In Iran’s Capital, Weapons Demonstrations Send a Signal at Home and Abroad as Threat of War Remains

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian Revolutionary Guard members now regularly show the public in Tehran how to handle Kalashnikov-style assault rifles. Parades through the capital feature military vehicles mounted with belt-fed Soviet-era machine guns. And at one mass wedding, a ballistic missile, like the one that rained down cluster munitions on Israel, adorned …

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Risk of Ebola Spread Is High Locally but Low Globally, WHO Says

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The World Health Organization said on Wednesday the risk of global spread of the Ebola virus in Congo and Uganda is high at national and regional levels, but low at the global level. The risk assessment came as the leader of the WHO team in Congo said the outbreak, which has …

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Germany Will Deploy Patriot Air Defence System to Southeast Turkey, Ankara Says

ANKARA, May 20 (Reuters) – Turkey said ⁠on ⁠Wednesday that Germany would ⁠send it a Patriot missile defence system ​for a six-month deployment from June to replace a ‌system deployed as part ‌of NATO measures in southeast Turkey to bolster ⁠air ⁠defences amid the war in Iran. In March, Ankara said ​a U.S. Patriot system …

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Iran threatens to take war “beyond the region” if Trump orders new U.S. attacks

6m ago Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard warns it will take war “beyond the region” if U.S.-Israel strike the country again Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned Wednesday that any renewed U.S. or Israeli attacks would be met with retaliation “beyond the region.” In a statement, the IRGC said it still had not brought “all …

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Explainer-Israeli Vote to Dissolve Parliament May Bring Elections Forward

JERUSALEM, May 20 (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament is expected to vote on Wednesday on a ⁠bill ⁠to dissolve itself, potentially bringing forward by a few ⁠weeks the next national election, which surveys predict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lose. An election date is yet ​to be set. Israel is supposed to hold elections every four …

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