Russia Calls U.S.-Israeli Campaign Against Iran "Armed Aggression," Demands Immediate Ceasefire and UN Security Council Session
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Russia Calls U.S.-Israeli Campaign Against Iran "Armed Aggression," Demands Immediate Ceasefire and UN Security Council Session

MOSCOW — Russia's Foreign Ministry issued its most forceful response yet to the ongoing military campaign against Iran on Saturday, formally characterising the U.S.-Israeli operation as "a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state" and calling

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Five Schoolgirls Killed in Minab Strike Mark First Confirmed Civilian Deaths in US-Israeli Campaign Against Iran
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Five Schoolgirls Killed in Minab Strike Mark First Confirmed Civilian Deaths in US-Israeli Campaign Against Iran

DUBAI — A strike on a girls' elementary school in the southern Iranian city of Minab on Saturday killed five students and wounded several others, Iranian state media reported, marking the first confirmed civilian fatalities of the joint US-Israeli military campaign and placing the question of proportionality and international humanitarian

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Iran Declares Armed Forces Have "Full Authority" to Strike Back as Foreign Ministry Issues War Footing Statement
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Iran Declares Armed Forces Have "Full Authority" to Strike Back as Foreign Ministry Issues War Footing Statement

DUBAI — Iran's Foreign Ministry issued a formal war-footing declaration on Saturday, stating publicly that the country's armed forces had been granted "full authority" to retaliate against the United States and Israel following the joint military campaign launched in the predawn hours, marking the first

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Russia Calls U.S.-Israeli Campaign Against Iran "Armed Aggression," Demands Immediate Ceasefire and UN Security Council Session
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Russia Calls U.S.-Israeli Campaign Against Iran "Armed Aggression," Demands Immediate Ceasefire and UN Security Council Session

MOSCOW — Russia's Foreign Ministry issued its most forceful response yet to the ongoing military campaign against Iran on Saturday, formally characterising the U.S.-Israeli operation as "a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state" and calling

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Russia Calls U.S.-Israeli Campaign Against Iran "Armed Aggression," Demands Immediate Ceasefire and UN Security Council Session
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Russia Calls U.S.-Israeli Campaign Against Iran "Armed Aggression," Demands Immediate Ceasefire and UN Security Council Session

MOSCOW — Russia's Foreign Ministry issued its most forceful response yet to the ongoing military campaign against Iran on Saturday, formally characterising the U.S.-Israeli operation as "a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state" and calling

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Five Schoolgirls Killed in Minab Strike Mark First Confirmed Civilian Deaths in US-Israeli Campaign Against Iran
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DUBAI — A strike on a girls' elementary school in the southern Iranian city of Minab on Saturday killed five students and wounded several others, Iranian state media reported, marking the first confirmed civilian fatalities of the joint US-Israeli military campaign and placing the question of proportionality and international humanitarian

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Iran Strikes Gulf Arab Nations Hosting US Military Bases as Washington and Israel Launch "Massive" Campaign Against Tehran
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MANAMA — Explosions rocked Bahrain's capital and smoke rose over Abu Dhabi and Doha on Saturday as Iran launched retaliatory strikes against Gulf Arab states hosting American military installations, dramatically widening a conflict that began in the predawn hours when United States and Israeli forces unleashed coordinated attacks on

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NEW YORK — Bitcoin extended a punishing multi-day retreat on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, tumbling more than 5% to breach the $63,000 threshold as traders confronted a simultaneous escalation of U.S. trade policy and growing fears of military confrontation in the Middle East. The world's largest cryptocurrency

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