US amends Hezbollah designation to specify it as an Iranian proxy, not Lebanese resistance

    The US has formally amended its designation of Lebanese Hezbollah to specify that the group is an Iranian proxy, “not a stand-alone…

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    An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 hit Central Peru on Thursday, the German Research Center for Geosciences said. The quake was…

    Sacked Ukrainian defence minister calls for presidential election

    Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for wartime elections, in what many see as the biggest challenge to…

    UAE halts trade, commercial exchanges with Iran

    The UAE has halted all trade and commercial exchanges with Iran, Abu Dhabi announced late Tuesday. The spokeswoman for the…

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    The Memorandum of Understanding aimed at ending fighting between the US and Iran is set to expire on Monday, with…

    Over 200 Houthis killed in drone strikes, clashes in Yemen, military sources say

    More than 200 Houthi fighters have been killed over the past 48 hours, most of them in Yemen’s southwestern Taiz province,…

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