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Lebanese army chief Rodolphe Haykal has travelled to Pakistan to meet Field Marshal Asim Munir, with a source saying the visit is tied to Pakistan's US-Iran mediation efforts
Iran's World Cup squad flies to Mexico after the US denied visas to key staff, sparking a furious response from Tehran days before the 2026 tournament begins
Iran accuses the IAEA of political pressure after the nuclear watchdog raised access concerns, arguing the agency failed to condemn U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites
Israeli strike killed three Lebanese soldiers on a road in southern Lebanon, days after a conditional truce was announced in Washington talks that Hezbollah has rejected
Iran fired missiles at Bahrain and Kuwait on Saturday in the second attack on both Gulf states in three days, after the US struck Iranian radar sites and drones
Iran's Mohsen Rezaei says the release of $24bn in frozen assets is a test of trust for Trump, as US-Iran peace talks remain deadlocked over the funds
