WorldPing‘Anachronism’: Rubio’s civilisational rhetoric prompts pushback from Iran
What happened
Rubio says threats to Western civilisation today 'every bit as real as they were on the dramatic stage of antiquity'.
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- Reported by Al Jazeera and published Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:09:09 UTC.
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