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Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it had set up a maritime defence alliance of 14 countries to secure navigation around the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait.
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Kuwait's defence ministry said an Iranian strike that hit a building belonging to a Chinese company in the country's north killed one person.
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Mediator Pakistan insisted on Thursday that negotiations between Iran and the United States were ongoing, with Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi saying, "negotiations between parties are ongoing, particularly on (the) Strait of Hormuz and to de-escalate."
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Jordan says its air defences have intercepted and shot down five missiles launched from Iran earlier this morning
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The US military bombed Iran again, reportedly along the country’s southern coast and in the central city of Kazerun and Qeshm island. Iranian media reports that a couple and their two-year-old child were killed in a US attack on a residential building on Qeshm Island, and two other children were wounded
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