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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, March 6 ------ Iran launched a new wave of attacks at Israeli and American bases and threatened that the United States would “bitterly regret” torpedoing an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, and a religious leader called for “Trump's blood,” while Israel said it had begun a “large-scale” attack on Tehran. Israel announced multiple incoming missile attacks, and air sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Iranian state television said additiona

PARIS, March 6 ------ Fewer commercial flights were cancelled in the Middle East despite continued military strikes, with more than 100 flights taking off from the United Arab Emirates, according to a specialist data firm. The United States and Israel launched a campaign of air strikes against Iran on Saturday, killing its supreme leader and sparking retaliatory attacks by Tehran across the Gulf, with airports also targeted. Airports in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are

March 6 ------ Ukraine and Russia began a major prisoner-of-war exchange, with 200 Ukrainian servicemen returning home as part of a planned 500-for-500 swap between the two sides. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the return of the Ukrainian prisoners in a social media post, saying their release brought relief to hundreds of families. “Today, 200 Ukrainian families received the message they had been waiting for most: their loved ones are returning home,” Zelensky wrote.

KYIV, March 6 ------ A new round of United States-brokered talks between Moscow and Kyiv planned for this week has been postponed because of escalating war in the Middle East, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said. This comes as the United States and its allies in the Middle East seek Kyiv’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed drones, of which Zelensky said, Russia has fired tens of thousands at Ukraine since Moscow’s invasion began in February 2022. Tehran has respon