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U.S. ‘misadventure’ in Iran has no clear exit strategy, Russia’s UK ambassador says
Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the UK Andrei Kelin during an interview with PA at the official residence of the Russian Ambassador in London. Picture date: Monday February 21, 2022. Aaron Chown – Pa Images | Pa Images | Getty Images The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is a “misadventure” whose goals and exit strategy […]
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U.S. launches rescue efforts after military refueling plane crashes over Iraq
A US Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aerial-refuelling aircraft flies over Tel Aviv on March 4, 2026. Jack Guez | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. military said Thursday that a KC-135 military refueling plane was lost while flying over Iraq in an incident that was “not due to hostile or enemy fire.” The U.S. […]
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Iran Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has verified account on X, Elon Musk’s platform
Mojtaba Khamenei; the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; is seen in Tehran; Iran; on December 14; 2016. Reza B | Afp | Getty Images Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has a new “verified” account on X, the influential social media platform owned by Elon Musk. Khamenei, whose X handle […]
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Strait of Hormuz must remain closed as ‘tool to pressure enemy,’ Iran’s new supreme leader says
Son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba Khamenei, attends a demonstration to mark Jerusalem day in Tehran. Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty Images Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said all U.S. military bases in the Middle East should close immediately as those bases will be attacked, in his first public […]
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Iran war: Trump says he’s not worried about domestic terror attack
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media next to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2026. Brian Snyder | Reuters President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he’s not worried about Iran executing a terror attack within the United States in retaliation for the ongoing […]
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Five things to know about Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei
Iran appoints Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images The U.S. achieved a quick victory when its first strikes on Iran killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader for nearly 37 years. But news that the country had appointed Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as his successor, along with […]
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Iran war: Israel’s president Herzog calls ‘cost’ for business the price for Middle East peace
Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits the site of an Iranian strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel, March 2, 2026. Alexi J. Rosenfeld | Getty Images Israeli President Isaac Herzog told a group of U.S. business leaders at the Yale CEO caucus meeting on Tuesday that he understands their concerns about the costs of the war against […]
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‘Forever war:’ Democrats rebut Trump’s assertion that Iran war nearing end
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., from center left, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Sen Jon. Ossoff, a D-Ga., and Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., during a State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Senate Democrats on […]
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Trump tells CBS that Iran ‘war is very complete’
US President Donald Trump speaks during a “Saving College Sports” roundtable in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 6, 2026. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday told a CBS News reporter that the war against Iran could be over soon. “I […]
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U.S. orders staff to leave Saudi Arabia as Iran war spreads and oil surges above $110
Smoke rises from the site of airstrikes in a central area of the Iranian capital Tehran on March 6, 2026. Atta Kenare | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. government ordered non-emergency government employees to leave Saudi Arabia as the war engulfing Iran widened across the Middle East, pushing oil prices above $110 per barrel […]
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