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Israel launched strikes on Iran while Tehran responded by firing drones and missiles at Jerusalem and U.S. military installations. The attacks on Sunday came a day after the U.S. and Israel launched waves of strikes on Iran that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The killing of the longtime theocratic leader of Iran throws the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raises the risk of regional instability. President Donald Trump said in an interview that he was willing to speak with Iran’s new leadership, though in a separate interview he said the operation against Iran was always thought to be a “about a four-week process.” Read moreThe Latest: Jerusalem under fire as Trump says fighting in Iran could last '4 weeks or so'

Iranian state media have confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a major attack by Israel and the United States. The reports early Sunday threw the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raised the risk of regional instability. President Donald Trump announced the death hours earlier, saying it gave Iranians their “greatest chance” to “take back” their country. State television and the state-run IRNA news agency did not report a cause of death for the 86-year-old. The attack opened a stunning new chapter in U.S. intervention in Iran, carried the potential for retaliatory violence and a wider war, and represented a startling flex of military might. Read moreIran’s supreme leader killed in major attack by US and Israel

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A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that the gunman who killed two people at a bar in Texas early Sunday was wearing a sweatshirt that said “Property of Allah,” and another shirt with an Iranian flag design. The official and another person familiar with the matter say the g… Read moreSuspect in Texas shooting wore 'Property of Allah' clothing and Iranian flag emblem, AP source says

Hundreds of thousands of stranded travelers are scrambling to make new connections and get through to airlines on jammed phone lines and online portals after the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel shut down much of the Middle East to air travel. Emirates suspended all flights to … Read moreStranded travelers scramble to make new connections as war shuts much of Middle East to air travel