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France says it's unreasonable to expect Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah amid bombing

By John Irish PARIS, March 18 (Reuters) - It is unreasonable to expect the Lebanese government to di...

18th March, 2026

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Drone attack targets US embassy in Baghdad, explosion heard

March 18 (Reuters) - A drone attack targeted the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and an explosion was heard...

18th March, 2026

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Commander of Iran's paramilitary Basij force killed, Iranian state media says

DUBAI, March 17 (Reuters) - Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of Iran's paramilitary Basij force w...

17th March, 2026

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Israel has ‘won’ war with Iran, foreign minister says, but goals remain unmet

By Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM, March 17 (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on T...

17th March, 2026

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UN says more than 36,000 Palestinians displaced by Israeli settlement drive

BERLIN, March 17 (Reuters) - More than 36,000 Palestinians in the West Bank were forcibly displaced...

17th March, 2026

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Israeli strike kills three people in Gaza as Iran war strains truce

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, March 17 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike killed at least three people i...

17th March, 2026

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Exclusive-EU foreign policy chief Kallas calls on US, Israel to end Iran war

By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS, March 17 (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called...

17th March, 2026

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Trump criticises allies over rejection of Hormuz request, as Iran and Israel trade airstrikes

By Alexander Cornwell and Jonathan Landay March 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump accused s...

17th March, 2026

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Analysis-Gulf states press US to neutralise Iran for good as Hormuz crisis deepens

By Samia Nakhoul DUBAI, March 16 (Reuters) - Gulf Arab states did not ask the U.S. to go to war with...

16th March, 2026

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Canada, France, Germany, UK warn against major Israeli ground offensive in Lebanon

WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - A "significant Israeli ground offensive" in Lebanon must be averted...

16th March, 2026

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Israel says Lebanese displaced won't return until its own citizens are safe

By Alexander Cornwell and Maya Gebeily TEL AVIV/BEIRUT, March 16 (Reuters) - Israel on Monday warned...

16th March, 2026

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Iranian families weep as war dead are buried in Tehran cemetery

By Maggie Michael TEHRAN, March 16 (Reuters) - As gravediggers prepared new burial plots for those k...

16th March, 2026