European nations start process to impose a 'snapback' of #Iran nuclear sanctions at UN apnews.com/article/iran...
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European nations start process to impose a 'snapback' of #Iran nuclear sanctions at UN apnews.com/article/iran...
APNewsAlert: CAIRO (AP) — Houthi media office says Israeli airstrikes have hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, amid high tensions in the region.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — France, Germany and the United Kingdom start the 'snapback' process that can reimpose UN nuclear sanctions on #Iran.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian diplomat warns it will make 'no sense' for Tehran to work with nuclear inspectors if UN sanctions are reimposed.
#Iran’s rial currency falls to near-record lows on European ‘snapback’ sanctions threat apnews.com/article/iran...
“We are outraged that independent journalists were among the victims of this strike on the hospital, a location that is protected under international law. These journalists were present in their professional capacity, doing critical work bearing witness.”
AP freelancer among 4 journalists killed in Israel strike on hospital in Gaza, health officials say apnews.com/article/mide...
Mariam Dagga, 33, freelanced for the AP since the Gaza war began, as well as other news outlets.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, including freelance journalist who worked for AP.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Pentagon spokesperson acknowledges a Qatar air base was hit with an Iranian ballistic missile during the June attack.
Satellite photos suggest #Iran attack on #Qatar air base hit geodesic dome used for US communications apnews.com/article/iran...
What to know as #Yemen's Houthi rebels launch new, more violent attacks on ships in the Red Sea apnews.com/article/who-...
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APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — European Union naval force says 6 crew recovered and 19 missing from the ship Eternity C, sunk by #Yemen's Houthis.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Yemen's Houthi rebels claim attacking and sinking the ship Eternity C in the Red Sea, their second such attack in days.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — European Union naval force in Mideast says a Houthi attack on a ship in the Red Sea killed 3 mariners, wounded 2 others.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Private security firm warns new attack targets ship in Red Sea, with 2 security guards on board hurt and 2 missing.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels say the bulk carrier Magic Seas, which they attacked on Sunday, has sunk in the Red Sea.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels claim attack on bulk carrier Magic Seas, which is now sinking in the Red Sea.
BREAKING: Israel’s military launched airstrikes targeting ports and facilities held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, with the rebels responding with missile fire targeting Israel.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel launches airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels, and Houthis launch missile at Israel.
Crew abandons Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned ship attacked in the Red Sea, UK military says apnews.com/article/yeme...
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ship attacked in Red Sea is taking on water and the crew is preparing to abandon the vessel, British military says.
apnews.com/article/midd... bombs in Iran also reverberate in China and North Korea
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has reportedly ordered the country to suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after American airstrikes hit its most-important nuclear facilities.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran’s president reportedly issues order to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Analysis: A battered #Iran faces an uncertain future after its grinding war with Israel apnews.com/article/iran...
APNewsAlert: THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Trump says US and Iranian officials will talk next week with war over.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson says its nuclear installations 'badly damaged' by American strikes.
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APNewsAlert: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says Israeli fighter jets will 'turn around' and won't attack Iran as he presses both sides to abide by ceasefire.
APNewsAlert: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump warns Israel to ‘bring your pilots home, now!’ as he tries to sustain ceasefire.
APNewsAlert: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says both #Israel and #Iran violated a ceasefire.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran's military denies firing missiles at #Israel after ceasefire started, Iranian state television says.
APNewsAlert: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Defense Minister Israel Katz instructs Israeli military to 'respond forcefully' after Iranian missile fire.
APNewsAlert: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel says it has identified missiles launched from Iran 2.5 hours after start of ceasefire.
APNewsAlert: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Netanyahu says #Israel accepts ceasefire and that it has achieved war goals against #Iran.
BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — Israel emergency services say 4 people were killed in Iran's strike in Beersheba, correcting previous report of 7.
APNewsAlert: BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — Israeli emergency services say death toll in Beersheba strike has risen to 7 people, with at least a dozen injured.
APNewsAlert: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's skies are closed to planes until further notice, Israel Airports Authority says.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli military warns of a new barrage of Iranian missiles after Trump's ceasefire deadline for Iran passed.
APNewsAlert: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — #Israel says at least three killed in latest barrage from #Iran.
APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military warns public missiles launched from Iran.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran's foreign minister says Iran will stop its attacks if Israel stops its airstrikes by 4 a.m. local time in Tehran.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (@AP) — #Iran says missile barrage on #Qatar was same number as bombs used by US on nuclear sites, signaling desire to de-escalate.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (@AP) — #Qatar issues statement condemning Iranian attack on air base, says no casualties reported.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran says it launched attack on US forces at #Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Witness hears explosions, sees possible missiles in sky in #Qatar after airspace closed.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar closes its airspace amid Iranian retaliation threats against US.
APNewsAlert: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military confirms it hit roads around #Iran's Fordo enrichment facility to obstruct access to the site.
APNewsAlert: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's Defense Ministry says Israel is striking Iranian government targets in Tehran, including Evin Prison.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The gate of #Iran's notorious Evin prison in Tehran is hit in a suspected Israeli strike, Iranian state television says.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran's underground facility at Fordo is again attacked, Iranian state television reports.
