Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days in exchange for an end to the US naval blockade, sanctions relief and the release of $12bn in frozen assets. Trump rejected it. As a third US aircraft carrier heads for the Gulf, nearly 70% of Americans say the war is not worth fighting.
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At least five Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza on Wednesday, medics said, as Gaza health officials put the number killed since the October 2025 US-brokered ceasefire at over 1,400 — mostly civilians.
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A British-Iranian man was arrested in London on Thursday over a suspected terror plot near the US-used airbase, after the Prime Minister said there were "strong indications" of Iranian involvement. Tehran denies any role.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard urged the US public to protest Trump's "warmongering" weeks before the midterms, as the rial crashed past 2.5 million to the dollar and Washington imposed fresh sanctions on 10 entities.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073 stabbed the captain and "tried to crash the plane" with 174 people aboard, crediting the Indian captain Smit Machchhar and passengers who stormed the cockpit with averting disaster. The co-pilot has been arrested in Saudi Arabia.
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Seven months after the United States went to war with Iran, negotiators met in New York in the first talks since June. President Trump rejected Tehran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for ending the US naval blockade.
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US District Judge Haywood Gilliam blocked the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, ruling agencies skipped required rule-making steps. The fee has already been blocked by a Boston judge; Indians, 71% of H-1B recipients, are the most affected.
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The US military has completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission against the Islamic State group. President Trump called the conclusion of the deployment "a very expensive excursion into Hell".
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv struck an oil site in Samara region overnight, plus a Black Sea vessel and a drone base in Oryol. Donald Trump has urged a halt, linking the campaign to U.S. diesel prices ahead of midterms; analysts still point first to the war in Iran.
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Captain Smit Machchhar, who grew up in Mumbai, was attacked by his co-pilot on Flydubai flight FZ1073, which diverted to Tabuk. Leaders in India and Israel have credited him with saving everyone on board.
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A summer of heatwaves after a snow-poor winter stripped glaciers bare even at 3,500 metres. Scientists say melting that once counted as extreme at 2% a year is now routinely exceeded.
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