Trump to decide on Iran 'within next two weeks’: White House

“Based on the fact that there is a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks,” reads a message from US President Donald Trump.

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Iraq replaces Basra airport chief amid staff complaints, stranded passengers

A source told The New Region that the removal of former director Hassan Abdul-Hadi was not surprising given the "serious" nature of the complaints made by airport staff and a recent situation involving passengers stranded at the airport.

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Mass resignations at Iraq’s top court: Source

The resignations, believed to be sparked by pressure on the court to reverse a previous ruling on the Khor Abdullah agreement, leave the case of the Kurdistan Region’s civil servant salaries hanging in the balance.

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Iranian FM to meet European leaders for nuclear talks

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will meet with representatives from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, as well as the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas, in Geneva on Friday, with the nuclear issue and ongoing conflict with Israel set to top the agenda.

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Entering Iran-Israel conflict will bring US ‘unprecedented calamities’: Pro-Iran Iraqi militia

Iraqi militia group Kataib Hezbollah has long enjoyed extensive support from Tehran, with a high-ranking official lashing out at “the foolish idiot [US President Donald] Trump" and threatening the US with severe consequences should it intervene on Israel's side in the ongoing conflict.

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Dozens wounded as Iranian missiles strike Israel

The latest exchange of fire between Iran and Israel saw the opposing sides dispute the target of a particular Iranian missile attack, with Tel Aviv claiming a hospital was targeted while Tehran insists the strike was on an Israeli intelligence base.

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Iraq launches radiation monitoring stations in border provinces

Iraq has launched radiation monitoring stations in border provinces and formed an Arab Nuclear Emergency Operations Room following Israel's strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

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Suicide drone shot down over Erbil sky

Residents of Erbil have in recent days posted photos and videos of multiple projectiles crashing in the Kurdistan Region’s capital, and in some instances starting a blaze.

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Next week will be ‘very big’: Trump

"I may do it, I may not do it," said Trump about a potential US intervention in the attacks on Iran

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