ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek police have arrested an Azeri man suspected of espionage on the island of Crete, which is home to a NATO military base, based on information from the country’s intelligence service, police said on Monday. Greek authorities were investigating if the 26-year-old Azeri man was monitoring the base in Souda – a strategic …
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(Reuters) -Mojtaba Khamenei is one of the most influential figures in the Iranian clerical establishment headed by his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and among the figures seen as a candidate to succeed him as leader of the Islamic Republic. A mid-ranking cleric who studied under religious conservatives in the seminaries of Qom, Mojtaba …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union imposed on Monday an asset freeze and a ban on travel to the EU on five people linked with toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for supporting crimes against humanity, including backing the use of chemical weapons against civilians and fuelling sectarian violence. The Council of the EU said the measures …
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By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -U.S. bombing probably caused “very significant” damage to the underground areas of Iran’s Fordow uranium enrichment plant dug into a mountain, though no one can yet tell the extent, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday. The United States dropped the biggest conventional bombs in its arsenal on …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia is stepping up production of its Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic missile, which it launched for the first time against Ukraine last November. “Serial production of the latest Oreshnik medium-range missile system is under way,” Putin told a graduating class of military cadets in televised comments. …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia deeply regrets and condemns the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, the Kremlin said on Monday. The U.S. actions had increased the number of participants in the conflict and ushered in a new spiral of escalation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. He added it was not yet clear what had happened …
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By Jonathan Allen NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) -Mahmoud Khalil vowed to resume his pro-Palestinian activism as he returned to New York a day after he was released on bail from a jail for immigrants, even as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said it will continue its efforts to deport the recent Columbia University graduate. He …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -A parliamentary bill to suspend Iran’s cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog is under consideration, Ruhollah Motefakerzadeh, a member of parliament’s presidium said on Monday according to state media. Iranian media also reported Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf saying: “We in the parliament are seeking to pass a bill that would suspend Iran’s …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -An Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz would be dangerous and “not good for anybody”, the European Union’s top diplomat said on Monday. “The concerns of retaliation and this war escalating are huge, especially closing of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran is something that would be extremely dangerous and not good …
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -As Operation “Midnight Hammer” got underway on Saturday, a group of B-2 bombers took off from their base in Missouri and were noticed heading out toward the Pacific island of Guam, in what experts saw as possible pre-positioning for any U.S. decision to strike Iran. But they …
