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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Multiple frontrunners are emerging to succeed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the 86-year-old has gone into hiding during Israel and the United States’ joint military campaign against the Islamic Republic, a report said.  A three-man committee appointed by Khamenei to identify his successor has ramped up its activity in recent …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russia’s United Nations ambassador is claiming the Trump administration’s devastating airstrikes on Iran have opened a “Pandora’s box” and could lead to a global “nuclear catastrophe.”  Vassily Nebenzia, speaking during an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Sunday, said Russia “vehemently condemns the irresponsible, dangerous, and provocative actions taken by the …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pakistan condemned President Donald Trump for bombing Iranian nuclear facilities, less than 24 hours after saying he deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for defusing a recent crisis with India. The Pakistani government on Saturday credited the “decisive diplomatic intervention” and “pivotal leadership” of Trump in brokering a truce with India, after a …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran’s nuclear site at Fordow was hit again on Monday as Israel unleashed strikes on roads leading to the underground facility following a massive U.S. attack over the weekend. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it carried out the attack earlier Monday to disrupt access routes to Fordow, one of Iran’s key enrichment …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Islamic State is believed to be behind a deadly suicide bombing that happened at a Greek Orthodox church in Syria on Sunday.  At least 22 people were killed, and 63 others were injured in the attack that took place at the Mar Elias Church in Dweil’a, located on the outskirts of …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran may try to retaliate against the U.S. after a stealth strike hit three key Iranian nuclear facilities, though the regime lacks the capabilities to make a “significant escalation,” an expert on the Middle East and U.S. national security told Fox News Digital on Sunday. Jacob Olidort, the director of the Center …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A suicide bomber in Syria on Sunday detonated himself inside a church filled with people, state television and a war monitor said. The explosion in Dweil’a in the outskirts of Damascus took place as people were praying inside the Mar Elias Church. Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran’s “supreme leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was reportedly a no-show for potential negotiations with the United States in Turkey last week, and then remained in hiding as the U.S. military pounded Iranian nuclear sites this weekend.  President Donald Trump was reportedly working with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to coordinate high-level talks …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Six B-2 stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri appear to be en route to a U.S. Air Force base in Guam, according to flight tracking data and voice communications with air traffic control.  The bombers apparently refueled after launching from Missouri, suggesting they launched without full fuel tanks due …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! European and Iranian negotiators ended their talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday without a clear breakthrough, but diplomats told The Associated Press they were hopeful of more discussions with the Iranians. The talks with Iran come a day after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a message from President Trump, stating, “Based …