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The request for defence spending is the largest in decades and accompanies cuts to domestic programmes
Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war: - Iran's Hormuz offer to Japan - Iran is willing to help Japanese ships sail the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for global fuel supplies, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Kyodo News in an interview published on Saturday. In the telephone interview conducted on Friday, Araghchi denied closing the passageway, saying instead that countries attacking Iran face restrictions while others were being offered assistance. He added that Iran was prepared to ensure safe passage for Japan
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - Dozens of international law experts in the U.S. have signed an open letter saying that American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes, after President Donald Trump reiterated his threats this week to strike Iran's power and desalination plants. Trump, who has previously offered shifting timelines and objectives for the war, said in a televised speech on Wednesday that the war could escalate if Iran did not give in to Washington's terms, with strikes on its energy and oil infrastructure possible
US president says Washington is 'getting very close' to achieving goals as he promises to bomb Iran into 'Stone Ages'
March 28 (Reuters) - The Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, the Washington Post reported Saturday, citing U.S. officials. The plans could involve raids by Special Operations and conventional infantry troops, the Post reported. Whether President Donald Trump would approve any of those plans remains uncertain, according to the Post
[MSF] Report documents widespread and systematic sexual violence across roads, fields and displacement camps both in acute conflict zones and far from front lines
Some residents described the strikes overnight Monday into Tuesday as among the worst they had experienced since the war started
Traders brace for longer conflict and further production shutdowns
UN rights office says more than 36,000 Palestinians forcibly displaced in a year due to Israeli settler, army violence
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The US Senate has approved funds for TSA and most of Homeland Security but not ICE, after a partial government shutdown triggered massive disruption at airports, and 50,000 TSA agents were forced to work without pay
President Trump says he is in talks on building coalition to open up crucial waterway