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Use of US bunker-buster bomb looms over Iran conflict

A powerful American bunker-busting bomb is the only weapon capable of destroying Iran's deeply buried nuclear facilities, making it President Donald Trump's weapon of choice if he chooses to militarily back Israel. The GBU-57, a 30,000-pound (13,607 kg) warhead capable of

Iran confronts Trump with toughest choice yet

President Donald Trump faces potentially the hardest choice of his time in the White House, as he weighs up whether the United States should join Israel's bombing campaign against Iran. Trump fueled speculation about a US intervention as he dashed back from a G7 summit in

Iranian pilgrims in Iraq long to return home

After filing out of their buses in the central Iraqi town of Ayn Tamr on Tuesday, Iranian pilgrims anxiously sought out internet connections, desperate for word from their loved ones back home. The more than 400 Iranians had recently completed their hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in