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US President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about whether and when to intensify military operations against Iran, US media reported on Sunday. Axios, citing one US and one Israeli official, reported that the two leaders discussed the state of negotiations with Tehran, with Netanyahu urging Trump to launch strikes immediately after the US midterm elections, while the US president favoured allowing diplomacy to continue. The Israeli official described the call as “tough”, while the US official called it “direct”, according to the report. Throughout the eight-month…

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A Learjet crashed on Sunday afternoon in a residential area in Palm Beach County, Florida, ‌killing all nine people on board, US transportation officials said. The private jet had taken off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was headed to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. Videos on social ​media showed the jet slamming into the ground next to a road and exploding. “It was a ​big-time tragedy that happened,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said at a press conference near ⁠the…

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US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran could face another major military offensive if it fails to reach a deal with Washington, while insisting the conflict would end “very soon”, either through diplomacy or further military action. Speaking to Right Side Broadcasting Network before a campaign rally in Iowa on Sunday, Trump said the United States had achieved a major victory and would soon bring the war to an end. “We’ve had such a victory, and we’ll put it away very soon, one way or the other. Either they’ll…

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A prominent Michigan Democrat endorsed Republican Mike Rogers on Sunday, giving President Donald Trump’s Republicans an unexpected boost in ​a critical US Senate race two days before midterm elections that will decide control of Congress. US Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democrats’ Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed in a bitterly ‌contested race, publicly backed Rogers and appeared with him at a Detroit church, threatening to worsen divisions in a state viewed as crucial to Democratic hopes of retaking the US Senate. “I don’t belong in Abdul’s campaign,” Stevens…

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Iranian negotiators were in Doha on Sunday for a third consecutive day of talks with Qatari mediators aimed at ​pushing for a deal to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, an official ‌briefed on the discussions told Reuters. The talks come amid concerns that the conflict could escalate again after the November 3 US midterm elections. President Donald Trump has said the United States will not launch ​new attacks on Iran before the vote and that talks with Tehran have been ​productive, though he has not ruled out further military…

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OPEC+ oil-producing countries kept December production targets ‌steady on Sunday, confirming expectations that more policy adjustments will not occur until next year, as the group continues to struggle with export disruptions from the Iran war. Seven core OPEC+ members — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan and Oman — made the decision in ​an online meeting on Sunday, OPEC said in a statement. While Gulf members have been boosting exports that ​have been disrupted for months by the conflict, most are still pumping well below their ⁠targets. OPEC+ comprises…

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Iranian negotiators were in Doha on Sunday for a third consecutive day of talks with Qatari mediators ​aimed at pushing for a deal to end the ‌US-Israeli war on Iran, an official briefed on the discussions told Reuters. The talks come amid concerns that the conflict could escalate again ​after the November 3 US midterm elections. President Donald ​Trump has said the United States will not launch ⁠new attacks on Iran before the vote and that ​talks with Tehran have been productive, though he has not ​ruled out further military…

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Thousands protested in Delhi on Sunday to demand the resignation of India’s election chief over a revision of voter lists, the latest in more than a month of opposition demonstrations challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Led by Congress party chief Rahul Gandhi, Sunday’s protesters say the controversial revision benefits Modi’s Hindu radical Bharatiya ​Janata Party. Analysts say the protests and growing support for the opposition form the worst crisis for Modi since he came to ​power in 2014, though his government remains stable and the next general election is not…

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A Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker was attacked with “unidentified objects” while sailing through Gulf waters, Qatar’s state news agency reported on Sunday. The incident occurred on Friday evening and involved Al Mayeda, a vessel owned by the Qatar Gas Transport Company, the Qatar News Agency (QNA) said. No crew members were injured in the attack, and there was no environmental impact, according to the report. The Qatari company said the vessel remained in a safe condition and was operational following the incident. The vessel attack comes amid escalating…

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Five people were killed in two separate incidents in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, police said on ​Sunday, as fresh ethnic violence erupted in the conflict-hit region. Three ‌men from the Kuki tribal group were killed in an exchange of gunfire between “unidentified armed miscreants” in the state’s Noney district on Saturday, according to a police ​statement. The bodies of two other men from the same community, ​who had gone missing earlier this week, were recovered in ⁠Kangpokpi district on Sunday morning after security personnel launched a search ​operation, a…

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