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By Nestor Corrales and Karen LemaMANILA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian foreign ministers begin meetings in Manila on Saturday as the regional bloc seeks a coordinated response to surging energy costs, security tensions, and an approaching ElNiño, challenges Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.has said demand collective action.
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Rubio says economic pain inflicted on Iran makes military action unnecessary US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that further US military action against Iran is unnecessary because the economic pain the Washington is inflicting on a "weakened" Tehran "is so great". “And right now, frankly, the economic pain that we are inflicting on that regime is so great that there’s no need for military action because we’ve weakened them so much,” Rubio said in his address to the Federalist Society…
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Iran's navy claims US MQ-I drone shot down off southern coast Iranian navy has said it shot down a US MQ-1 drone near the coastal area of Kuhestak in the country’s southern Hormozgan Province, Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency (Irna) reported. The navy said in a statement the drone was intercepted and destroyed by its air defence system operating under the country’s integrated air defence network along the coast of Sirik, east of the Strait of Hormuz, according to Irna. The MQ-1 Predator is…
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Iran warns of 'immediate response' to any US-Israeli attack, slams Gulf nations Iran has said that any renewed US-Israeli attacks on its territory would trigger an immediate response, while accusing Bahrain and other Gulf countries of facilitating Washington’s military operations against Tehran. “Any renewed war of aggression by the United States and the Israeli regime will be met with an immediate and decisive response, without hesitation,” said Gholamhossein Darzi, Iran's deputy permanent r…