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US Treasury to broaden scope of secondary sanctions on Iran

The ​US Treasury Department was expected on Monday to broaden the scope of secondary sanctions it can impose on entities and countries that maintain business ties with Iran as the Trump administration seeks to increase...

People walk past shops at a market area in Tehran on Monday. Iran responded with defiance to a US threat of the 'single greatest financial offensive ever', saying it was an admission of military defeat. - AFP

Explosion in Damascus during French president's visit

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Oil tanker hit by 'unknown projectile' near Hormuz: UKMTO

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Hamas dissolves Gaza govt, urges peace progress

A boy plays while bathing in a giant container filled with water next to a cistern at a camp for people displaced by war in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City. - AFP

Lebanon says Israeli strike on south kills 4

First responders inspect the wreckage of a car reportedly targeted by an Israeli strike in Nabatieh. — AFP

Funeral procession for Iran's late leader Khamenei begins in Tehran

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Funeral prayers said for late supreme leader Khamenei

Mourners grieve as they gather to pray for Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the second day of funeral ceremonies at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran. - AFP

Israel vows to push ahead in Lebanon

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Iran envoy says friendly nations to get 'special' Hormuz fee treatment

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Huge crowds throng Tehran for Khamenei funeral

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Fate of Gaza Strip eclipsed by Middle East war

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Over 600,000 Lebanese return home under ceasefire

Picture taken from a position in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel shows Israeli military vehicles driving past houses destroyed in strikes in the southern Lebanese village near the Israel-Lebanon border. - AFP

UN issues 'red alert' over 'catastrophe' in Sudan's El Obeid

Tents display the logo of Saudi Arabia at a displaced persons camp in El Obeid, North Kordofan State, Sudan. - Reuters File

Indirect US-Iran talks to resume after Ayatollah Khamenei funeral

Red and black pennants hang above a street as vehicles pass by during preparations for a farewell ceremony for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, on Thursday. — Reuters

‘Avenge Khamenei death with large funeral turnout’

A member of the Basij paramilitary forces carries metal parts underneath a large banner depicting Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during preparations for a farewell ceremony for Iran’s late Supreme Leader at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, in Tehran on Thursday. — Reuters

Israel vows 'indefinite' stay in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza

Israeli army tanks positioned along the Israel-Lebanon border. — AFP
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