Iran attacked and set on fire a massive Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai overnight, as Gulf states increasingly suffer the fallout from the war.
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Trump weighing all options on Iran’s Kharg island
The president said the U.S. could “take the oil in Iran” and that he was considering sending U.S. forces to seize Kharg Island’s oil terminal.
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Pakistan hosts diplomatic discussions on ending war
Foreign ministers from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt will meet in Islamabad today in an attempt to come up with a plan to de-escalate the Iran war, after another group got involved in the expanding conflict: Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
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U.S. troops injured in attack on Saudi base as the war reaches one month
As the war in Iran reaches the one-month mark, a Iranian strike on an air base in Saudi Arabia wounded several U.S. service members. On Saturday the Israeli military intercepted a missile launched from Yemen.
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Rubio heads to Europe to try garner support for Iran war
Representatives of the world’s wealthiest democracies gather in France today for a G7 meeting, where U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to try to shore up support among reticent allies for the Trump administration’s war on Iran.
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Israel and Iran ramp up attacks as Trump insists Tehran wants a deal
The war in the Middle East ramped up on Thursday as Israel launched a wave of strikes targeting Iranian infrastructure, and Iran fired rounds of missiles at central Israel.
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Pentagon orders troops from 82nd Airborne Division to deploy to Middle East
Nearly a month into the war with Iran, the Trump administration is keeping its options open: it says it is pursuing diplomatic solutions with Iran, while ordering thousands of paratroopers to deploy in the Middle East.
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Iran fires more missiles at Israel, dismisses Trump’s talk as ‘fake news’
Israeli health officials said Iranian missiles struck four sites across Israel Tuesday, including central Tel Aviv, injuring at least six people. Iranian authorities also said a gas supply line in southwest Iran was struck overnight.
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Iran threatens strikes on Gulf power plants following Trump’s Strait of Hormuz ultimatum
Iran warned it could start striking power plants across the Gulf region, after President Trump threatened to hit Iran’s energy infrastructure unless Tehran opens the Strait of Hormuz when his 48 hour ultimatum expires on Monday.
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Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s power plants as Iran strikes 2 Israeli cities
Iran launched missiles at two southern Israeli cities that lie close to the country’s main nuclear research center, while President Trump gave Iran 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
