This Week in Explainers: Has a full-scale war between Iran and Israel been averted?

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West Asia was on edge as tensions between Iran and Israel grew through the week. However, Tehran’s muted response to an apparent Israeli attack on its central city of Isfahan is believed to have staved off a war between the two rivals. Here’s all this and more in our weekly roundup of stories from around the globe Iranian worshippers chant slogans in an anti-Israeli gathering after their Friday prayer in Tehran, on 19 April 2024. File photo/AP Iran’s latest flare-up with Israel dominated April’s third week. The world has been on its toes amid the threat of a full-scale war...