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Anxious travelers scramble as Iran war strands hundreds of thousands across the Middle East
- Frustrated and anxious travelers searched Tuesday for any way out of the Middle East and beyond as the widening Iran war choked off commercial air traffic through the region for a fourth straight day, stranding hundreds of thousands of people. What began Saturday with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran quickly rippled far beyond the immediate conflict zone. With airspace closed or heavily restricted across much of ...

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Trump rebukes Starmer over UK refusal to back strikes on Iran
- US president says 'relationship is not what it was' after PM defends decision not to allow use of British bases Donald Trump has criticised Keir Starmer again over the UK's refusal to aid the offensive strikes on Iran, saying the "relationship is obviously not what it was". Starmer had issued his strongest rebuke yet of Trump's action in Iran , saying the UK did not believe in "regime change from the skies" and ...

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Americans urged to leave 14 Middle East countries amid Iran war "due to serious safety risks"
- The U.S. State Department is urging Americans to leave 14 countries across the Middle East as the Iran war  widened Tuesday with  Iranian proxies being drawn in and Iran continuing its retaliatory fire.  Americans were urged late Monday to "depart now" from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and ...

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'President' Melania Trump Promoted Peace At The UN, And You Know What Happened Next
- With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined, join Huff Already a member? Critics were scratching their heads over Melania Trump 's appearance at the United Nations on Monday, and in particular over her preaching of peace. The first ...

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