• The Canadian Press

    The Latest | Iran says air defense batteries fire after explosions reported near major air base

    Iran fired air defense batteries Friday reports of explosions near a major air base at the city of Isfahan, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. It remained unclear if the country was under attack, but tensions remain high after Iran’s unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. IRNA said the defenses fired across several provinces. It did not elaborate on what caused the batteries to fire, though people across

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    Dow Jones Futures Fall As Israel Strikes Iran; Stock Market About To Break Power Trend

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  • Sky News

    Israel threatened to retaliate - and it appears to have been a carefully chosen response

    Israel threatened a retaliation, and it came before dawn on Friday morning. Early indications suggest it was a single strike and on a deliberately chosen target - if that is the case, then this doesn't appear to be the devastating response the Israeli war cabinet had warned of. There is an airbase outside Isfahan which is connected to Iran's aircraft manufacturing industry - if this was the target then it appears to have been carefully chosen as a response to the drones flown at Israel on Saturday night: you fly drones at us, we take out the place they were built.