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      <news:title>Pentagon Signs AIM-260 Production Framework as Testing Accelerates</news:title>
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      <news:title>Five Killed as Saudi Arabia and Houthis Trade Attacks</news:title>
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      <news:title>Houthi Drone Kills One in Saudi Arabia as Debris Strikes Taif</news:title>
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      <news:title>Russia Warns Trump Sanctions Would Derail Ukraine Peace Talks</news:title>
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    <loc>https://americastrikes.com/articles/2026-09-17-irgc-seize-us-navy-drone-hormuz-boats-destroyed/</loc>
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      <news:title>IRGC Tries to Seize U.S. Navy Drone; Two Iranian Boats Destroyed</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-17T06:00:03.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>IAEA Refers Iran to UN Security Council for First Time in 20 Years</news:title>
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      <news:title>The September 24 Test: What China Can Deliver on Hormuz</news:title>
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    <loc>https://americastrikes.com/articles/2026-09-17-araghchi-wang-yi-iran-no-interest-war-islamabad-mou/</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-17T00:00:02.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Iran Not Interested in Continuing Conflict, Araghchi Tells Beijing</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-16T22:00:05.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Houthi Drone Near Mecca Triggers Saudi &apos;Red Line&apos; Warning</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-16T20:00:22.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Houthi Strikes Wound 73 at Saudi Aramco Facilities, Halting Operations</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-16T18:00:03.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Araghchi Heads to Beijing to Shore Up Chinese Support Before Xi-Trump Summit</news:title>
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      <news:title>Defense Stocks Climb as Iran War Enters Its Seventh Month</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-16T14:00:03.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Iran Sanctions Watchdog Faces Expiry as U.N. Council Remains Divided</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-16T12:00:03.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>House Passes Third Iran War Powers Resolution, 220-204</news:title>
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      <news:title>Araghchi Ties Hormuz to Expired Ceasefire as Oman Mediation Stalls</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-16T06:00:05.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Brent Crude Tops $100 as Hormuz Tanker War Squeezes Global Supply</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-16T02:00:06.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>IAEA Cannot Verify Iran&apos;s Uranium; Russia and China Block Oversight</news:title>
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