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Iran shifts focus to “harder targets, like military sites” with mounting sabotage attacks, U.K. spy chief warns

London — Iran has made a “major shift” in its efforts to attack the United Kingdom, including going after harder targets such as military bases, the head of Britain’s domestic spy agency MI5 warned Tuesday.  In his annual threat update at MI5 headquarters in London, Sir Ken McCallum outlined the growing challenges facing the country, from…

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Dual U.K.-Iranian national arrested over security incident at U.S.-run air base in England

Police on Thursday arrested a dual U.K.-Iranian national on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following a security incident at the U.S.-run RAF Fairford air base in England that British authorities have linked to Tehran. The 27-year-old man was arrested in London on Thursday, and police have searched two properties in the U.K. capital, Counter…

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U.K. believes Iran “played a part” in incident near RAF Fairford base used by U.S. forces, prime minister says

London — The British government believes Iran “played a part” in the incident over the weekend at the RAF Fairford air base in England, which has been used by U.S. warplanes carrying out strikes on Iran, U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Wednesday. Burnham’s remarks to the BBC were the first confirmation by the British government…

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Trump and Rubio question U.K. handling of possible plot against air base after 5 men released on bail

London — President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have criticized British counterterror police’s handling of a possible plot targeting a U.K. air base used by U.S. forces, with Rubio calling it a “very serious” incident and alleging that it “clearly involved” a foreign actor, and the president suggesting it “might be” Iran. Five…

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How Iran’s regional allies’ attacks in Yemen are compounding the war’s impact on oil prices

Escalating fighting between Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia, and attacks by other Iranian proxy forces on Saudi infrastructure, are increasing the threat to tanker traffic in the Middle East and driving up global fuel costs more than six months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran. Direct clashes between the U.S….

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