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WASHINGTON, BAGHDAD, DUBAI (Reuters) – Turkish, Jordanian and Iraqi officials said on Sunday Iran gave wide notice days before Saturday’s drone and missile attack on Israel allowing mass casualties and rampant escalation to be averted, but a U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Sunday will announce an additional $100 million in aid to respond to the conflict in Sudan, according to a statement seen by Reuters, as Washington seeks to spur international response ahead of Monday’s anniversary of the war.

DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) – Gulf states are pushing to stop a full-blown regional war after Iran’s unprecedented retaliatory strikes on Israel, sources in the region said, fearing new escalation could put them on front lines of a conflagration and ruin plans to reshape the region.

(Reuters) – Donald Trump once again attacked his former lawyer Michael Cohen on Saturday, potentially testing the limits of a gag order that bars him from making public statements about witnesses concerning their testimony in his upcoming criminal trial in New York.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Iran’s attack on Israel drew applause from many Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday as rare payback for the Israeli offensive on their enclave, although some said they suspected Tehran had staged the assault more for show than to inflict real damage.

JERUSALEM/DUBAI/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Iran warned Israel and the United States on Sunday of a much larger response if there is any retaliation for its mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory overnight, as Israel said “the campaign is not over yet”.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – The first direct attack on Israel by arch foe Iran has shaken Israelis and left them fearful that a bigger war is looming.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) promised on Sunday to create jobs, boost infrastructure and expand welfare programmes if it wins a third term, seeking to address key voter concerns ahead of next week’s elections.

JERUSALEM/DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran launched explosive drones and fired missiles at Israel late yesterday in its first direct attack on Israeli territory, a retaliatory strike that raised the threat of a wider regional conflict, as the U.S

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – The man who fatally stabbed six people in Sydney had mental health issues in the past and there was no indication ideology was a motive in the attack in one of the city’s busiest shopping centres, police said on Sunday.

SCHNECKSVILLE, Pennsylvania,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump again slammed the judge overseeing his first criminal trial during a rally in Pennsylvania yesterday, comments that portend a rough-and-tumble several weeks ahead as the former president gears up for court.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out the “revolutionary” new Men5CV vaccine against meningitis, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

JERUSALEM/DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel late today, an attack that may trigger a major escalation between the regional archenemies, with the U.S.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Police forces led by Spain have arrested a gang which allegedly defrauded 645 million euros ($686.41 million) from victims in 35 countries in a scam centred around cannabis plants for medicinal use.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – An attacker who fatally knifed six people in a Sydney mall was shot dead by police in the beachside suburb of Bondi today, police said, as hundreds fled the scene.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti’s government formalized the creation of a nine-member transitional presidential council yesterday, a long-delayed move intended as the first step in restoring security to the gang-ravaged Caribbean country.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) –  Republican U.S. lawmakers yesterday criticized the Biden administration after sanctioned Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei unveiled a laptop this week powered by an Intel AI chip.

ORENBURG, Russia,  (Reuters) – Authorities in the Russian city of Orenburg called on thousands of residents to evacuate immediately yesterday due to rapidly rising flood waters after major rivers burst their banks due to a historic deluge of melting snow.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday said he expected Iran to attack Israel “sooner, rather than later” and warned Tehran not to proceed.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican public health officials are sounding an alarm after a study discovered the presence of animal tranquilizer Xylazine in opioids in cities on the country’s northwest border with the United States.