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May 17

Iran’s top diplomat presses efforts to save nuclear deal

By Nasser Karimi, Associated Press

Iran's foreign minister traveled Friday to China on his Asian tour aimed at keeping world markets open to Tehran amid an intense sanctions campaign from the U.S. as tensions across the Persian Gulf remain high.

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May 14

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News Wrap: Pompeo warns Russia over election interference

In our news wrap Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Russia over its interference in U.S. elections. Meeting in Sochi with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who again denied meddling in 2016, Pompeo called such intrusion “unacceptable.” Also, Florida's governor…

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May 10

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News Wrap: Amid escalating tensions, U.S. boosts military presence near Iran

In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. military confirmed that B-52 bombers have arrived in Qatar, and an aircraft carrier is nearing the Persian Gulf, after tensions with Iran escalated this week. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan warned Iran not…

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Dec 01

1991 Gulf War looms large over Bush’s Mideast legacy

By Hussain Al-Qatari, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

With Bush’s death , his legacy across the Middle East takes root in that 100-hour ground war that routed Iraqi forces.That war gave birth to the network of military bases America now operates across the Persian Gulf.

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Oct 14

Trump’s speech sparks a new war of words between U.S., Iran

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — President Donald Trump’s refusal to certify the Iran nuclear deal has sparked a new war of words between the Islamic Republic and America, fueling growing mistrust and a sense of nationalism among Iranians. The speech has also…

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Aug 26

In the Persian Gulf, Iran’s drones pose rising threat to U.S.

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

To counter the threat, Pentagon experts are searching for new ways to deter, defeat or disable the drones.

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Jul 11

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News Wrap: Tillerson visits Qatar to mend Persian Gulf rift

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In the our news wrap Tuesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson traveled to Qatar in hopes of resolving a rift with its Persian Gulf neighbors. Also, the U.S. military confirmed that 15 Marines and a Navy Corpsman died earlier this…

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Jun 07

Trump eases Qatar critique, offers to mediate Persian Gulf tension

By Josh Lederman, Associated Press

President Donald Trump offered to personally broker a resolution to the Persian Gulf's escalating diplomatic crisis, as both he and Qatar looked past his pointed suggestion only a day earlier that the tiny gas-rich nation enables terrorism.

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Jan 09

U.S. Navy ship fired warning shots at Iranian boats

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Navy destroyer fired multiple warning shots at Iranian patrol boats as they sped toward the destroyer at the entrance to the Persian Gulf, two U.S. defense officials said.

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Jan 14

U.S. sailors made navigational error in Iran, defense chief says

By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

TAMPA, Florida — Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday it appears a navigational error caused the crews of two Navy boats to stray into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf, where they were detained overnight by Iran and released.

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