SIDON: Two years ago, Dr. Mohammed Ziara watched Israel ravage Gaza’s health care system, shelling hospitals, striking ambulances and forcing patients to evacuate. Now Ziara — along with other medical workers, human rights groups and many civilians — warns that the same scenario is unfolding in Lebanon. Israel is pushing deep into the southern part

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Oil prices choppy after expletive-laden Trump threat to Iran  BBC Trump can’t make his mind up about the Strait of Hormuz. It’s more important than he lets on  CNN Trump vows ‘hell’ for Iran if Strait stays shut, says a deal is possible  Reuters Trump’s Lesson From Risky Rescue: Threaten to Go Harder at Iran  The New York Times

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An airstrike early Monday struck a residential building in a city southwest of Iran’s capital, Tehran, killing at least 13 people, Iranian media reported. The semiofficial Fars news agency and Nour News reported the strike near Eslamshar. It wasn’t clear why the building had been struck. Neither Israel nor the United States claimed the strikes

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s prime minister and president on Sunday vowed to protect the religious and economic rights of minorities as the country’s Christian community celebrates the Easter festival today.  Easter is celebrated by Christians in Pakistan and worldwide to mark the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is one of the most important festivals in the Christian

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Hundreds of people gathered Saturday for the burial of a young Mexican man who died in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, with family members denouncing the “fabricated” charges that led to his detention and death. Royer Perez Jimenez, a 19-year-old from the municipality of San Juan Chamula in the southern Mexican state of

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CAIRO: Iran’s government is detaining family members and threatening to seize property of Iranian opposition figures in exile, some tell The Associated Press, in the latest crackdown on dissenting voices as the war rages on. Activists overseas play a key role in tracking the crackdown, which is complicated by the Internet shutdown imposed earlier this

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CAIRO/WASHINGTON: The US rescued an airman missing from one of two warplanes downed in Iran, two US officials said, as President Donald Trump and Israel stepped up pressure on Iran to open the strategic Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on energy facilities. The ‌officials did ‌not provide further details to ​Reuters late ‌on ⁠Friday

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Middle East crisis live: Iran rejects Trump’s 48 hour deadline to ‘make a deal’; US races to find missing pilot  The Guardian U.S. forces rescue second crew member from F-15 downed in Iran: Officials  Axios U.S. rescues missing crew member in Iran after fighter jet shot down  The Washington Post Iran war live: US officer from downed F-15E

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Iran and US race to find missing American crew member downed in fighter jet – reports  BBC U.S. fighter jet shot down: One crew member rescued, other alive in Iran, sources say  Axios U.S. fighter jet downed over Iran, one pilot rescued, official says  NBC News Iran War Live Updates: Downed U.S. Jet and Missing Crew Member Raise

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As of Friday, 247 of the wounded were Army soldiers, 63 were Navy sailors, 19 were Marines and 36 were Air Force airmen, according to Pentagon data available online.It is unclear if the data includes any of the service members involved in the downing of two combat aircraft reported Friday.Most of the wounded — 200

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