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Iran says messages are still being passed to the U.S. amid war concerns
As concerns rise about a return to an all-out Iran war ahead of crucial elections in the United States and Israel, Iran said messages are still being passed to the U.S. and Tehran remains open to diplomacy. Negotiations over the war have appeared to stall for weeks, but President Trump said there w…
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Houthis say they launched attacks on Riyadh airport, hours after reopening
A spokesperson for Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said they launched attacks on Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, just hours after it resumed flights. Deadly strikes by the rebel group earlier this month had forced the airport to shut down operations for more than two weeks. "The Yemeni armed…
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Facing economic strain, Iranians brace for possible return to all-out war
While confronting medicine shortages and soaring inflation, many Iranians say they're bracing for the potential return of an all-out war with the U.S. and Israel, as leaders of both countries wage mounting threats in the days leading up to their respective elections. The Associated Press spoke with…
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Netanyahu warns Iran may try to disrupt Tuesday's Israeli elections
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran and its allies might try to disrupt Tuesday's Israeli elections, warning the Islamic republic against any hostile acts. "We have intelligence signs that our enemies, Iran and its proxies, could challenge us with attacks in order to disrupt the electi…
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Trump says he's weighing deal with Iran against action to "finish them off"
President Trump said Sunday morning that he's deciding between reaching an agreement with Tehran and taking action to "finish them off," after suggesting Friday that Washington "may do another little Epic Fury," in reference to the U.S. and Israel's joint military campaign against Iran. "Now, my qu…
Riyadh airport resumes flights amid ongoing Houthi threats
Saudi Arabia reopened its main airport for international flights, more than two weeks after deadly strikes by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels knocked the facility out of service. Earlier Sunday, the kingdom said it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile and a drone fired by the Houthis.…
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Iran's parliament speaker calls on people to reduce use of natural gas
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday called for a campaign to cut gas consumption by at least 10%, with officials anticipating shortages as winter approaches. While a major producer, Iran has long suffered shortages of natural gas, essential for powering heating systems, whi…
Explosions heard in Saudi capital as airport due to reopen
Explosions rang out in the Saudi capital on Sunday, as the kingdom was due to reopen Riyadh international airport despite repeated attacks by Yemen's Houthis. Riyadh's international airport said flights would resume on Sunday after a two-week closure following the Houthi strikes. However it remaine…
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Iran says potential new U.S. strikes won't change Tehran's position
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that a potential resumption of war with Israel and the United States would not change his country's positions. The remarks come amid mounting tensions between Tehran and Washington as President Trump said on Friday that Washington "may do another l…
Iran reportedly strikes Kurdish opposition group in Iraq
Iran's armed forces attacked bases belonging to an Iranian Kurdish opposition group in Iraq's Kurdistan region using drones, a media outlet in Tehran reported on Sunday. "As part of a drone operation carried out by the Revolutionary Guards' ground forces, the headquarters of the terrorist and separ…
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Saudis intercept ballistic missile launched by Houthis toward Riyadh, officials say
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi militants said early Sunday local time it had downed a ballistic missile launched by the group toward the Saudi capital of Riyadh. "Air defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward Riyadh," the…
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Ayatollah meets with head of Iranian judiciary, focuses on compensation for war damage
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who has still not been seen in public since the beginning of the war, met with Hujjat al-Islam Mohseni Ejei, the head of Iran's judiciary, to discuss a range of issues on Saturday. Most interestingly, in connection to the war, a readout of the meeting on X said Iran was…
Iran remains open to talks with U.S. under Pakistan-brokered deal, envoy says
Iran remains open to talks with the U.S. under a Pakistan-brokered interim deal reached in June to end the conflict, Tehran's ambassador to Islamabad said Saturday, accusing Washington of undermining diplomacy and prolonging the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz. Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam sai…
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Iran president admits many struggling for food as war, sanctions take toll
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday many Iranians were struggling to put food on the table, as economic pressure from the war with the United States mounts. The U.S. has in recent weeks dialed back military operations in favor of economic pressure, while Iran's leaders have said peace…
Houthis say they attacked Saudi Arabia, Yemen's Aden after deadly strikes
Yemen's Houthi militant group launched fresh attacks on Saudi Arabia and the seat of Yemen's internationally-recognized government on Saturday after blaming the kingdom for strikes that the Iran-backed group said killed 17 people. Saudi Arabia and the government it backs in Yemen have come under su…
