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Kuwait Intercepts Seven Iranian Ballistic Missiles, Debris Rains on Residential Areas

KUWAIT CITY, June 6 -- Before most of the capital was awake, the sharp crack of intercepts cut across residential neighborhoods. By the time Kuwait's Defense Ministry confirmed the engagement, debris ... Read More


Putin Keeps Iran Uranium Export Offer Alive at SPIEF, Reveals Trilateral Contacts With US and Israel

ST. PETERSBURG, June 6 -- The offer is still on the table. That was Vladimir Putin's answer Friday when asked whether Russia's proposal to remove enriched uranium from Iran had expired. Speaking at th... Read More


Putin Says Israel Sees Iran's Bushehr Plant as Worth Protecting, Vows to Continue Nuclear Work

ST. PETERSBURG, June 6 -- Vladimir Putin stood before the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday and said something that no foreign ministry had put on the record... Read More


Taiwan Looks to Israel, Not Washington, as Its Model for Surviving China's Quiet War

New Delhi, June 6 -- The deputy foreign ministers who receive foreign journalists at Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs no longer open with maps or military timelines. They open with a number. In th... Read More


Israeli Gambling Boss Tony Bargig, 'King of Slot Machines,' Killed in Prague

New Delhi, June 6 -- The street was quiet early Wednesday when Tony Bargig, 54, was found dead on Seifertova Street in Prague's third district. Czech police confirmed that a foreign national born in 1... Read More


Philippines Orders Casinos to Tighten Monitoring of Government Gamblers

New Delhi, June 6 -- MANILA - The number that tells the story best is not a jackpot. It is 600,000 - the count of names that Philippine gaming regulator PAGCOR had on its restricted persons list befor... Read More


Hamas Returns to Cairo With Gaza's Future Hinging on a Disarmament Question Nobody Has Answered

Khalil al-Hayya, June 6 -- The question that has shadowed every round of Gaza negotiations since last October arrived in Cairo with Hamas on Friday evening, carried in the delegation's luggage as sure... Read More


US Downs Four Iranian Drones Near Strait of Hormuz, Strikes Radar Sites at Qeshm

DUBAI, June 6 -- The first warning that the truce had failed again came from a radar screen, not a negotiating table. US air defense crews tracked four Iranian drones turning toward the Strait of Horm... Read More


Hezbollah Rejects Washington Ceasefire as 'Surrender,' Vows to Fight as Long as Occupation Persists

India, June 4 -- The ink on Washington's ceasefire announcement was barely dry when Hezbollah dismantled it. Naim Qassem, the secretary-general of the Iran-backed movement, issued a written statement... Read More


Berri Guarantees Hezbollah Ceasefire Compliance, Puts Burden on Israel Ahead of Washington Talks

India, June 1 -- The man who holds the lever to Hezbollah's ceasefire posture made his position plain on Sunday: he can deliver. But he will not go first. Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, the... Read More