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NATO to deploy a new Patriot missile defence unit to southern Turkiye's Incirlik Air Base.
The team is on last leg of its journey home from Australia after Asian Cup, which began before conflict in Middle East.
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Putin weighs shifting Russian energy away from Europe amid Iran war shocks Russia says it is considering redirecting its remaining energy supplies away from Europe as markets reel from the Israeli-US war on Iran. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin had instructed officials to study the possibility of shifting Russian oil and gas flows away from European buyers. Peskov added that Moscow has not received any signals from European governments about reopening discussions on energy supplies.
Prediction Markets Get Tangled In the Iran War Bloomberg.com
By John Irish PARIS, March 18 (Reuters) - It is unreasonable to expect the Lebanese government to disarm Iran-backed Hezbollah while the country is being bombed by Israel, France's special envoy for Lebanon said on Wednesday. Jean-Yves Le Drian said only negotiations would resolve the crisis, in which Lebanese authorities say over 900 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since Hezbollah entered the regional war in support of Tehran.
The Iranian women's national football squad arrived in eastern Turkey and headed to the Iran border on their way home Wednesday, among them several players who withdrew an asylum bid in Australia. The players, who landed in Istanbul on Tuesday evening on a flight from Oman, flew to the eastern city of Igdir, arriving just after midday, an AFP correspondent said. Wearing Iranian national team tracksuits, they could be seen leaving the airport before heading to the Gurbulak-Bazargan crossing, which lies about 100 kilometres (60 miles) to the southeast, he said
Plastics, aluminum, and microchips: What the closure of the Strait of Hormuz costs the world economy beyond oil and gas EL PAÍS English
Nearly 90 ships pass through Strait of Hormuz with Iran's permission AzerNews
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BEIJING, March 18 (Reuters) - China will continue mediating to push for a ceasefire and an end to fighting in the Middle East, its foreign minister said, adding the war should never have happened and had no reason to continue, according to a foreign ministry statement. Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks on Wednesday during a meeting in Beijing with the UAE presidential special envoy to China, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, in which he also voiced support for the UAE in safeguarding its sovereignty and security.
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - The Iran war is influencing Democratic primaries ahead of November's midterm elections, with progressives faulting moderate rivals for not opposing President Donald Trump's bombing campaign strongly enough and for what they call overly close ties with defense contractors and Israel.
By Emilie Madi, Claudia Greco and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT, March 18 (Reuters) - Near the tent she now calls home, Salam Issa Rida dropped pieces of marinated chicken into a pan sizzling atop a camping stove. Her family had been craving chicken to break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan. So she had risked her life to get it. Earlier that day, the Lebanese mother of six had snuck back to her home in Beirut's southern suburbs, declared a no-go zone by Israel's military and bombed heavily by its warplanes.
If the claim is confirmed, it would be the third major high-profile assassination of Iranian leaders in successive days.
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Morocco were awarded the 2025 AFCON title following an appeal to CAF regarding Senegal's walk-off protest in final.
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