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US-Iran tensions escalate as attacks hit Bahrain and Kuwait, raising wider war fears
Published On 22 Jul 202622 Jul 2026
- US bombs Iran for an 11th consecutive night as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the cost of the war has reached $37.5bn.
- US President Donald Trump threatens to attack a suspected Iranian nuclear site called Pickaxe Mountain “pretty soon, and very heavily”, prompting Tehran to threaten an expansion of the war in the region.
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