Israel faced pressure from its allies on Wednesday to refrain from striking back at Iran for its unprecedented missile and drone attack as Washington and Brussels vowed to ramp up sanctions against the Islamic republic.
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Iran celebrated the "success" of its weekend drone and missile attack on Israel as it staged an annual military parade on Wednesday.
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Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on Wednesday as the glitzy financial centre reeled from record rains.
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The United States said Tuesday it would soon impose new sanctions on Iran's missile and drone program after its weekend attack on Israel, and that it expects its allies and partners to follow with parallel measures.
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The UN's special envoy for Libya said Tuesday he had tendered his resignation, saying the world body could not successfully support the country's political transition as its leaders had put their own interests above finding a solution.
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British airline easyJet said Tuesday it had suspended its flights to Tel Aviv until October 27 over safety concerns in Israel, as regional tensions flare.
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Dubai's major international airport began diverting all incoming flights on Tuesday as heavy rains lashed the city, causing widespread flooding.
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An Israeli strike killed a local Hezbollah commander in south Lebanon on Tuesday, the Israeli army and a source close to the powerful Iran-backed movement said.
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Portugal said on Tuesday that it had summoned Iran's ambassador to condemn Tehran's attack on Israel and to demand the release of a Portuguese-flagged ship seized in the Gulf over the weekend.
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Heavy rains lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, flooding out portions of major highways and leaving vehicles abandoned on roadways across Dubai. Meanwhile, the death toll in separate heavy flooding in neighbouring Oman rose to 18 with others still missing as the sultanate prepared for the storm.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that further escalation in the Middle East could have "catastrophic consequences," during a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi, the Kremlin said Tuesday.
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Israel’s army chief said Monday that Tel Aviv will respond to Iran’s weekend retaliatory attack, but he did not elaborate on when and how as world leaders urged against retaliation, trying to avoid a widening of Israel's war on Gaza in the Middle East.
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US President Joe Biden and Iraq's Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani said late Monday they would keep working towards the withdrawal of a US-led coalition in the country.
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US President Joe Biden said Monday he wants to prevent the conflict in the Middle East, where Israel is waging war in Gaza and fending off Iranian attacks, from spreading more widely.
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British airline EasyJet on Monday said it was pausing flights to and from Tel Aviv until April 21, citing safety concerns after Iran struck Israel with drones and missiles.
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President Joe Biden is set to host Iraq’s leader Shia al-Sudani this week for talks that come as tensions across the Middle East have soared over the Israeli war on Gaza and Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel in retaliation for an Israeli military strike against an Iranian embassy in Syria.
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Flooding in Oman has killed at least 16 people, many of them schoolchildren, authorities said following the discovery of the bodies of a child and three adults on Monday.
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Iran said Monday that the Israel-linked ship it seized on the weekend had violated international maritime law and was undergoing "necessary investigations".
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Lebanon's Hezbollah claimed Monday it had detonated "explosive devices" targeting Israeli soldiers who the group said had crossed into Lebanese territory.
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The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting Sunday to discuss Iran’s attack on Israel. The meeting ended without any action by the council.
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