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Russian rocket launches Iranian satellites into orbit as Moscow and Tehran expand ties

Nov. 05, 2024 02:23 AM EST

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian rocket on Tuesday blasted off successfully to carry a pair of Iranian satellites into orbit, a launch that reflected growing cooperation between Moscow and Tehran. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled from Vostochny launchpad in far eastern Russia and...

Today in History: November 4, Obama wins presidency in historic election

Nov. 04, 2024 00:02 AM EST

Today is Monday, Nov. 4, the 309th day of 2024. There are 57 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 4, 2008, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the first Black president of the United States, defeating the Republican candidate, Sen. John...

Iran's supreme leader threatens Israel and US with 'a crushing response' over Israeli attack

Nov. 02, 2024 22:10 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke as Iranian officials are increasingly threatening to launch yet another strike...

Locked in Mideast wars and battered by sanctions, Iran is wary over US presidential election

Oct. 31, 2024 04:32 AM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — America's presidential election next week comes just after Iran marks the 45th anniversary of the 1979 U.S. Embassy hostage crisis — and for many, tensions between Tehran and Washington feel just as high as they did then. Iran remains locked in the Mideast...

Satellite photos show Israeli strike likely hit important Iran Revolutionary Guard missile base

Oct. 29, 2024 23:07 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s attack on Iran likely damaged a base run by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that builds ballistic missiles and launches rockets as part of its own space program, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press on Tuesday showed. ...

Satellite images show damage from Israeli attack at 2 secretive Iranian military bases

Oct. 27, 2024 17:44 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran's onetime nuclear weapons program and at another base tied to its ballistic missile program, satellite...

Israel's attack on Iran damaged two secretive military bases outside of Tehran, satellite photos analyzed by the AP show

Oct. 27, 2024 06:14 AM EDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel's attack on Iran damaged two secretive military bases outside of Tehran, satellite photos analyzed by the AP show.

Five things to know about Israel's attack on Iran

Oct. 26, 2024 11:20 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel delivered its long-expected response to Iranian missile attacks early Saturday by carrying out a series of airstrikes against the Islamic Republic. Here's what to know: Multiple targets were struck Under the cover of darkness...

Attack on a police convoy in a restive southeastern province of Iran kills 10 officers

Oct. 26, 2024 09:57 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack on an Iranian police convoy Saturday in the country's restive southern province of Sistan and Baluchestan killed at least 10 officers, authorities said. Details remain scarce over the attack in Gohar Kuh, some 1,200 kilometers (745...

Israel strikes Iran as payback for missile attack, risking escalation of Mideast wars

Oct. 26, 2024 01:10 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel pounded Iran with a series of airstrikes early Saturday, saying it was targeting military sites in retaliation for the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired upon Israel earlier in the month. Explosions could be heard in...