/CAIRO, July 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Saturday two of its personnel were killed in Jordan and another was missing after an I…

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US military says it completed latest strikes on Iran, marking 7th consecutive night of attacks

By Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said late on Thursday it completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran that were carried out at President Donald Trum…

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Why Iran's Kurdish front is becoming a growing wartime concern

A Friday Iranian strike on a Kurdish dissident base underscores Tehran's concern that its oldest internal security challenge has now become a wartime vulnerability.

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