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As Iran and Israel trade strikes and the US weighs joining in, wealthy Gulf states on the conflict’s doorstep are engaged in frantic diplomacy to halt the war — but solutions remain elusive.

A spillover of the conflict or the Iranian government’s collapse are both worrying outcomes for the energy-rich region, which hosts several major US military bases.

Peace and stability have been central to the rise of Gulf powers including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, who are pivoting…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Wednesday that any direct US involvement in the conflict with Israel will have “irreparable consequences,” Anadolu reports.

“The Zionist entity (Israel) has made a grave mistake and will face consequences,” Khamenei said in a televised speech.

He said that Iran will not forgive the violation of the country’s airspace or the blood of its “martyrs.”

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump called for…

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Wednesday condemned Israel’s military actions in the Gaza Strip, stressing that the country’s stated objective to take control over the entire territory and the forced displacement of its civilian population are in direct violation of international law, Anadolu reports.

In a session requested by the Left Group, Israel’s actions in Gaza were described as “genocide” for the first time in a European Parliament debate…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated his demand for the “unconditional surrender” of Iran, speaking in increasingly stark terms while remaining opaque about whether he would authorize US military strikes on the country’s nuclear facilities.

The comments were the president’s strongest since he suggested yesterday that US intelligence knows the location of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but would refrain from killing him for now.

Asked by a reporter…