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Ceasefire deal without Lebanon risks destabilising whole region " Cooper

18+ hour, 51+ min ago  (673+ words) Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said she is "deeply troubled" by Israel's strikes on Lebanon and pressed for the country to be part of the Iran ceasefire deal. It comes as Iran's deputy foreign minister said his country sent a…...

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Iran targets Diego Garcia with missiles and warns British lives "in danger

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (541+ words) Iran has fired missiles towards a joint US-UK base in the Indian Ocean as it warned British lives are "in danger" after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer backed the US to carry out further strikes. Tehran fired two intermediate-range ballistic…...

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US faces elevated terror threat amid war in Iran

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (631+ words) Three acts of ideologically inspired violence in the past week in the United States have laid bare the heightened terrorism threat unfolding against the backdrop of the war with Iran. In New York City, two men who federal authorities say…...

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Iran strikes back as Trump says oil-critical targets "obliterated" by US forces

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (892+ words) A missile struck a helipad inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad and debris from an intercepted Iranian drone hit an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates as the US-Israeli war with Iran entered its third week. A column…...

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Joe Morris MP meets Hexham group over Gaza petition

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (484+ words) A group of Hexham constituents have delivered a petition to their MP calling for a change in government policy on Israel and Palestine. The group met with Hexham MP Joe Morris at the end of February, where they presented their…...

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Palestinians attempt to use Gaza's Rafah Border crossing amid delays

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (541+ words) Palestinians on both sides of the crossing between Gaza and Egypt, which opened last week for the first time since 2024, were making their way to the border on Sunday in hopes of crossing. The opening comes as Israel prime minister…...