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Iran says it will target US-Israeli economic, banking interests in region Reuters
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Iran says will hit economic targets in the region
Iran's military on Wednesday vowed to strike US and Israeli banks and economic centres in the region, after overnight attacks hit a bank in Tehran.
"Last night, the American and Zionist terrorist army, after failing in their military objectives
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The Department of Defense is preparing to ask lawmakers for additional funding following the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
It’s far from clear whether there’s enough support in Congress to pass a supplemental funding bill for the Pentagon, as the vast majority of Democrats decry the White House’
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US President Donald Trump says the war on Iran may not last much longer. But across Asia, government actions are racing to shield themselves from the fallout – revealing a region gripped by anxiety that an energy shock could revive the spectre of stagflation.
Under mounting economic pressure and rec
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Iran deploys mines in Strait of Hormuz, sources tell Reuters
Iran has deployed around a dozen naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz, potentially complicating efforts to reopen the crucial shipping route, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, corroborating earlier reporting by CNN.
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Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has finalised his coalition partners and tapped allies for cabinet posts, but the spillover from the war in the Middle East is already diluting the economic momentum his new government hopes to take into office.
Anutin’s in-tray was already bulging with
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