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US-Israeli strikes kill Iran Guards intelligence chief: Guards
US and Iran receive peace proposal as Trump vows 'hell' if Strait stays shut
Shop normally, as food supply is steady in Oman: official
Trump's threats to hit civilian sites could be war crimes: Iran
OPEC+ warns of cost of repairing energy assets
Trump revels in threats to commit war crimes in Iran
Foreign national injured in Abu Dhabi: Report
Gas outages hit parts of Tehran after strike on university: Iran state TV
Markets on edge as Trump threatens strikes on Iranian infrastructure
Iran says Strait of Hormuz will not reopen without compensation
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in the southern coastal city of Tyre on Saturday. — AFP
Iran fires at neighbours as Trump vows more strikes

Iran launched waves of missile and drone attacks on its Gulf neighbours hosting US forces on Saturday and vowed no surrender despite threats from President Donald Trump to widen the conflict.Israel and the United States pounded Iran again, with one air strike setting a Tehran airport ablaze, but Iran demonstrated that it retained the capacity to riposte...
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'Not the Cairo we know': Energy shock dims Egypt nights
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du telecom building attacked in Fujairah: Report
People walk on a street, near an anti-US billboard, in Tehran. — Reuters

Trump says US airman rescued in Iran
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs. — AFP

Israel renews strikes on Lebanon
Aftermath of the impact of falling debris from an intercepted Iranian drone in Sitra, Bahrain. — Reuters

Iran attacks energy infrastructure across Gulf states
Pope Leo XIV gestures from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. — Reuters

Pope Leo urges world leaders to end wars
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INTERNATIONAL VIDEOS
Region
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US-Israeli strikes kill Iran Guards intelligence chief: Guards

The head of the ​intelligence organisation of ​Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed on Monday in a "terrorist attack by the American-Zionist (Israeli) enemy", Iranian ⁠media said, citing a statement ⁠by the...

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US and Iran receive peace proposal as Trump vows 'hell' if Strait stays shut
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Trump's threats to hit civilian sites could be war crimes: Iran
A classroom with photos of the victims of Minab school that was targeted by US missiles is added to Vanak Square in Tehran, Iran, on February 28, 2026

Trump revels in threats to commit war crimes in Iran
General view of the Abu Dhabi city

Foreign national injured in Abu Dhabi: Report
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du telecom building attacked in Fujairah: Report
Opinion
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Americas

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H-1B visa program changes: Skilled foreign workers consider leaving the US

Artemis astronauts blast towards Moon on historic mission

White House requests $1.5 tn defence budget

How Trump boxed himself in on Iran

US Army chief of staff to step down

Africa

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'Not the Cairo we know': Energy shock dims Egypt nights

South Africans march for 'sovereignty' after US pressure

SUDAN CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL DOUBLES IN 2025: UN

Chad shuts Sudan border over war spillover

Morocco flood evacuees mark muted Ramadhan

Europe

Pope Leo XIV gestures from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. — Reuters

Pope Leo urges world leaders to end wars

Fire breaks out at Russia's NORSI oil refinery after drone attack, governor says

Middle East war hits Britain's fish and chip shops

UK's Starmer calls for closer Europe ties

Egypt's Sisi says only Trump can stop war

Asia
Jag Vasant, an Indian-flagged tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) that transited through the Strait of Hormuz, in Mumbai. — AFP

India-flagged LPG tanker crosses Hormuz

MUMBAI: An Indian-flagged tanker carrying LPG has safely passed through the Strait of Hormuz, India's government said on Saturday. New Delhi, the world's second-largest buyer of liquefied...
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How do you count 1.4 billion people? India is trying

A saker falcon is released into the wild at Altyn-Emel National Park in Kazakhstan. — Reuters

Kazakhstan releases endangered saker falcons in restoration drive

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Major earthquake in Indonesia kills one, sparks panic

US to leave Iran 'pretty quickly' and return if needed, Trump tells Reuters

GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT
Losing international students could devastate many US colleges

Xiaofeng Wan, a former admissions officer at Amherst College, now works as a private consultant to international students who want to come to the United States. This week, as he held meetings in China with prospective...

The campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 12, 2018. (Cody O'Loughlin/The New York Times)

Sanitation crisis in Gaza spreads disease

Gazans flee homes as Israeli strikes resume

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Australia
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Gynaecologist accused of unneeded surgeries on women

Sydney - An Australian gynaecologist was referred to police on Tuesday over media allegations that he carried out unneeded surgeries on women, including organ removals.Multiple patients of Melbourne...
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Man jailed for mailing reptiles in popcorn bags

Australia's national flag flutters at half mast at Bondi Beach during Australia's National Day of Mourning for the victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting in Sydney. - Reuters

Australia mourns in candlelight for Beach shooting victims

Emergency services were called to the scene following reports of a shooting in Lake Cargelligo, 450 kilometres west of Sydney.

Gunman at large after 3 killed in eastern Australia

A marine life ranger stands near the closed signage of the North Steyne Beach in Sydney. — AFP

shark attacks: Australia shuts dozens of beaches

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