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        <title><![CDATA[Omar Tamo - Mideast Breaking News Editor]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran’s New Leader Pledges to Guard Nuclear and Missile Tech]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-30/us-iran-standoff-shows-no-sign-of-easing-as-trump-backs-blockade</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:20:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Signals No Letup of Naval Blockade as It Aims to Squeeze Iran]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Omar Tamo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:46:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US-Iran Tensions Build Over Hormuz as Peace Talks Stall]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:56:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US and Iran Vie for Hormuz Control After Peace Efforts Stall]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eltaf Najafizada]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:58:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Says Israel and Lebanon Agreed to 10-Day Ceasefire]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Wingrove]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:43:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>First responders inspect the site of an airstrike that targeted a vehicle in Jiyeh, Lebanon on April 15.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US-Iran Peace Talks Near With Hormuz, Lebanon Top of Agenda]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alisa Odenheimer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:02:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Israel Intensified Lebanon Strikes With Ceasefire in Doubt]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Omar Tamo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:42:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Firefighters battle a fire at a site hit by an airstrike in Beirut on April 8.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dubai Stocks Soar Most in a Decade on Iran War Ceasefire Relief]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:50:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Dubai Financial Market General Index jumped as much as 8.5%.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Reiterates Threat to Destroy Iran as Deadline Nears]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-07/iran-keeps-up-attacks-before-us-deadline-dimming-peace-chances</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Omar Tamo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:28:41 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - A woman walks past the residential buildings that were damaged by recent strikes at Vahdat town in Karaj, southwest of Tehran on April 3, 2026. Iran and its allies traded fire with Israel and the United States, as Washington-linked assets across the Middle East were targeted alongside civilian infrastructure -- with the month-long war on April 3 showing little sign of easing. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) /</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Rescues Missing Airman as Iran Strikes Gulf Arab States]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Omar Tamo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:49:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Under Pressure as Oil Surges on Fears of Prolonged War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Omar Tamo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:24:41 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>US President Donald Trump during a prime-time address to the nation at the White House in Washington on April 1.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Only Possible When Hormuz Reopens]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/trump-talks-iran-war-end-even-as-attacks-continue-across-region</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Omar Tamo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:28:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>People sift through rubble following a strike in Tehran, on March 31.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Strikes Continue as Houthis Join Iran War, US Troops Arrive]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Arsalan Shahla]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:45:27 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - A journalist stands next to the wreckage of a vehicle during the visit of a car service centre in eastern Tehran that was hit by a missile strike, on March 28, 2026. Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran on February 28, killing the Islamic republic&apos;s supreme leader and sparking a war that has since spread across the Middle East. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) /</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran Ups Attacks on Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia as War Rages On]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:22:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran Strikes Gulf Oil Hub as Allies Resist Trump Hormuz Plan]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:44:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran’s Attacks on UAE Ease With Fewest Drones Since War Began]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An Emirates aircraft takes off from Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 8, 2026. The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, sparking swift retaliation by the Islamic republic which responded with missile attacks across the region. The war has dragged in global powers, upended the world&apos;s energy and transport sectors, and brought chaos to even usually peaceful areas of the volatile region. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran Picks New Leader as War Deepens Oil Shock]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Arsalan Shahla]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 06:46:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran Shifts From Using Missiles to Drones in Gulf Strikes]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Omar Tamo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:48:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UAE Stock Markets to Close for Two Days Amid Iran Strikes]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sherif Tarek]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:45:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lebanon Banks Say Liquidity Falls Short of Recovery Plan, Risk Insolvency]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Omar Tamo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:32:25 GMT</pubDate>
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