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Trump says Iran talks continuing 'at a rapid pace'
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that talks with Iran were moving ahead rapidly, despite Iran's Tasnim news agency reporting Tehran had halt...
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Lebanon
After Netanyahu talks, Trump says Israel won't hit Beirut, Hezbollah to cease fire
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he had persuaded Israel and Hezbollah to de-escalate, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ag...
Lebanon's culture minister told AFP on Friday that Israeli strikes on the country's south are putting heritage sites, including in the ancient city of Tyre, in "serious danger".
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Lebanese authorities have decried Israeli attacks near UNESCO-protected historic sites and landmarks in the country's south.
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Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike south of Beirut on Thursday killed a woman and two children, after Israel's army said it "precisely struck" the capital without identifying the target.
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The United States and Iran have made good progress towards a ceasefire extension deal but President Donald Trump is not yet ready to approve it, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Thursday.
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A Russian drone struck an apartment building in NATO-member Romania early Friday, wounding two people in the latest spillover from the war in Ukraine and prompting strong condemnation from the Atlantic alliance and the European Union.
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The Israeli military said on Wednesday that all areas south of Lebanon's Zahrani River, which runs roughly 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the Israel-Lebanon border, were considered "combat zones" and urged residents to head north.
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The Israeli military said on Thursday it had begun new strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure around the southern Lebanese city of Tyre after issuing an evacuation warning to its residents.
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The Israeli military said on Thursday that a soldier was killed the day before by a Hezbollah drone near the Lebanon border, taking to 24 the number of its troops killed in the war with the Iran-backed group.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was not yet satisfied with Iran's offers to make a deal, after Iranian state television reported details of what it claimed was a draft agreement.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to threaten to attack U.S. ally Oman if it sides with Iran over reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump said Oman must "behave" or he would "blow them up," when he was asked if he would accept a short-term deal to allow Iran and the Gulf state to control the waterway.
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