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A citizen holds a placard as a group gather in Palestine Square in the Iranian capital Tehran, staging a demonstration to support Iran’s drone and missile attacks on Israel on April 15, 2024. Carrying Iranian and Palestinian flags, the demonstrators chanted slogans against Israel. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

‘Bad for business’: Gulf states scramble to avert wider war

Much is at stake for the wealthy, US-friendly Gulf states, whose expensive economic diversification plans rely on a peaceful environment for business and tourism

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4 min read
Women walk past an anti-Israeli mural depicting fighters with assault rifles along a wall in Palestine Square in Tehran on April 14, 2024. Iran on April 14 urged Israel not to retaliate militarily to an unprecedented attack overnight, which Tehran presented as a justified response to a deadly strike on its consulate building in Damascus. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

World urges restraint after unprecedented Iran attack on Israel

Iran’s mission to the United Nations warned Washington to keep out of its conflict with Israel, and said that ‘the matter can be deemed concluded’

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A fragment of a missile fell on an empty field during the Iranian airstrikes against Israel in the Soran district of Erbil, Iraq, on April 14, 2024. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Iran warns of ‘stronger response’ if Israel retaliates to attack

Almost all of the drones and missiles were intercepted before they reached Israel, with help from the United States, Jordan and other allies

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5 min read