U.S. killing of top Iranian general stokes worries over wider conflict

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Israel’s open nuclear secret

Earlier this month, 30 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the Trump administration with a remarkable request: to publicly acknowledge that Israel has nuclear weapons. Israel is widely believed to be the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East. But unlike other nuclear powe ...  Show more

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