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..

Iranian women’s team leaves Malaysia for Oman after asylum reversal

By EILEEN NG and ROD MCGUIRK, KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP):- The Iranian women’s soccer team left Malaysia on Monday night for Oman, ending days of uncertainty after five of the seven squad..

Trump side-stepped diplomacy on his way to war in Iran. Now, he’s asking China and others for help

WASHINGTON (AP):- President Donald Trump relied on his gut and largely side-stepped diplomatic coordination as he made the decision to launch strikes on Iran with Israel. But now with the war’s..

Tehran claims the US attacked it from the UAE as Iran war enters its third week

By JON GAMBRELL, SAM MEDNICK, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and SAMY MAGDY, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Iran urged people Saturday to evacuate the Middle East’s busiest port and two others in the..

All 6 crew members on a US refueling plane that crashed in Iraq are dead, US military says

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, BEN FINLEY and KIM TONG-HYUNG, WASHINGTON (AP):- All six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed while supporting operations against Iran are dead, the U.S...

US says it destroyed 16 minelaying vessels as Iran threatens to block Gulf oil exports

By JON GAMBRELL, JULIE WATSON and SAMY MAGDY, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- The U.S. said it took out more than a dozen mine-laying Iranian vessels Tuesday, and the Islamic Republic vowed..

Iran’s secretive top leader vows to keep up attacks in his first statement since being appointed

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING, MIKE CORDER and NATALIE MELZER, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- Iran’s secretive new supreme leader on Thursday vowed to keep up attacks on Gulf Arab..

US says it destroyed 16 minelaying vessels as Iran threatens to block Gulf oil exports

By JON GAMBRELL, JULIE WATSON and SAMY MAGDY, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- The U.S. said it took out more than a dozen mine-laying Iranian vessels Tuesday, and the Islamic Republic vowed..

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