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CENTCOM: ‘Safe path’ through Hormuz is US priority in ‘Project Freedom’
US CENTCOM spokesman Tim Hawkins says the main priorities in Hormuz are securing safe routes & blockading Iran.
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Who is Ali al-Zaidi, the businessman named as Iraq’s PM-designate?
Political outsider Ali al-Zaidi is tapped as Iraq’s new PM to break a months-long political deadlock.
How Massie’s Kentucky primary may test Trump’s hold on the Republican Party
Massie emerged as one of Trump’s most prominent Republican critics. Can his re-election bid survive the president’s ire?
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Iraq appoints new prime minister-designate
Iraq appoints new prime minister-designate
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Timeline: How Mali went from democracy beacon to instability
Mali has been reeling from one political or security crisis to another since 2012.
After years of avoidance, Trump to attend first White House press dinner
Professional organisations call on attendees to ‘speak forcefully’ at annual event, which will not feature a comedian.
Deporting soldiers? Why immigrant veterans fear removal from the US
Trump’s push for mass deportation has heightened fears that immigrant veterans of the US military could be expelled.
Police raid Peru’s election authorities after outcry over slow vote count
Anticorruption police gathered material from the homes of ex-election office head Piero Corvetto and other officials.
Trump to again end legal status of people who entered US with CBP One app
Judge had previously blocked move to end temporary legal status for those who entered US via Biden-era application.
US appeals court rejects Trump’s ban on asylum seekers, teeing up appeal
Judges say Trump’s order for swift removal at the border ‘cast aside federal laws affording’ right to seek asylum.
Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads
Capital punishment remains controversial in the US, with critics warning of innocent people being put on death row.
