Middle East

Middle East

Iran executes man in public over child's rape, murder

The death sentence was issued in March and later upheld by the Islamic republic's top court

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Iran has not agreed to IAEA inspections

United States President Donald Trump has said Iran has not agreed to inspections of its nuclear programme or to giving up enriching uranium.

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Iran nuke program set back by up to two years

The Pentagon said on Wednesday that US strikes 10 days ago had degraded Iran’s nuclear program by up to two years, suggesting the US military operation likely achieved its goals despite a far more cautious initial assessment that leaked to the public.

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Israel intercepts missile launched from Yemen

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed to retaliate against Iran-aligned Houthis after his country’s military intercepted a missile launched from Yemen toward Israeli territory.

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Iran could start enriching uranium within months

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin to produce enriched uranium “in a matter of months”, despite damage to several nuclear facilities from US and Israeli attacks, CBS News said Saturday.

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Israeli strike on south Lebanon kills one: ministry

An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed one person on Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said, the latest attack despite a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.

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Iran extends access to airspace for overflights after ceasefire

Iran has expanded access to its airspace for international overflights following a ceasefire with Israel, though flight restrictions remain in place across much of the country, an official said yesterday.

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Iran holds state funeral for slain top brass

Iran yesterday held a state funeral for some 60 scientists and commanders killed in its war with Israel, after its top diplomat condemned the latest White House tirade against supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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Iran Revolutionary Guards unveil first drone carrier in Gulf

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards yesterday unveiled the country’s first drone carrier in Gulf waters, state media reported.

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Pak Taliban kill 2 police officers

An overnight raid on a police checkpoint claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed two officers, police said yesterday, while one more remains missing after being abducted in the northwest.

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Israel to hand over Gaza to US after fighting: Trump

US President Donald Trump said yesterday that Israel would hand over Gaza to the United States after fighting was over and the enclave’s population was already resettled elsewhere, which he said meant no US troops would be needed on the ground.

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Trump’s Gaza plan will pour ‘oil on fire’

Palestinian group Hamas yesterday lashed out at President Donald Trump’s shock proposal for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle its people in other countries, seemingly whether they want to leave or not.

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Israeli raid in west bank: Jenin camp going in ‘catastrophic direction’

The Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank is heading in a “catastrophic direction”, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said yesterday, after a new Israeli military operation levelled several buildings.

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Ethnic cleansing going on in West Bank

The office of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas denounced an Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank as ethnic cleansing yesterday, urging the United States to intervene.

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Hamas-Israel complete 4th hostage-prisoner swap

Freed Palestinian inmates were greeted by a cheering crowd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday, after Hamas released three Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip in the fourth exchange under the group’s ceasefire deal with Israel.

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2,500 Gaza children at ‘imminent risk’ of death

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has demanded that 2,500 children be immediately evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment after meeting with US doctors who said the children were at imminent risk of death in the coming weeks.

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Israel military intercepts Hezbollah drone

The Israeli military said it intercepted a surveillance drone launched by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah yesterday amid a fragile ceasefire.

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Ready for nuke talks if West is ‘serious’: Iran

Iran is ready to discuss its nuclear programme if Western countries show they are “serious”, the foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying in an interview published yesterday.

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