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The Attack on Iran

State actors are behind much of the visual misinformation about the Iran war

By MELISSA GOLDIN Associated Press As attacks spread after the bombing of Iran by U.S. and Israeli forces, a video circulated widely of crowds peering up at fire, smoke and debris coming from the top of a high-rise building said to be in Bahrain. Social media users claimed an Iranian ...

Oil and gas prices rapidly rise as Iran war shows no signs of letting up

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East. The conflict, in which nearly every country ...

War in the Middle East ensnares many Muslim pilgrims in travel chaos

By MARIAM FAM, NINIEK KARMINI and EILEEN NG Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The travel chaos from the war in the Middle East has ensnared many of the Muslims who have converged on Saudi Arabia for the Umrah pilgrimage, leaving them stranded and scrambling to find other ways ...