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Lebanon
Netanyahu orders escalation of Lebanon offensive to 'crush' Hezbollah
The Israeli army intensified strikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the mili...
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Middle East
Iran warns deal with US not yet close, despite some progress
Iran warned Monday that, while some progress had been made, it was not yet close to striking a deal with the United States to end the M...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he and U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed that any final deal with Iran must fully end the Islamic republic's "nuclear threat".
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Lebanon's health ministry said Sunday that an Israeli strike the previous day in the country's south killed 11 people including six women and a child, despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he will hold firm on his demand for the dismantling of Iran's nuclear program as a condition in any final agreement with Tehran, a senior Israeli official told AFP on Sunday.
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Israeli strikes hit Lebanon on Sunday, both before and after Israel's military issued an evacuation warning for 10 villages in the south and east, state media reported.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that he had told U.S. negotiators "not to rush into a deal" with Iran, amid anticipation that an agreement to end the war in the Middle East was close.
"The negotiations are proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner, and I have informed my representatives not to rush into a deal in that time is on our side," Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.
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Lebanon's civil defense agency said early on Sunday its regional facility in the southern city of Nabatieh had been destroyed by an Israeli strike.
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Israel struck south Lebanon on Saturday despite a ceasefire as Hezbollah said its backer Tehran had pledged not to abandon the militant group.
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday he hoped his country could soon host the next round of peace talks between Iran and the United States.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said an announcement was possible later Sunday on a deal with Iran that could formally end the Middle East war, insisting goals had been met.
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The United States and Iran could strike a deal to end the Middle East war as early as Sunday, Washington's top diplomat said, while Tehran insisted the agreement would do nothing to limit its nuclear program.
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