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                <title><![CDATA[“Calm before the storm”: Trump hints at possible resumption of Iran strikes]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran to Unveil Strait of Hormuz Traffic Mechanism, Plans Shipping Fees]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Firefighter killed, 11 injured in lumber mill explosion and massive fire in Maine]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump says Islamic State group leader was killed in a joint US-Nigerian mission]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran’s President Thanks Pope Leo Over Iran War Stance as Pope Reiterates Opposition to Nuclear Arms]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Weighs Iran Options After China Trip as China Distances Itself From Iran after Trump-Xi summit]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[India Hikes Fuel Prices After Election Period by ₹3, While Pakistan Reduces Fuel Costs by Rs5]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI (AP), May 15:  India raised fuel prices by 3 rupees ($0.03) per liter Friday as the government moved to offset losses due to higher global oil prices.In New Delhi, gasoli...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Military Pauses Deployments to Poland and Germany]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP), May 15:  The Pentagon is drawing down thousands of troops in Europe by canceling deployments to Poland and Germany as opposed to yanking forces already stationed t...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 23:19:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iraqi National Charged in US Over Alleged Plot of Multiple Terror Attacks in Europe]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[UAE Slams Iran Over Attempts to Justify Attacks on Gulf Countries]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran's Foreign Minister Says Hormuz Not Closed, Allows Friendly Shipping Through Key Waterway]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Palestinians Mark 78th Nakba Anniversary as Reports Emerge of Mahmoud Abbas’s Son’s Rising Political Role]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran Says UAE Involved in Conflict at BRICS Meeting in India, While Indian PM Modi Condemns Attacks on UAE]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, May 15: Tensions between Iran and the United Arab Emirates have escalated after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the UAE of “direct involvement” in milita...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Worsening Medicine Crisis Hits Iranians; While Regime Calls for UN Security Council Reform at BRICS Summit]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, May 15: Iranian citizens are reporting worsening economic pressure marked by severe medicine shortages and rapidly rising drug prices, according to messages sent to Iran In...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[UAE Accelerates Key Pipeline to Bypass Strait of Hormuz Route]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[ABU DHABI, May 15: The United Arab Emirates will accelerate the construction of a major new oil pipeline designed to double crude export capacity through Fujairah, expanding its ab...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump, Xi Agree on Keeping Strait of Hormuz Open Without Tolls or Military Control]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US offers $15 million bounty on Iranian Regime-linked drone production officials]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, May 14: The U.S. government has announced a reward of up to $15 million for information on financial networks linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[FBI offers $200,000 reward for ex-FBI counterintelligence officer spying for Iran]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[UAE condemns “terrorist attack” on Indian vessel off Oman coast, warns of threat to maritime security]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran warns against politicizing World Cup amid visa concerns, as ex-FBI official warns of Iranian regime's sleeper cell threat]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump says Xi pledged not to arm Iran]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Indian cargo vessel sinks near Hormuz after suspected drone attack, as Iranian FM attends BRICS meet in India]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[CENTCOM says 70 ships turned back to Iranian Ports while Iranian Regime allows select vessels through Hormuz]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Now, Iranian regime proposes charges on undersea internet cables in Hormuz]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump, Xi agree Strait of Hormuz ‘must remain open’]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[India condemns attack on Indian-flagged ship off Oman coast]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Video: Women gang behind Muscat home burglaries arrested]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Latvian prime minister resigns after controversy over stray Ukrainian drones]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Heavy rain and lightning kill at least 96 people in northern India]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Top US officials warn Iran nearing nuclear weapons capability]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 07:34:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran likely behind cargo ship attack near Strait of Hormuz, South Korea says]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Executes One More Protester Detained During January Unrest]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, May 13: Iran has executed Mohammad Abbasi, who was detained during January’s nationwide protests, at dawn on Wednesday in Qezel Hesar prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, accor...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[India, Iran Hold Talks on Bilateral and Regional Issues Ahead of BRICS Meeting]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[India Hikes Gold and Silver Import Duty to 15% to Support Falling Rupee, Curb Demand]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Gunfire Reported at Philippine Senate as Senator Accused by ICC Remains Holed Up Amid Arrest Standoff]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Receives Grand Welcome in China Ahead of Xi Summit]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Brazil's Lula launches $2 billion anti-organized crime project ahead of elections]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[12 hospitalized after torrential rains trigger severe floods in northern Turkey]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Macron faces backlash after interrupting Africa summit panel in Kenya]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Executes One More Without Sufficient Evidence, Poet Peyman Farahavar To Be Hanged]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Preparing for Possible Renewed Conflict; Australia to Join UK-Led Hormuz Security Mission]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[6 Chinese-Linked Tankers Cross Hormuz Amid Iran’s Sea-Based Crude Exports Halt for 28 Days]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Senator and Former Envoy Criticize Pakistan Over Iranian Aircraft Reports; Pakistan Rejects Claims]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Considers ‘Operation Sledgehammer’ Name if Iran Truce Collapses]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi Calls Iran Regime a ‘Wounded Beast’ Dominated by IRGC]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Bahrain Court Sentences Defendants in Sabotage, IRGC Links, and Cybercrime Cases]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Says Iran Will “100%” Halt Enrichment as Iranian Regime  Takes Dispute to Hague Court]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:42:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Indian rupee slumps to record low as India's PM urges austerity measures on fuel, gold, and travel]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:52:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes in Pakistan bazaar, killing 9 people]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 12, (AP): A bomb  rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a bazaar in northwest Pakistan on  Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding more than two dozen...