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US, Iran to hold nuclear talks next week: Trump

US president Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States would hold nuclear talks with Iran next week, teasing the possibility of a deal even after boasting that recent US strikes had crippled the Islamic republic’s atomic programme.

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Iran executes three people on charge of spying for Israel

Iran on Wednesday hanged three men convicted of spying for Israel after what activists decried as an unfair trial, bringing to six the number of people executed on such charges since the start of the war between the Islamic republic and Israel...

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Israel claims victory in war with Iran

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a ‘historic victory’ against Iran despite a United States intelligence report concluding that American strikes set back Tehran’s nuclear programme by just a few months...

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21 killed in Gaza as UN slams US-backed aid system

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed another 21 people waiting for aid in the Palestinian territory on Tuesday, as rights groups and UN agencies slammed the US-backed system for distributing food there...

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Israeli strike kills 3 in Lebanon

Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli strike killed three people Tuesday in the country’s south, the latest such raid despite a November ceasefire with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.

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Qatar PM persuaded Iran to accept ceasefire

Qatar’s prime minister persuaded Iran to agree to a US-proposed ceasefire with Israel after Iranian missiles targeted an American base near Doha, a source with knowledge of the talks said on Tuesday.

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Ceasefire in Iran-Israel war takes hold

A fragile ceasefire in the Iran-Israel war appeared to be holding on Tuesday, after 12 days of strikes that saw Israel and the United States pummel the Islamic republic’s nuclear facilities.

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Iran says taking measures to continue nuclear programme

Iran’s government said on Tuesday that it had ‘taken the necessary measures’ to ensure the continuation of its nuclear programme after US and Israeli strikes targeted its facilities...