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A homemade bomb thrown near an anti-Islam protest in New York at the weekend is being investigated as an Islamic State-inspired act of “terrorism,” police say. Source link

Swiss prosecutors have added the mayor to those under criminal investigation for a fatal New Years Eve ski resort fire that killed 41 people. Source link

Fears had been growing that the players, who were labelled “traitors” on Iranian state TV, would be targeted by the Iranian regime if they returned home. Source link

A former top US diplomat says her country’s efforts to topple Iran’s leadership risks destabilising the region and strengthening the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Source link

The Lebanese government says more than 500,000 people have been displaced since the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for villages in the country’s south. Source link

US President Donald Trump said the worst-case scenario in Iran would be if Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s successor were “as bad as the previous person”. In many ways, the appointment of his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, delivers him that very outcome. Source link

There is an increasing sense of urgency among members of the Iranian Australian community who are desperate to hear from the women’s team before they leave Australia, and fear for their safety if they return to Iran. Source link

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba, a hardline, anti-Western mid-ranking cleric, has been chosen to succeed his late father as Iran’s supreme leader. Source link

Israeli forces expand their bombardment of Iran, striking fuel depots near Tehran as the country moves closer to naming a new supreme leader. Source link

Russia has condemned the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, but its economy and in turn war efforts could be boosted thanks the oil crisis created from the war. Source link