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Keir Starmer premiership sees highest small boat crossings

25+ min ago  (684+ words) More small boat migrant crossings through the English Channel have occurred during Keir Starmer's tenure than during any other prime minister, data from the UK's Home Office has shown." Over the course of 19 months, during which labor has controlled the…...

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jpost.com > middle-east > iran-news > article-887167

Source tells 'Post' US likely to attack Iran, but not yet

51+ min ago  (337+ words) The United States is likely to attack Iran eventually but not necessarily in the coming days, despite the spike in global media "noise" surrounding the conflict, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Sources indicated that Israel's impression is that US President…...

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jpost.com > middle-east > iran-news > article-887149

US aims to weaken Iran, not change regime, says Marom

1+ hour, 48+ min ago  (520+ words) The US is not aiming to bring about regime change in Iran, but to weaken the Islamic Regime via airstrikes, former Israel Navy chief V.-Adm. (res.) Eliezer "Chayni" Marom told 104.5FM on Wednesday. Israel's interest in Iran is more focused, Marom…...

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jpost.com > israel-news > article-887161

First-ever Lebanese–Israeli civil panel held at Munich

1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (599+ words) MIND Israel and Lebanese-American organization "This is Beirut" held the first ever formal Lebanese'Israeli civil society panel at the Munich Security Conference this week, representing a "meaningful first step toward reversing decades of hostility," (Major General, res.) Amos Yadlin, founder…...

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jpost.com > american-politics > article-887160

Democrats to attend 'People's State of the Union' rally

1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (601+ words) A group of liberal US lawmakers will abandon President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech on Tuesday for an outdoor rally to protest his policies, marking a rare coordinated boycott as partisan tensions around the annual address intensify. About…...

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jpost.com > middle-east > article-887158

Turkey detains 88 suspects linked to Gülen movement

2+ hour, 6+ min ago  (359+ words) Turkish authorities on Tuesday carried out nationwide detention operations targeting alleged members of the G'len movement, associated with carrying out a failed coup. A total of 88 suspects were taken into custody in two separate investigations, officials said." For more stories…...

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jpost.com > middle-east > iran-news > article-887157

Iran officials, telecom leaders, restricted from US visas

2+ hour, 13+ min ago  (156+ words) The United States is imposing visa restrictions on 18 Iranian officials and telecommunications industry leaders, the State Department said on Wednesday, in the latest such move against Tehran." At the end of January, the State Department confirmed that US Secretary of…...

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jpost.com > middle-east > isis-threat > article-887154

ISIS relative detention camp in Syria nearly empty

2+ hour, 38+ min ago  (528+ words) Fewer than 1,000 families remain at a camp where relatives of suspected Islamic State terrorists had been held in Syria's northeast, the camp's former director said on Wednesday, with thousands having fled last month as government forces seized control of the…...

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jpost.com > christianworld > article-887152

Christian NGO founder says Tucker Carlson wrong on Israel

3+ hour, 5+ min ago  (1029+ words) Tucker Carlson is "totally wrong" about the experience of Christians living in Israel, Shadi Khalloul, founder of the Israeli Christian Aramaic Association NGO and a former Knesset candidate, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. Khalloul extended an invitation to the…...

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jpost.com > opinion > article-887055

Trump-Iran nuke deal will not protect Israel from missiles

3+ hour, 6+ min ago  (1007+ words) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington to meet President Donald Trump for just under three hours and reported that they were as one on dealing with Iran. Not quite: Beneath all the warm and fuzzy, there could be trouble....