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State Department updates travel advisories for 14 countries in Middle East
The U.S. State Department has updated travel advisories for 14 countries in the Middle East "to reflect the threat of Iranian-supported Houthi regional aggression." The advisories also follow the public disclosure of a memo from Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to Secretary of State Ma…
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U.S. threats toward Iran "largely for media consumption," IRGC official says
An official with Iran's Revolutionary Guard took a swipe at the U.S. and President Trump's repeated threats, calling them "largely for media consumption" and saying the country is ready if there are renewed hostilities. "The enemy itself knows better than anyone that it cannot carry out effective o…
UAE closes beaches after oil spill from tanker
The United Arab Emirates has closed beaches and warned fishermen to avoid parts of its Gulf shores after an oil spill from a tanker. The spill impacted the beaches of Umm Al Quwain, one of the seven emirates making up the federation, and cleanup efforts were underway, the Climate Change and Environ…
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Airstrikes kill 9 people in Yemen, including women and children, Houthis say
Two days of strikes on Yemen have killed nine people including women and children, according to the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Two separate strikes killed five people, including a woman and child, in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday, according to the Houthi-run Health Ministry. Also Satur…
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Saudi forces intercept Houthi missiles targeting oil hub Yanbu, Taif
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen announced on Saturday it had intercepted two missiles fired by the Houthis toward Taif and Yanbu, in the kingdom's west. It came shortly after Riyadh's civil defence agency broadcast warnings of "potential danger" for four western regions, including Taif an…
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Iran warns U.S. ships would never be allowed in the Gulf
Iran said on Saturday that U.S. ships would never be allowed to enter the Gulf "under any circumstances" and President Trump will "take that dream to his grave". The remarks came amid mounting US and Israeli threats of renewed attacks on Iran, as U.S. ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack warned that Wa…
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Iran has "increased efforts to target U.S. personnel," intel chief warns
Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned Friday that Iran has "substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel" abroad, with plots to kill Americans reaching "advanced stages" in the Middle East and other countries. The warning, contained in an unclassified memo that was sent t…
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U.S. to reduce staffing at 4 embassies in Middle East
The U.S. State Department says it will reduce staffing at four U.S. embassies in the Middle East, not including Saudi Arabia, where nonessential diplomats and family members were ordered to leave earlier this week. The staffing changes — driven by concerns that Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants…
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Iranian president to meet with Putin next week in Moscow
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will travel to Moscow next week for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, according to a report by Reuters. It hasn't been long since Pezeshkian spoke to Putin in person, but this will be the first meeting betw…
U.N. sounds alarm on besieged Yemen city of Taiz
Time is running out to get aid into Taiz, besieged by pro-Iran Houthi fighters who are preventing supplies from reaching Yemen's third-largest city, the United Nations said Friday. Houthi fighters have encircled Taiz since early October, blocking the road that links it to Aden, interim capital of t…
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U.S. envoy leaves open possibility of striking Iran this weekend, despite Trump's prior midterm promise
A U.S. official left open the door for the possibility of a strike on Iran this weekend, despite President Trump previously saying there would be none before the midterm elections in less than two weeks. "Could there be a strike this weekend? Absolutely," Tom Barrack, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey…
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European, Mideast foreign ministers push peace and diplomacy at Istanbul talks
Foreign ministers from eight European and Middle Eastern countries met in Istanbul on Friday in an unprecedented format, urging diplomacy and peaceful solutions to prevail across the Middle East as well as the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Ministers from Britain, France, Germany and Italy met…
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Wall Street mostly loses ground under pressure from rising oil prices
Stocks slipped Friday on Wall Street under increasing pressure from rising oil prices. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%, adding to its decline from a day before. The index is on track for a second-straight week of losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 550 points, or just over 1%, as of 11:50 a.m. East…
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Trump says U.S. could take all of Iran's oil: "We could take the whole country"
President Trump delivered a familiar message on Iran as he left the White House for a trip to rally voters in Florida, but also added the U.S. could take all of Iran's oil if we wanted to. "Iran is not able to do much now. And we could, if we wanted to, just take all of the oil," Mr. Trump said. "W…
Tanker involved in UAE oil spill identified, analysts say
The tanker involved in an oil spill off the coast of the United Arab Emirates has been identified, according to analysts who spoke to the Reuters new agency. Emirati authorities have not named the vessel, but Martin Kelly, CEO of Orbital Risk Intelligence, told Reuters the oil slick was coming from…
