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Air strikes reported across the Middle East, Iran clamps down on dissent

The conflict has effectively blocked vital shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz, halting the flow of one-fifth of the world’s fossil energy supplies from the petroleum-rich Gulf

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Airlines suspend Middle East flights after US, Israel strikes on Iran

Flight maps showed the airspace over Iran virtually empty as Israel said it struck Iran and the U.S. military initiated a series of strikes against targets in the country. Iran retaliated with a salvo of missiles

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Khamenei is alive, Iran interested in de-escalation: foreign minister

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told NBC News that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was alive “as far as I know”, in an interview from Tehran with the US outlet, adding that “all high ranking officials are alive”

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Multiple Gulf Arab states that host US assets targeted in Iran retaliation

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed all Israeli and US military targets in the Middle East have been struck “by the powerful blows of Iranian missiles”

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US says it supports Pakistan's 'right to defend itself' against Afghan Taliban

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers had said on Friday they were willing to negotiate after Pakistan bombed their forces in major cities

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Israel and US launch strikes on Iran, pushing Middle East into new conflict

Strikes follow failure to get breakthrough in US-Iran nuclear talks

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China calls for Afghanistan-Pakistan ceasefire

Pakistan is one of China’s closest partners in the region, but Beijing also calls itself a “friendly neighbour” of Afghanistan

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Iran enters third round of nuclear talks with ‘seriousness and flexibility’

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has banned weapons of mass destruction, which “clearly means Tehran won’t develop nuclear weapons”, President Masoud Pezeshkian said

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USS Gerald Ford, world’s largest aircraft carrier, at US base on Crete

The Ford reached the Greek island on Monday, according to an AFP photographer

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UN chief decries global rise of ‘rule of force’

“Human rights are under a full-scale attack around the world,” Antonio Guterres told the opening of the UN Human Rights Council’s annual session in Geneva

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Iran says any US attack including limited strikes would be ‘act of aggression’

The two countries concluded a second round of indirect talks in Switzerland on Tuesday under Omani mediation, against the backdrop of a major US military build-up in the region

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Pezeshkian says Iran will not bow to pressure amid US nuclear talks

The comments come after US President Donald Trump said he was considering a limited strike on Iran after ordering a major naval build-up in the Middle East aimed at pressuring Tehran to reach a deal to curb its nuclear programme

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Trump pushes US toward war with Iran as advisers urge focus on economy

US president has ordered a huge buildup of forces in the Middle East and preparations for a potential multi-week air attack on Iran

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Strong earthquake rattles eastern Afghanistan

The 5.8-magnitude quake struck around 130 kilometres (80 miles) northeast of Kabul, the United States Geological Survey said

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NORAD detects Russian planes off of Alaska, sends aircraft in response

NORAD detected and tracked two Russian Tu-95s, two Su-35s, and one A-50 operating in the Alaskan Air Defence Identification zone, the US and Canadian defence organisation said in a statement