Have 'no trust' in US, 'finger on trigger': Iran Guards
TEHRAN, Apr 08 (AFP): Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned on Tuesday that they had "no trust" in promises from the United States despite a two-week ceasefire deal, adding that their "finger was on the trigger"."The Iranian nation's dedicated guards are listening to the orders of the Supreme Commander of the Armed...
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Israeli strike kills eight in Lebanon's Sidon city
BEIRUT, Apr 08 (AFP): An Israeli strike killed eight people in the Lebanese city of Sidon, the health ministry said Wednesday, as the United States and its allies agreed to a ceasefire with Iran."The Israeli enemy's strike on Sidon, south Lebanon, resulted in a preliminary toll of eight citizens martyred...
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Trump meets NATO chief as Iran war strains alliance
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS, Apr 08 (Reuters): President Donald Trump welcomes NATO chief Mark Rutte to the White House on Wednesday, as the war with Iran has pushed US relations with other members of the military alliance to a crisis point.The Republican president has threatened to withdraw from the 32-member transatlantic alliance and...
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles towards East Sea
SEOUL, Apr 08 (AFP): North Korea fired "multiple unidentified ballistic missiles" on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, shortly after reporting a similar launch from the North's capital area the previous day.The launches followed Seoul's expression of regret on Monday over civilian drone incursions into the North in January, with South...
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Russia hopes for new round of talks with Ukraine-US
MOSCOW, Apr 08 (AFP): Russia is hoping for a new round of US-brokered trilateral talks on ending the war in Ukraine, a process stalled recently by the Middle East conflict, the Kremlin said Wednesday."American negotiators are currently preoccupied with Iranian affairs," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists, including from AFP,...
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