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:46:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Says Public Anger Over Internet Blackout Is Justified as 74-Day Shutdown Crushes Businesses]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian studies organization seeks UN, EU condemnation over campus strikes]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, May 12: A leading international academic body specializing in Iranian studies has called on the United Nations and the European Union to condemn alleged US-Israeli strikes...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Australia sanctions Iran over “Brutal Oppression” of Iranians as US, UK Push for Reopening of Hormuz]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[CANBERRA, May 12: Australia imposed targeted sanctions on seven Iranian individuals and four entities over what it described as Tehran’s “brutal oppression” of its people and effor...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 09:49:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Pakistan Rejects CBS Report on Iranian Aircraft Presence as ‘Misleading’]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, May 12: Pakistan dismissed a report by CBS News claiming that Iranian military aircraft were parked at Pakistani airbases to avoid possible US strikes, calling the alleg...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[CBS News Claims Pakistan Allowed Iranian Military Aircraft to Park at Nur Khan Air Base]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 23:54:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Sanctions 10 Individuals, Firms For Supplying Iran Drone and Missile Components]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Says Iran Ceasefire on ‘Massive Life Support’ After Tehran’s ‘Garbage’ Response]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[9 Arrested in Thailand After Largest Ivory Haul in 10 Years]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[China-US Anti-Drug Operation Dismantles Drug Trafficking Ring, 5 Suspects Detained]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI, May 11: The Ministry of Public Security of China said on Monday that Chinese and US authorities had jointly dismantled a cross-border drug trafficking network in a coordi...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[35 Million in Iran Face Water Shortages as Officials Urge Energy Saving, While Iranian Regime Hails Nation as ‘4th Superpower.’]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, May 11: Iranian officials warned on Monday that around 35 million people across the country are facing water shortages, as authorities also urged the public to conserve ele...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 12:56:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Philippine House votes to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Turkish Airlines Flight Passengers Evacuated at Kathmandu Airport Following Landing Gear Smoke]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Thailand's former PM Thaksin released from prison]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Starmer pledges to bring Britain closer to the EU as he fights calls for his ouster]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Executes Researcher without sufficient evidence; Questions Grow Over Ghalibaf Family’s Australian Property ties]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[One Evacuee Diagnosed With Hantavirus, Second Passenger Shows Symptoms on Flight]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Releases Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi on Bail for Medical Treatment]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump rejects Iran's response to US proposal as 'totally unacceptable']]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP), May 11: Iran sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Escalates Rhetoric on Iran, Says “They Will Be Laughing No Longer”]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Redirects 61 Iranian Ships, Disables 4 in Hormuz Blockade Operation]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran war 'not over,' uranium must be removed]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEL AVIV, May 10: President Donald Trump said the United States would eventually recover Iran’s enriched uranium, believed to be buried beneath rubble, and warned that the site rem...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 18:37:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranians Abroad Stage Anti-Government Protests in Switzerland, Japan, and Australia]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[ZURICH/TOKYO/MELBOURNE, May 10: Iranians living abroad staged coordinated demonstrations across multiple cities over the weekend, protesting against the Islamic Republic, according...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Delivers Reply to US War-End Proposal Through Pakistan]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[UAE Schools, Nurseries to Resume Classroom Learning Nationwide]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 14:58:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Qatar Says Drone Targets Cargo Vessel Near Mesaieed Port]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Threatens Shipping Difficulties for Countries Supporting US Measures]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Continues Hormuz Closure Rhetoric as Qatar Moves LNG Cargo Through Strait]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Person dies after being hit by Frontier Airlines plane that was taking off at Denver airport]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Pakistan suicide attack kills 14]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Rubio meets Qatar PM to strengthen security coordination in Middle East]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US could rapidly target Iran’s military assets if nuclear talks fail, analysts say]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[UK Sends HMS Dragon to Hormuz as US Navy Redirects 58 Iranian Vessels and Disables 4]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Frontier plane hits a pedestrian during takeoff at Denver airport]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[What to Know About the UK Elections That Shook Starmer’s Labour Party]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[UAE Voices Full Solidarity With Bahrain Over Alleged Iran-Backed Spy Cell]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Gulf Seafarers Traumatised as War Threatens Shipping Routes While Iran Reroutes Trade Through Caspian Sea]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Bahrain Arrests 41 Allegedly Linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Confiscates 262 Properties War-Linked Cases; Targets Alleged Foreign Media Links in New Arrest Wave]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Deadly bear attack in Glacier National Park is the first in decades at iconic park]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[WEST GLACIER, Mont, May 9, (AP): The  body of a missing hiker has been found in Glacier National Park in what  authorities say appears to be the first deadly bear attack at the ico...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for 3-day ceasefire, prisoner swap]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 10:46:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Denies Dumping Oil Near Kharg Island but Blames European Tankers]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran's Revolutionary Guards Power Struggle Complicating Iran-US Talks]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, May 9: Internal power struggles within Iran, particularly the growing influence of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, are complicating mediation efforts with the United...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Says Warships Now Enforcing Naval Blockade After Iranian Regime Attack Claims]]></title>
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