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Zarif warns US it cannot ‘expect to stay safe’

Iran’s foreign minister warned the U.S. Monday that it “cannot expect to stay safe” after launching what he described as an economic war against Tehran, taking a hard-line stance amid a visit by Germany’s top diplomat seeking to defuse tensions. A stern-faced Mohammad Javad Zarif...

Gaza medic succumbs to wounds inflicted by Israeli fire

Gaza's Health Ministry says that a Palestinian paramedic has succumbed to wounds inflicted by Israeli fire at a border protest a month before. The ministry said Mohammad al-Judeili, 36, died in a West Bank hospital Monday of a wound from a rubber bullet to his head. His death brings the...

Iran has accelerated enrichment of uranium, IAEA says

Iran has followed through on a threat to accelerate its production of enriched uranium, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Monday, departing from his usual guarded language to say he was worried about increasing tension. Recent weeks have seen U.S.-Iranian confrontation sharply...