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Boeing signs $289 million Israel contract for 5,000 smart bombs, source says
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (258+ words) March 10 (Reuters) " Boeing has signed a new $289 million contract with Israel to deliver as many as 5,000 new air-launched smart bombs, "a source told Reuters on Tuesday. The "new contract is not related to the ongoing U.S.-Israeli air strikes on Iran,…...
Israel not seeking endless war with Iran, foreign minister says
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (606+ words) JERUSALEM, March 10 (Reuters) " Israel is not seeking an endless war with Iran and will coordinate with the United States on when to end the fighting, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Tuesday, declining to publicly state a timeline for when…...
Human Rights Watch says that Israel has been illegally using white phosphorus in Lebanon
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (401+ words) (Corrects spelling of "phosphorus" in headline, adds missing word "of" in paragraph 8) JERUSALEM, March 10 (Reuters) " The Israeli military illegally used white phosphorus munitions over homes in the southern Lebanese town Yohmor on March 3, posing a "threat to civilians, Human Rights…...
Morning Bid: Trump says war is ‘very complete’ – Iran has other ideas
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (418+ words) A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, the White House has ominously declared that everything "will be back to…...
Israeli strikes hit near Beirut as envoy says disarming Hezbollah could end war
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (537+ words) BEIRUT, March 10 (Reuters) " Israel's military pounded the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs with air strikes on Tuesday and its troops pushed deeper into the country's south, as an Israeli envoy said the key to ending the war was disarming Lebanese militant…...
Hezbollah reports Israeli raid in east Lebanon as war enters second week
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (522+ words) BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, March 9 (Reuters) " Hezbollah said on Monday its fighters clashed with Israeli troops in eastern Lebanon during an Israeli airborne raid overnight, in what would be the second such operation in the area in recent days, as the war…...
Democratic US senators demand immediate hearings on Iran war
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (457+ words) WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) " Six Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Monday said they are embarking on an intensified campaign for public hearings on the Iran war, with top Trump administration officials testifying under oath and to take steps to interrupt regular…...
Governments scramble to limit fallout of Iran war as oil prices surge
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (556+ words) SINGAPORE, March 9 (Reuters) " Governments scrambled to limit the impact on economies and consumers from the widening Iran war, which fuelled a record surge in oil prices on Monday after key producers cut output and Tehran signalled that hardliners would remain…...
Israel will target anyone promoting radical ideas against it, says UN envoy
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (298+ words) March 9 (Reuters) " Israel's U.N. ambassador Danny Danon said on Monday that the new supreme leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, has the same radical ideas as "in the past and Israel will target anyone "who promotes radical ideas against it. "Changing the…...
Europe now world’s biggest arms importer, think tank says
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (319+ words) STOCKHOLM, March 9 (Reuters) " Europe became the world's biggest arms importer over the last five years as governments reacted to Russia's threat and waning confidence in U.S. security commitments, "data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute showed "on Monday. European countries…...