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Rubio says Iran using Hormuz as leverage, calls on other countries to ‘step up’

  • ‘It’s clear that Iran, at least some people in Iran, want to control the straits and hold that as leverage against the world’
  • A fragile truce between Iran and the US broke down after reported attacks by Iran on ships in the Strait of Hormuz
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UK military reports ship ablaze off Oman as Iran claims destruction of two tankers

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US base in Syria, aircraft in Jordan hit as tit-for-tat strikes enter 9th day

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Iraq PM to visit Iran this week after trip to US

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US announces another troop death as Israel warns Tehran’s attacks are coming close

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Can Western pressure halt Israel’s accelerating settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank?

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UN watchdog calls for restraint as Iran says US attacked unfinished plant

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Rubio hails Lebanon for peace efforts after meeting president

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Jordan intercepted Iranian missile fired toward Aqaba

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Iran’s Guards say two ships involved in ‘accident’ after defying Hormuz warnings, Tasnim reports

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Kuwait, Bahrain respond to Iran attacks

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Lebanon’s Aoun to meet Trump at White House, hoping to generate pressure on Israel

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In a Lebanon museum, ‘keys without homes’ evoke destruction in south

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