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Tehran says Strait of Hormuz “under Iran’s control” after Trump threatens U.S. might “keep it”

More than 30 countries, including France, Britain and Canada, have condemned Iran’s use of capital punishment, saying in a joint statement that the Islamic republic is executing protesters to “silence dissent.” The countries, joined by the European Union’s top diplomat, said they “condemn in the strongest terms the ongoing executions of protesters and use of…

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The story behind the first CIA officers in Afghanistan after 9/11 and the Russian chopper that flew them in

Twenty-five years ago, a Soviet-designed helicopter crossed the mountains of Afghanistan carrying the first CIA officers sent into the country after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, marking the opening move in the U.S. response that would soon become America’s longest war.  The seven-man CIA team, code-named JAWBREAKER, landed in the Panjshir Valley on Sept….

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Pakistan says ‘doing utmost’ to bring US, Iran back to Islamabad MoU – Pakistan

The Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday that Pakistan was doing its “utmost” to bring the United States and Iran back to the negotiating table under the Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed last month. Addressing a weekly press briefing, FO spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said Pakistan noted with concern that the security situation in the…

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Israeli media says crocodile-filled moats could surround prisons holding Palestinians – World

Israel has taken a legal step toward implementing a controversial proposal by extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to surround prisons holding Palestinian detainees with crocodile-filled moats, Hebrew media reports said on Thursday. Israel’s Channel 7 said Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman signed an order reclassifying crocodiles as “managed wild animals,” allowing government bodies, including…

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Trump says U.S. only “semi-negotiating” with Iran after Tehran sets demands to reopen Strait of Hormuz

  38m ago Trump says U.S. is “semi-negotiating” with Iran President Trump said on Sunday that the U.S. is “low-keying” negotiations with Iran and signaled a willingness to allow economic pressure to mount on the Islamic Republic. “We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact…

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