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Airlines halt many Middle East flights

Global airlines cancelled flights to Tel Aviv, Tehran and other Middle East destinations, or rerouted planes, on Friday after countries shut airspaces following Israeli strikes on Iran.

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Israeli fire kills 22 in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli fire killed 22 people across the Palestinian territory on Thursday, including 16 who were waiting to collect aid.

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NUCLEAR TALKS: Iran defies US on enrichment

Iran on Thursday vowed to significantly increase its output of enriched uranium in defiance of US demands ahead of a round of nuclear talks shrouded in trepidation amid reports of an imminent Israeli attack.

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Israel fire near aid centre in Gaza kills 31

The Gaza civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire on people waiting to enter a US-backed food distribution centre on Wednesday, killing 31 and wounding ‘about 200’...

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Iran to target US bases if conflict breaks out

Iran threatened Wednesday to target US military bases in the region if conflict breaks out, while president Donald Trump said he was ‘less confident’ about reaching a nuclear deal...

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Israel ‘kidnapped’ us on Gaza aid boat: Thunberg

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday accused Israel of ‘kidnapping us in international waters and taking us against our will to Israel’ after security forces intercepted a boat carrying humanitarian aid bound for Gaza...

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Israeli strike kills two in Lebanon

An Israeli strike killed a Lebanese man and his son Tuesday in a southern village, the Lebanese health ministry and state media said, the latest deaths despite a November ceasefire.

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New round of US talks planned for Sunday: Iran

Iran said a new round of nuclear talks with the United States is planned for Sunday, after Washington submitted a proposal for a deal amid a standoff over uranium enrichment.

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Iran says to submit own nuclear proposal to US soon

Iran said on Monday that it would soon present a counter-proposal on a nuclear deal with the United States, after it had described Washington’s offer as containing ‘ambiguities’...