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Mass displacement grips Lebanon as war triggers humanitarian alarm

Beirut_ Nearly 800,000 people have been displaced across Lebanon in the first 10 days of the ongoing war between Israel

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Hamas urges Iran to avoid strikes on neighbors as regional war widens

Gaza City — Hamas on Saturday urged Iran to refrain from targeting neighboring countries while affirming Tehran’s right to defend

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Macron thanks Iraq PM for safeguarding French forces, offers Paris as venue for Israel-Lebanon ceasefire talks

Paris— Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he had thanked Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani for measures taken to protect French troops in

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Blasts strike U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad amid rising regional tensions

Baghdad_ Explosions struck the compound housing the United States Embassy Baghdad on Saturday morning, security sources said, hours after airstrikes

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U.S. questions Iran leader’s fitness after war injuries as strikes intensify

Washington_ Pete Hegseth said on Friday that Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been wounded and is likely disfigured

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U.S. strikes military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island, warns of broader action if shipping disrupted

Washington_Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States struck military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island, the country’s primary oil

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Larijani appears at Tehran Quds Day rally, condemns U.S.-Israeli strikes

Tehran— Ali Larijani, Iran’s national security chief, attended a mass demonstration in Tehran on Friday marking Quds Day and dismissed

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Israel strikes Lebanon bridge, warns infrastructure at risk in Hezbollah campaign

Tel Aviv— Israel warned Lebanon on Friday that its infrastructure would face escalating damage until the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia is

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White House divisions intensify as Trump weighs strategy in Iran war

Washington— Internal divisions among advisers to Donald Trump are shaping the U.S. president’s shifting public messaging on the ongoing war

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Houthis hold back from Iran conflict despite regional escalation

Riyadh_ Yemen’s Houthi movement has so far refrained from formally entering the regional war triggered by U.S. and Israeli strikes