TEHRAN -- Iran has submitted a 14-point counterproposal to the United States calling for a permanent end to hostilities and a full withdrawal of U.S. forces from the region, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Saturday.
The plan was delivered through Pakistani intermediaries in response to a nine-point U.S. proposal, said Tasnim. (Iran-U.S.-Ceasefire)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday bragged that the U.S. Navy acted "like pirates" in its blockade of Iranian ports, as the war against Iran reached a 60-day legal deadline.
"We took over the ship, we took over the cargo, we took over the oil. It's a very profitable business," Trump said at an event in Florida on Friday. (US-Iran-Pirates)
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BEIRUT -- Israeli airstrikes and shelling across southern Lebanon have killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more on Friday night and Saturday morning, according to preliminary reports from Lebanon's Health Ministry and local sources.
Four people, including two women, were killed in an airstrike in the Sidon district, which also wounded four others. In the Tyre district, one woman was killed and seven other people were injured. (Lebanon-Israeli airstrike-Casualties)
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DAKAR -- More than 200 attackers were killed in targeted airstrikes carried out by Malian armed forces on Friday morning, Mali's state television reported early Saturday.
The report, citing a statement from the General Staff of the Armed Forces, said the strikes targeted a large column of armed militants that had crossed from a neighboring border area and was allegedly preparing fresh attacks. (Mali-Airstrike-Militants) ■
