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Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike on southern Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. Photo: AFP

Opinion | Why peace in the Middle East may be beyond Trump’s deal-making abilities

The US president-elect has vowed to end all wars. But the Middle East is likely to prove as much of a headache for him as it has for Biden.

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Musk met Iran UN ambassador on defusing tension under Trump, US report says

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India seeks to boost ties with Afghanistan – is it a move to sideline Pakistan?

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Letters | China should use US treasury holdings as leverage to lower US tariffs

Readers discuss how Beijing might work with the incoming Trump administration, shoebox housing and the retirement age in Hong Kong and the treatment of an Iranian protester.

China has stepped up its efforts to promote the use of the renminbi in international transactions, which is part of the larger push aimed at eroding the dollar’s strength in global finance. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images

Opinion | Why US influence in Southeast Asia could decline under Trump 2.0

Despite Trump positioning himself as a peacemaker, his foreign policy agenda is likely to push allies in Asia further away.

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Israel building along UN-patrolled demilitarised zone in Syria

Satellite photos show construction along the Alpha Line, which delineates the demilitarised zone between Syria and Israeli-occupied territory.

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Iran says world waiting for Trump government to stop wars in Gaza and Lebanon

While Trump has promised peace in the Middle East, he has said Biden should let Israel ‘finish the job’ against Hamas in Gaza.

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A mural depicting the Statue of Liberty with the torch-bearing arm broken, in Tehran. Photo: AFP

UK ex-soldier facing spying charge escaped from prison by hiding under truck

He was broke out of prison by using a sling made out of trousers from the prison kitchen to tie himself to the underside of a catering truck.

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FBI thwarts Iranian plot to murder Donald Trump

A suspect, identified as Farhad Shakeri, was allegedly ordered by an official to come up with a plan to kill Trump before the election.

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Trump’s victory raises fears of Israel-Iran clash before he can ‘stop wars’

Analysts warn both sides are likely to ‘take even more risks’ in the dying days of the Biden administration.

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Iranians burn a US flag to mark the 45th anniversary of America’s expulsion from Iran on Sunday. Photo: West Asia News Agency via Reuters

US deploys F-15 fighter jets to Middle East in warning to Iran

Pentagon spokesman says the US will take ‘every measure’ to defend American personnel and interests in the region.

US F-15 fighter jets. The Pentagon said on Thursday it had despatched jets to the Middle East. Photo: EPA-EFE

Opinion | Trump’s return as president marks the end of American exceptionalism

Trump’s second term will mark a turn in US foreign policy towards a transactional approach and hasten the start of a multipolar world order.

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China tariffs on the table, Trump’s ex-Treasury chief says

Steven Mnuchin also suggested that countries such as Iran and Russia could see sanctions intensify.

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Israel’s Netanyahu discusses ‘Iranian threat’ with Trump

Tehran-backed Hezbollah says its militants are ready to fight Israel, and the US election result will have no bearing on the war in Lebanon.

Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the Israel museum in Jerusalem in May 2017. Photo: AP

Iranian student in underwear protest put in ‘specialised care centre’

Authorities say she suffers from ‘psychological fragility’; activists say other women opposing the system have been sent to such facilities.

A woman in Paris, France on Tuesday holds a placard in support of an Iranian female student seen in her underwear at a Tehran university. The slogan reads “Woman, Life, Freedom”. Photo: Reuters

Concern grows for Iran woman detained over underwear protest

Activists fear the student – seen as a feminist icon after stripping outside her university – could be confined in a psychiatric institution.

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Israel sees unprecedented surge in citizens spying for Iran

More than 20 suspects, mostly from Israel’s Jewish majority, have been indicted.

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US voices alarm to Israel over settler violence in West Bank

US State Department spokesman pointed to West Bank settlers’ torching of cars, attacks on homes and the killing of Palestinians’ livestock.

Palestinians look through a window after an Israeli settlers attack in Al-Bireh city, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Photo: Reuters

Iran slams US deployment of B-52 bombers as ‘destabilising’

The US has announced the deployment of B-52 bombers to the Middle East as a warning to Iran, which has vowed to respond to Israeli strikes.

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Ukraine attacks North Korea troops near Russia border, says official

‘The first North Korean troops have already come under fire in the Kursk region,’ a Ukrainian official said on the Telegram messaging platform.

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Israel carried out ground raid into Syria, seizing Syrian connected to Iran

Israeli military said the operation that captured a Syrian spy for Iran took place ‘in recent months’.

A bridge, damaged in an Israeli strike near the Syrian village of Tall al-Nabi Mando, in the countryside of Qusayr. Photo: AFP

US journalist detained in Iran as tensions rise over Israeli attack

Iranian-American Reza Valizadeh once worked for a US government-funded broadcaster and is believed to have been detained by Iran for months.

An Iranian cleric chants slogans as Iranians burn a US flag during an anti-US rally marking the 45th anniversary of the US Embassy takeover, in front of the former embassy building in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday. Photo: EPA/EFE

Iran’s supreme leader threatens Israel, US with ‘crushing response’ over Israeli attack

The warning comes as the country marks the 45th anniversary of the US embassy hostage crisis in Tehran.

Opinion | North Korea’s missile test days before US election sends powerful message

No isolated act of aggression, the missile test was a calculated show of a strengthened alliance and a preview of mounting challenges.

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Female Iranian student strips to protest harassment, is arrested, reports say

The woman sat outside a university in her underwear before defiantly walking in the street to the astonishment of passers-by.

Footage of an Iranian woman who reportedly stripped in protest outside her university appears to have been shot by onlookers in a neighbouring building. Photo: X/chelseahartisme

Yemen rebels get ‘unprecedented’ military support from Iran and Hezbollah: UN

The Houthis have ‘exploited the regional situation and enhanced cooperation’ with Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah, UN experts say.

Houthi supporters hold up weapons at a rally in Sana’a, Yemen, on Friday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Opinion | Combined China and US pressure could get warring sides to talk peace

The US may be leading peace efforts but it’s not delivering, while China is failing without leading.

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Iran preparing to strike Israel from Iraq within days, US report says

Attacking through pro-Iran militias in Iraq could be a bid by Tehran to avoid Israeli retaliation on its own soil, the article says.

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