Middle East
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Iran confirms its Natanz nuclear facility was hit in an airstrike
Iran fired missiles at the U.K.-U.S. Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean, according to reports on Saturday
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You Vote: With Trump signaling exit for US from Iran and Bibi saying troops are needed, what now?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday indicated that the Islamic regime in Iran would not be overthrown without a "ground component" to the current conflict.
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Iran publicly executes champion wrestler for protesting Khamenei regime
"Iran must be banned from international competitions until it halts executions of protesters and athletes," Nima Far said
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Biden State Department waives sanctions on Iranian oil trade, freeing up cash assets in Asia
The announcement was made as the DOJ announced charges against Iranian intelligence officials with an alleged plan to kidnap an American.
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Commander of U.S., NATO forces in Afghanistan stepping down
General Austin "Scott" Miller's retirement symbolically ends the mission for U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan
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Iranian exiles to hold annual summit aiming to oust dictators from Tehran
The three-day virtual summit, which begins on Saturday, comes amid turbulence in Iran.
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Top U.S. general warns civil war could erupt in Afghanistan after troop withdrawal
Taliban forces have quickly retaken large swaths of the country ahead of withdrawal.
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Roughly 650 American troops will remain in Afghanistan after withdrawal, Pentagon
The troops will stay behind to guard the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan after the withdrawal.
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Iran's newly elected president, Ebrahim Raisi, says will not meet with Biden for nuclear talks
The U.S. and Iran had been in indirect talks in Austria over how to salvage the nuclear deal.
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Iran's only nuclear power plant undergoes emergency shutdown
Officials did not elaborate on why the plant was shut down but said the closure would last for three to four days.
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'Astronomical rigging.' Dissident group denounces election that installed hardliner in Iran
National Council of Resistance of Iran, Amnesty International amoung groups to denounce Ebrahim Raisi's record of human abuses, says his election as president was rigged.
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Former Iranian ‘Death Committee’ prosecutor set to become next president of Iran
Hardliner opposes conciliatory moves toward the West.
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Iran to vote for next president, with the frontrunner's win expected to jeopardize nuclear deal
The Iranian presidential frontrunner has been accused of human rights abuses, including mass executions.