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Trump downplays report China entities helped Iran before attack that killed US troops

5+ hour ago   (281+ words) ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Sept 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday brushed aside a report that Iran acquired satellite images of a base in Jordan from Chinese entities before an attack that killed threeU.S. troops there in July. A recent…...

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Trump dismisses report China entities helped Iran before attack that killed US troops

5+ hour ago   (260+ words) ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Sept 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday brushed aside a report that Iran acquired satellite images of a base in Jordan from Chinese entities before an attack that killed threeU.S. troops there in July. A recent…...

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Houthis say Saudi Arabia launched over 50 strikes against them in 24 hours

6+ hour, 16+ min ago   (619+ words) Yemen's Houthis said Sunday that Saudi Arabia had launched more than 50 strikes against their positions in 24 hours, after the Iran-backed group claimed a rare drone and missile attack on a military base in the kingdom. The Houthis have been engaged…...

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Diplomacy stumbles with postponement of meeting on Strait of Hormuz proposal

7+ hour ago   (804+ words) By Mohammed Ghobari, Nayera Abdallah and Bo Erickson ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter heading into Monday with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Persian Gulf powers, while fresh attacks around the region's…...

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Houthis' Yemen advance leaves Gulf states with uncomfortable choice

13+ hour ago   (905+ words) ANKARA, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The Houthi capture of Yemen's Red Sea coastline is reshaping the balance of power in the Gulf, strengthening Iran's hand and confronting Saudi Arabia and its neighbours with a difficult choice: absorb mounting costs or seek accommodation…...

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Trump says he will consider request to release more 9/11 records

11+ hour ago   (206+ words) By Bo Erickson, Chuck Mikolajczak and David Ljunggren NEW YORK/SHANNON, Ireland, Sept 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would consider a request from relatives of those killed in the September 11 attacks to release more records about the…...

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Trump says he'll consider whether to release more 9/11 records

11+ hour ago   (197+ words) SHANNON, Ireland, Sept 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would consider a request from relatives of those killed in the September 11 attacks to release more records about the event."I'm going to look at it when I get…...

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Israel and Lebanon to meet in Rome in October, US State Department official says

13+ hour ago   (174+ words) Sept 13 (Reuters) - Israel and Lebanon will meet in Rome in October to discuss a U.S.-brokered security agreement intended to ease hostilities along the border, a State Department Official told Reuters. The continued implementation of the deal “remains the only viable…...

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Analysis-Houthis' Yemen advance leaves Gulf states with uncomfortable choice

13+ hour ago   (955+ words) ANKARA, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The Houthi capture of Yemen's Red Sea coastline is reshaping the balance of power in the Gulf, strengthening Iran's hand and confronting Saudi Arabia and its neighbours with a difficult choice: absorb mounting costs or seek accommodation…...

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New attacks in Hormuz and Saudi test nerves as war's spread worsens oil disruption

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (961+ words) By Mohammed Ghobari and Nayera Abdallah ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - New strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf tested nerves in the Middle East on Sunday, after an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline and an advance…...