APNewsAlert: VIENNA (AP) — Head of the UN nuclear watchdog says 'very significant damage' is expected at #Iran's Fordo facility after the US attack.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli strikes on #Iran have killed at least 950 people and wounded 3,450 others, a human rights group says.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mountains at underground Fordo nuclear site damaged after US strikes, satellite photos analyzed by AP show (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported the entryways had been damaged. Iran likely buried the entries prior to the strike.).
APNewsAlert: ISTANBUL (AP) — #Iran's foreign minister says diplomacy is not an option at the moment after the US attack.
APNewsAlert: ISTANBUL (AP) — #Iran's foreign minister says the US is 'fully responsible' for the consequences of its strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Entries to underground Fordo nuclear site, mountainside damaged after US strikes, satellite photos analyzed by AP show. #iran
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran's Foreign Ministry says 'the US has itself launched a dangerous war against Iran' after nuclear sites attacked.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog says there's 'no increase in off-site radiation levels' after US strikes on #Iran nuclear sites.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran's top diplomat warns US attacks 'will have everlasting consequences' and Tehran 'reserves all options' to retaliate.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli strikes on #Iran have killed at least 865 people and wounded 3,396 others, a human rights group says.
APNewsAlert: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel announces it is closing its airspace following US attack on Iranian nuclear sites.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran says 'no signs of contamination' after US strikes nuclear facilities at Isfahan, Fordo and Natanz.
APNewsAlert: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump warns Tehran against retaliation against US, says #Iran has choice between 'peace or tragedy.'
APNewsAlert: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says #Iran's key nuclear sites 'completely and fully obliterated' by strikes.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran’s nuclear agency confirms attacks on Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz atomic sites, says its work will not be stopped.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran's state-run IRNA news agency, quoting provincial official, confirms attacks on Isfahan and Natanz nuclear sites.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran's state-run IRNA news agency, quoting provincial official, acknowledges attack on Fordo nuclear facility.
APNewsAlert: WASHINGTON (AP) — US attacked three Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign as Tehran promises to retaliate.
#Iran's internet blackout leaves public in dark and creates an uneven picture of the war with Israel apnews.com/article/iran...
APNewsAlert: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli military says #Iran used missile with multiple warheads, posing new challenge to its defenses.
APNewsAlert: BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — Israel’s defense minister says #Iran’s supreme leader 'cannot continue to exist' after latest Iranian missile attack.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel has attacked #Iran's Arak heavy water reactor, Iranian state television confirms.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Israeli military warns people to evacuate the area around #Iran's Arak heavy water reactor.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli strikes on #Iran have killed at least 639 people and wounded 1,329 others, a human rights group says.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian foreign ministry spokesman says: 'Any American intervention would be a recipe for an all-out war in the region.'
Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 585 people and wounded 1,326 others, a human rights group says. Iran has only acknowledged 224 deaths so far.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli strikes on #Iran have killed at least 585 people and wounded 1,326 others, a human rights group says.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — International Atomic Energy Agency says Israeli strikes had 'direct impacts' on Natanz underground centrifuge halls.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli strikes in #Iran have killed at least 406 people and wounded 654 others, a human rights group says.
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oman says talks between Iran and the US over Tehran's nuclear program 'will not now take place' after Israeli strikes.
APNewsAlert: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says Israeli attack on Iran over Tehran's nuclear program is not imminent but 'could very well happen.'
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran says it will create a new uranium enrichment facility after a vote at the IAEA.
APNewsAlert: VIENNA (AP) — The UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors finds that #Iran isn’t complying with its nuclear obligations, diplomats say.
APNewsAlert: WASHINGTON (AP) — US military authorizes 'voluntary departure' of troops' dependents across the Mideast amid Iran tensions, officials say.
APNewsAlert: WASHINGTON (AP) — US is preparing to order departure of nonessential staff from embassy in Baghdad over regional tensions, officials say.
apnews.com/article/iran... IAEA chief says information obtained by #Iran 'seem to refer' to Israeli nuclear research site
#Yemen's al-Qaida branch leader threatens Trump, Musk and others apnews.com/article/yeme...
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Analysis: An outline is emerging of the US offer to #Iran in their high-stakes nuclear negotiations apnews.com/article/iran...
UN official says #Russia isn't imminently turning on #Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant apnews.com/article/russ...
APNewsAlert: DAMASCUS, #Syria (AP) — Long-shuttered US ambassador's residence in Damascus is reopened as Washington mends ties with Syria.
APNewsAlert: VIENNA (@AP) — UN nuclear watchdog chief says ‘jury is still out’ on #Iran-US nuclear talks, but says continued negotiations a good sign.
APNewsAlert: ROME (AP) — Oman's foreign minister, who mediated Iran-US talks, describes them as having 'some but not conclusive progress.'
APNewsAlert: ROME (AP) — #Iran's foreign minister says fifth round of nuclear talks in Rome with the US has ended.
APNewsAlert: ROME (AP) — Fifth round of talks between #Iran and the US over Tehran's nuclear program begins in Rome, Iranian media report.
APNewsAlert: ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Trump says #Iran has a proposal from the US as negotiations continue over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.