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TRUMP: Says U.S. could have kept hitting Iran nuclear facilities

TRUMP ON IRAN: Says protected countries will pay back war costs; says without us Israel would not exist

TRUMP: Historically this will be a very good decision; maybe not for today and tomorrow

WHITE HOUSE: Trump to host Qatar’s Prime Minister on Monday - Tasnim

IRAN: Trump says land blockade in effect; drone cuts power in Iraq

TRUMP: Says he expects Xi, Putin meeting at APEC, would certainly take Jensen Huang

TRUMP: Says we've won in Iran; says it's a matter of whether to wrap it up now or later - Tasnim

US-IRAN: Rubio says no progress in talks, Tehran's demands seen as unrealistic - Interfax

GOLDSQUAWK ASIA SESSION PREP: Gold set in a cautionary range as Middle East flashpoints persist alongside mixed rates/dollar signals

RUBIO: Says progress may be possible at upcoming Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi - Interfax

GOLD: Houthi forces strike Aramco Tower and target Aramco oil storage in Riyadh

IRAQ: Al-Mada reports al-Zaidi discussed U.S. war plans and warned of arrests if militias join a U.S.-Iranian war

IRAN: Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi shares U.S. war plans with Iraqi Coordination Framework

US SECRETARY OF STATE: Negotiations with Iran have thus far yielded no results, Tehran's demands unacceptable - Tasnim

IRAN: U.S. carries out airstrike against surface-to-air system in Qeshm Island

MARCO RUBIO: Says not on verge of a breakthrough with Iran, diplomacy so far not very productive

MARCO RUBIO: We have a right to defend ourselves

IRAN: Four explosions heard in Qeshm, some island locations reportedly hit - IRNA

MARCO RUBIO ON IRAN: Trump identified a very real threat to this country and addressed it

IRAN: US forces fire several shells at Qeshm island in the Strait of Hormuz, IRNA reports - Interfax

RUBIO: Talks not productive, Iranian demands simply unacceptable - Bloomberg

IRAN: Trump says renewed US military action highly unlikely if talks on nuclear programme and Hormuz make progress

IRAN: Suspected drone strike halts Iraq’s Khor Mor gas field, cuts nearly 2.8 gigawatts of Kurdistan power

IRAN: Araghchi says 2-day proposal stands, meet requirements including end to war on all fronts or choose war

IRAQ: Another attack on Khor Mor gas field; Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi orders investigation

IRAQ: Complete darkness in Erbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan

GoldSquawk Special Report: Strong U.S. data revives gold’s dollar-and-yields headwind

IRAQ: Another attack targets Khor Mor Oil & Gas Field in Sulaymaniyah Governorate

IRAN: Trump says Task Force Iron Gate in full force and effect, with history’s greatest Naval Blockade

IRAN: Task Force Iron Gate in full force and effect, with history's greatest naval blockade

US: Flights from Pope Army Airfield head to Ali Al Salem Air Base and Prince Sultan Air Base

IRAN: Reports only of projectiles fired by U.S. forces on Qeshm Island - Tasnim

IRAN: US airstrike hits Iranian air defense site on Qeshm Island in the Gulf

HAMAS: Says Israeli blockade worsens Gaza winter humanitarian crisis - Press TV

IRAQ: Projectile strikes Khor Mor gas field in northern Iraq

IRAN: Threatens to rain down hell if US escalates war

IRAQ: Reports claim drone attack targeted Khor Mor gas field in Chamchamal district

IRAQ: Projectile strikes Khor Mor gas field in northern Iraq

IRAN: Three gunshots heard from Sirik area toward Strait of Hormuz, aimed at illegal vessels - Tasnim

IRAN: Three explosions heard in Sirik, southern Iran - Press TV