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Quake, at a moderate depth of 71 miles struck at 2:41 a.m., 50 miles southeast of the village of Lagunas.

United States to send 1,500 troops to the region in effort to bolster defenses against Tehran; accuses Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of direct responsibility for attacks on oil tankers this month. Iran can sink U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf, Iranian military official warns.

British PM to leave 10 Downing Street shortly after Conservatives choose leader this summer. May's decision comes after failed attempts to get Parliament's approval for a European Union divorce deal, with pressure reaching critical point this week.

Fifty-three percent of American adults see Iran as a "serious" or "imminent" threat. Sixty percent say that U.S. should not carry out pre-emptive strike against Iran but 79% say U.S. should retaliate if Iran attacks first.

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan says Iranian threat is "on hold" due to the additional American forces deployed to the Persian Gulf.

National security officials head to Capitol Hill for unusual and potentially polarizing briefings as tensions mount in the Persian Gulf. Democrats, skeptical of Iran policy, seek outside opinion. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani tells clerics he wants expanded, wartime executive powers to better deal with "economic war."

Moyed Al Zoebi, 32, was found guilty of planning to explode at least one bomb in Copenhagen on behalf of Islamic State.

"This war would mark the end of Iraq. We need peace and reconstruction," populist cleric Moqtada al-Sader says.

OPEC, Russia, and non-OPEC producers agree to reduce output by 1.2 million barrels a day from January in an attempt to reduce inventories and keep price from dropping.