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Blast rocks Tehran amid latest wave of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes
As American and Israeli strikes pound Iran — while it attacks shipping and energy infrastructure across the Persian Gulf — U.S. President Donald Trump made a new threat to Tehran's leaders.
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Pakistan launches deadly airstrikes in Afghanistan as hostilities continue
Afghanistan's Taliban government accused Pakistan's military Friday of targeting homes in overnight airstrikes in Kabul and other areas of the country, saying at least six civilians were killed and more than a dozen injured, as fighting between the neighbours entered its third week.
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U.S. pressure on Venezuela hasn't eased, even as world's attention turns to Iran
Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, is trying to manage U.S. demands as she looks to hang on to the support of the Trump administration more than two months after it toppled Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. It's a prospect that's being made more difficult because the U.S. is now at war with Iran.
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Man in Michigan synagogue attack lost family members in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, official says
A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.
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U.S. moves to exempt Russian oil from sanctions for at least 30 days
The United States issued a 30-day licence for countries to buy Russian oil and petroleum products currently stranded at sea in what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said was a step to stabilize global energy markets roiled by the Iran war.