3 d. ago Iran’s president fires deputy for taking holiday to Antarctica

Shahram Dabiri was removed from his post after photos emerged showing him and his wife posing in front of a Dutch expedition vessel bound for the icy continent

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1 week ago Iran 'threatens to target UK forces in Chagos Islands if Trump launches attack'

The threat from Tehran follows warnings by the US president of potential military action against Iran

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2 w. ago Russia and Ukraine exchange aerial attacks amid ceasefire confusion

Moscow launches airstrikes and drone attacks and Kyiv hits Russian airbase as terms of proposed ceasefire remain unclear Europe live – latest updatesRussia and Ukraine exchanged aerial assaults overnight amid uncertainty over the timing and terms of a limited US-brokered ceasefire agreed this week.Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Russia had launched nearly 200 Iranian Shahed drones overnight, wounding at least 10 people, including four children, and damaging “residential buildings, a church, and infrastructure”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Iran claims it intercepted US spy drone in Iranian airspace with F14 fighter jets and drones

US President Donald Trump has directly threatened Iran following a continued threat posed by its allies - the Houthi rebels in Yemen - who claimed responsibility for targeting ships in the Red Sea

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3 w. ago Tens of thousands attend rallies in Yemen after deadly US airstrikes – Middle East crisis live

Huge demonstrations in Houthi-controlled areas come as more than 50 people die in strikes responding to Red Sea attacksMore than 200 people, including women and children, have been killed in Syria in incidents involving war remnants in the three months since the fall of the Assad regime, as bomb disposal experts warn that “no area in Syria is safe”.The number of casualties has risen as approximately 1.2 million people return to their former homes and lands after being displaced by the country’s brutal civil war.The US and Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen are both vowing escalation after the US launched a wave of deadly airstrikes on Saturday with the stated aim of deterring the rebel group from attacking Red Sea shipping. Updating an earlier death toll, Houthi health ministry spokesperson Anis al-Asbahi said 53 people had been killed including “five children and two women”, and that 98 people had been injured.Iran will respond to US president Donald Trump’s invitation to talks after pro...

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3 w. ago Trump's national security adviser issues urgent warning to Iran... as he reveals extent of damage done by Yemen airstrikes

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said 'all options are always on the table' after President Trump warned Iran to stop its support for Houthi rebels as the U.S. carried out airstrikes in Yemen.

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3 w. ago Trump orders airstrikes on Houthis in Yemen over shipping attacks

At least 31 people killed and 101 injured in strikes on Sana’a and Saada, says Houthi-run health ministryDonald Trump launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group’s attacks against Red Sea shipping, killing at least 31 people at the start of a campaign expected to last many days.The US president also warned Iran, the Houthis’ main backer, that it must immediately halt support for the group. He said if Iran threatened the US: “America will hold you fully accountable and we won’t be nice about it!” Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Iranian president Pezeshkian refuses to negotiate with Trump over nuclear deal: ‘Do whatever the hell you want’

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei also warned against being bullied into talks after Trump threatened Iran with military action if it refused to negotiate

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