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France Sending Aircraft Carrier to Mediterranean, Macron Says
Syria Sends Thousands of Troops to Lebanon Border, Sources Say
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Trump Says U.S. Has Knocked Out Many Iranian Naval and Air Targets
Date: March 3, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. military had been successful against many Iranian naval and air targets, saying "just about everything has been...
Bombardment Unleashes Terror in Tehran With No Sign of Protests
Date: March 3, 2026
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) - Terrified residents of Iran's capital described it as a ghost town on Tuesday, its streets largely emptied by a U.S.-Israeli missile barrage apart from...
Trump Seeks to Justify Iran War, but Stated Objectives Shift
Date: March 3, 2026
By Nandita Bose, Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump sought to justify a broad, open-ended war on Iran in his most extensive public comments yet...
Analysis-Iran's Strikes on Gulf States May Widen War Against Tehran, Analysts Say
Date: March 3, 2026
By Samia Nakhoul DUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) - Iranian airstrikes on Gulf states could push them into a broad coalition aligned with the United States and widen the war against Iran, Middle East analysts...
Russia Raises Alarm Over Conflict's Impact on Bushehr Nuclear Plant in Iran
Date: March 3, 2026
MOSCOW, March 3 (Reuters) - The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran is under threat as a result of the escalating conflict, the head of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Tuesday,...
Iran War Could Reopen EU Debate Over Russian Gas, Norway Says
Date: March 3, 2026
OSLO, March 3 (Reuters) - The impact on energy flows of U.S. and Israeli military attacks on Iran and Iran's drone and missile launches against its neighbours could reopen debate in the European Union...