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Trump warns Iran of severe retaliation if US attacked

President Donald Trump threatened late Monday to deliver a devastating response to any attack by Iran against the US.   "Any attack by Iran, in any form, against the United States will be met with an attack on Iran that will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude!" Trump said on...

Bahraini, Israeli defense ministers hold first phone call

The defense ministers of Bahrain and Israel held their first publicly acknowledged phone call Monday since their countries agreed to normalize ties. Bahraini state news agency BNA and a spokeswoman for Israel's defense ministry said Bahrain's minister of defense affairs, Abdulla bin Hassan...

US eyes building on Arab-Israel deals to end Gulf crisis

The Trump administration is hoping to capitalize on agreements to be signed this week between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain by pressing for an end to a dispute that has roiled relations between the Gulf Arab countries. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the US is...