Iran warns US over ground attack as regional powers meet in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD/DUBAI, Mar 29 (Reuters/AP/AFP): Iran said it was ready to respond to a U.S. ground attack, accusing Washington on Sunday of preparing a land assault even as it sought negotiations and as regional powers held talks in Pakistan to try to end the fighting.The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,...

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N Korea conducts engine test for missile capable of targeting US mainland

SEOUL, Mar 29 (AP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed a test of an upgraded solid-fuel engine for weapons capable of reaching the U.S. mainland, and called it a significant development boosting his country's strategic military arsenal, state media reported Sunday. While the test was in line with Kim's...

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God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars: Pope

VATICAN CITY, Mar 29 (Reuters): Pope Leo said on Sunday that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have "hands full of blood", in unusually forceful remarks as the Iran war entered its second month.Addressing tens of thousands in St. Peter's Square on Palm Sunday, the celebration...

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