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- US can’t stop Iran oil exports, Persian Gulf will shut if they try – Rouhani
The US is incapable of preventing Iran from exporting its oil and any attempt to stop oil tankers from passing through the Persian Gulf will result in the vital waterway being shut down, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said.World News - US Navy probes abrupt death of 5th fleet commander in Bahrain, sees ‘no foul play’
The commander of US naval forces in the Middle East, Vice Adm. Scott Stearney, has been found dead at his residence in Bahrain. The US Navy investigating the Fifth Fleet chief’s death said no foul play is suspected at this point.USA News - ‘Cosmic airburst’: Tunguska-like blast destroyed part of Middle East 3,700 years ago
A Tunguska-like ‘cosmic airburst’ may have annihilated an ancient Middle Eastern civilization in a split-second in a terrifying example of the fragility of life on Earth, according to new research.World News - Germany’s ‘Achilles heel’: Middle East consulates sell forged visas to migrants – media
Corrupt officials at German consulates in some Middle Eastern states have been collaborating with people smugglers and literally selling forged visas to migrants seeking to come to Germany as refugees, Der Spiegel revealed.World News - Hypocrisy overload? Hillary Clinton tells Europe to stem refugee flow to avoid 'populist politics'
It wasn’t too long ago that Hillary Clinton famously celebrated the intervention that turned Libya into a failed state and hotbed for terrorism. Now she’s telling Europe to ‘curb’ immigration from North Africa and Middle East.World News - ‘Gap too wide’? Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan ‘a waste of time,’ says justice minister
Donald Trump’s long-awaited peace plan for Palestine is yet to see the light of day – but is already “a waste of time,” since differences between Israelis and Palestinians are too huge, the Israeli justice minister has claimed.World News
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