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By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, Suzanne McGee and Linda PasquiniNEW YORK/GDANSK (Reuters) -Investors were on edge ahead of markets reopening late on Sunday, with risks ranging from heightened prospects of a broad Middle East war to U.

Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes on Iran that it described as a "preemptive" and "combined offensive" on the country to hack away at Tehran's nuclear program. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks had taken out many of its adversary's ballistic missiles.

This is the second time President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spoken on the phone this month.