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Who blinks first: What Iran’s Strait of Hormuz strategy reveals about its war goals thumbnail
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Who blinks first: What Iran’s Strait of Hormuz strategy reveals about its war goals

Attacks on ships in Hormuz and strikes across the region expose Tehran’s strategy of gradual escalation and long war, testing US, Israeli and...

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Watch: Gunshots scatter crowd during Chaharshanbe Suri celebrations in Tehran

Social media footage posted March 17 shows crowds celebrating Chaharshanbe Suri in Tehran’s Chitgar district fleeing as gunshots ring out. Separate images appear...

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Rattled by Trump, Japan seeks closer ties with Europe

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets US President Donald Trump this Thursday in Washington. A long-planned visit upended by the Iran war. It’s...

Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II, hailed as an 'epochal figure,' dies at 93 thumbnail
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Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II, hailed as an 'epochal figure,' dies at 93

Ilia II was hospitalised on Tuesday morning in critical condition with “mass bleeding from the stomach,” the director of the Caucasus Medical Centre...

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Iranians celebrate ancient fire festival as security forces disrupt event in Tehran

On the evening of March 17, the last Wednesday of the year before Nowruz, Iranians in various cities celebrated the long-standing tradition of...

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Kyiv open to discussing drone interception expertise with Netanyahu, Zelenskyy says

Ukraine’s president said he is ready for a dialogue with the Israeli prime minister on drone interceptors and Kyiv’s expertise in countering Tehran’s...

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Macron says France could join Hormuz ship escorts once situation 'calmer'

The French president rejected US President Trump’s calls for immediate action to reopen the key oil route, but said an international escort mission...

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Lebanon: Beirut’s southern suburbs bombarded by Israeli strikes

New Israeli strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs, flattening buildings and deepening fears of wider war as Israel–Hezbollah clashes intensify. Read More

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Top US counter-terrorism official Joe Kent resigns in protest against Iran war

As head of the National Counterterrorism Center, Kent was in charge of an agency tasked with analysing and detecting terrorist threats. Read More

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Starmer says 'we can't lose focus' on Ukraine amid Iran war during Zelenskyy visit

Zelenskyy’s visit comes at a time when the Iran war has revived Russia’s ailing economy through increased oil revenue and scuttled US-brokered talks...