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President Trump says Iran is eager for a deal to end the war as he extends deadline to allow for diplomacy
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the U.S. was talking with a “respected” Iranian leader and claimed the Islamic Republic was eager for a deal to end the war. He...

President Trump says he wants to be involved in picking Iran’s next leader as war ripples across the region
The U.S. and Israel have been hammering Iran for a sixth day while the Islamic Republic has kept up its retaliatory attacks on Israel, American bases and countries around the...

Israel steps up airstrikes in Tehran, as Iran widens its response across the region
Iran struck the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital with a drone early Tuesday, while the United States and Israel pounded Iran with airstrikes.

World leaders express hope after Trump says Israel and Hamas agreed to first phase of peace deal
World leaders on Thursday expressed hope for peace and urged Israel and Hamas to fulfill their commitments in the hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the parties had...

What to know about the conflict between Israel and Iran, and the US intervention
Here’s what to know about the conflict between Israel and Iran, and the United States' intervention.

What to know about the conflict between Israel and Iran
The open conflict sparked by Israel’s sudden barrage of attacks against Iran’s nuclear and military structure shows no signs of abating.

UN official urges Israel to lift Gaza blockade, calling it ‘cruel collective punishment’
The United Nations’ emergency relief coordinator is urging Israel to lift its blockade of aid into the Gaza Strip.

Scientists say several thousand earthquakes detected near Greece’s island of Santorini
Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority of them with small magnitudes, in just over two weeks near Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini, the University of Athens’ crisis...

Earthquakes keep rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes
Earthquakes rattled Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes overnight and into Wednesday as authorities bolstered emergency plans in case the hundreds of temblors over the past few days...

Crews battle scattered fires in Athens suburbs, helped by calmer winds and reinforcements
Firefighters in Greece battled scattered fires on Tuesday in hopes of containing the remains of a major wildfire that burned into the northern suburbs of Athens.
