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troops to the Middle East.

The country's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalabaf, says if it happens, it would be met with force.

Iran also threatened to target American and Israeli universities in the Middle East as part of its war efforts.

This as ministers from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt met in Islamabad today, trying to de-escalate the war.

Pakistan also says it will hold talks between the U.S.

and Iran in the coming days, although earlier, Golobov dismissed the talks and Pakistan has a cover after those U.S.

troops arrived in the area.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's widening his country's invasion of southern Lebanon.

Visiting troops in northern Israel today, Netanyahu says he's creating what he calls a security buffer zone to prevent Hezbollah militants from firing rockets into Israel.

But Lebanon's government says Israeli attacks have killed more than 1,200 people and displaced about a fifth of the country's population.

Empire's Lauren Frayer has more from Beirut.

TSA workers could see their first paychecks in more than a month as soon as tomorrow, despite the partial government shutdown.

NPR's Eric McDaniel has more.

Meanwhile, Border Czar Tom Homan says ICE officers could stay at airports until TSA staffing levels returned to normal.

They were sent there to assist the TSA amid long lines at the airports around the country.

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Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael are considered the three great masters of the High Renaissance.

And now, for the first time, a retrospective of Raphael's work is in the United States.

NPR's Jennifer Vanesco has more.

New genetic research shows that the earliest known dog is about 5,000 years older than first thought.