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Iran vows to continue strikes in Mideast war

Iran vowed on Thursday to keep striking the region so long as it remains under attack, as the Middle East war spread to new fronts with Tehran's Houthi allies attacking Saudi shipping in the Red Sea. On the sidelines of a Southeast Asian summit in Manila, US Secretary of State

Top diplomats gather for security forum in Southeast Asia

By Mikhail Flores MANILA, July 23 (Reuters) - Top diplomats from Asia, Europe and North America gathered on Thursday for the security-focused ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila, where ministers were expected to issue calls for a peaceful settlement after renewed and intensifying

US announces civilian nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia

The United States and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced a landmark deal that would establish a civilian nuclear programme in the kingdom, but which critics fear could pave the way to enrichment and an atomic arms race. "It would be a mistake to allow Saudi Arabia the

US says it reaches nuclear power deal with Saudi Arabia

By Timothy Gardner July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have reached a landmark agreement on civil nuclear power, the U.S. Energy Department said on Wednesday, a deal that allows the kingdom to build nuclear reactors using American technology and to enrich uranium. A

US reaches nuclear power deal with Saudi Arabia

By Timothy Gardner July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement on civil nuclear power, letting the kingdom enrich uranium and build nuclear reactors using U.S. technology, without requiring the snap UN inspections that Washington has previously demanded

US-Iran strikes: latest developments

Here are the latest main events related to the war in the Middle East. The Houthis had threatened to blockade Saudi ports on the Red Sea -- a key route for oil shipments -- while the five-month war had already led to the effective closure of the vital Strait of Hormuz.

Trump vows tit-for-tat strikes on Iran power plants

President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to bomb Iranian civil infrastructure every time Tehran fires at ships in Strait of Hormuz, as he attended the return of four more US service members killed in the war. Trump has vowed to avenge the deaths of all US troops "many times over"

US hits Iranian island, says war cost at $37.5 bn

The US military struck Iran's Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump warned he was "not finished" with a war that has already cost Washington $37.5 billion. Critics have pointed to the cost of the war, which Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth