Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for missile attack on Israel, their first since war started

By FARNOUSH AMIRI, JON GAMBRELL and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen toward Israel early Saturday, the..

Iran says nuclear facilities have been targeted after Israel says attacks ‘will escalate and expand’

By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Iran state media says its nuclear facilities were attacked Friday, just hours after Israel threatened to “escalate and expand”..

Iran and the US harden their positions as Tehran tightens its grip on the Strait of Hormuz

By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Iran and the United States appeared at an impasse Thursday, with each side hardening its position over talks and setting the..

Iran dismisses US ceasefire plan, issues counterproposal as strikes land across the Mideast

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING, MUNIR AHMED and AAMER MADHANI, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Iran on Wednesday dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East and launched..

Airstrikes batter Iran as it attacks Israel and Gulf states, while diplomatic efforts gather pace

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and SAMY MAGDY, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Airstrikes battered Iran and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel and sites across the Mideast on Tuesday,..

ICE officers will begin assisting TSA as shutdown frustrates travelers and screeners

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and SAMY MAGDY, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the U.S. was talking with a “respected” Iranian leader and claimed the..

Trump’s changing course on Strait of Hormuz strategy raises questions about US war preparation

By COLLIN BINKLEY, WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP):- At war with Iran, President Donald Trump is cycling through an increasingly desperate list of options as he searches for a solution to the crisis in..

US and Iran threaten to expand the war to the region’s power plants

By ALON BERNSTEIN, SAM METZ and SAMY MAGDY, ARAD, Israel (AP):- Iran and the allied Lebanese militant group Hezbollah stepped up attacks on Israel on Sunday after the United States and Iran..

Iran strikes near Israeli nuclear research center as Trump threatens attacks on Iranian power plants

By SAMY MAGDY, MELANIE LIDMAN and JILL LAWLESS, CAIRO (AP):- Iranian missiles struck two communities in southern Israel late Saturday, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured in dual..

Iran targets British-US base and its main nuclear enrichment site is struck again

By SAMY MAGDY, JILL LAWLESS and SAM MEDNICK, CAIRO (AP):- Iran targeted a joint U.K.-U.S. base in the Indian Ocean, and Iran’s main nuclear enrichment site was struck again, as the war in the..

Iran threatens world tourism sites, as the US sends more Marines to the Middle East

By JON GAMBRELL, SAM MEDNICK and JULIE WATSON, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Three weeks into an escalating war in the Middle East, the U.S. is sending more warships and Marines to the..

Israeli minister says electricity grid in north was damaged as media show fire near Haifa refinery

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING, MIKE CORDER and NATALIE MELZER, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said after the latest Iranian missile barrage that the..

About 90 ships cross the Strait of Hormuz as Iran exports millions of barrels of oil despite the war

By CHAN HO-HIM and SHEIKH SAALIQ, HONG KONG (AP):- About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the outset of the war with Iran and it is still exporting millions..

Ali Larijani, believed to be running Iran since the beginning of the war, is killed in a strike

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Ali Larijani, a top Iranian security official and a conservative force within Iran’s theocracy, was killed in an Israeli strike, Iranian authorities confirmed..

Trump says a former president had an Iran confession. Aides to his predecessors deny recent contact

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and STEVEN SLOAN, WASHINGTON (AP):- Twice on Monday, President Donald Trump said he’d wrangled a confession of sorts from an Oval Office predecessor who he said had..

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