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United States, Iran ready for war as talks in limbo

The United States and Iran each warned they were ready for war as the clock ticked down Tuesday on a ceasefire, with uncertainty on talks that president Donald Trump had

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Iran executes two people for having links to Israel’s spy agency

Iran executed two men on Monday convicted of having links to Israel’s spy agency, the judiciary said, the latest in a string of executions since the outbreak of war with

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United States destroyer fires on, seizes Iran cargo ship trying to evade blockade

A United States destroyer on Sunday fired on and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman that tried to evade a US naval blockade, president Donald Trump

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Iran ‘victorious’ in war with United States, speaker says

Iran had been ‘victorious in the field’ during weeks of war and had only agreed to a temporary truce with the United States because its demands had been met, the

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NK fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles into sea: Seoul

North Korea test-fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a recent flurry of launches by the nuclear-armed state. The Sunday launches add to

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Iran command says has closed Strait of Hormuz again over US blockade

Iran’s central military command announced on Saturday it would resume ‘strict management’ of the Strait of Hormuz, reversing a decision to unblock the strategic channel as part of negotiations with

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Iran threatens to close Hormuz again if United States blockade continues

Tehran on Saturday threatened to shut the Strait of Hormuz once more if the United States continues its blockade of Iranian ports, hours after the key waterway was reopened in

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Turkey hosts recent diplomatic talks over ME war

Turkey on Friday hosted a high-stakes diplomatic forum bringing together the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, as Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz open and Islamabad steps

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