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US DoJ drops vandalism charges against former Olympian, admits ‘botched’ Lincoln Memorial renovation
WASHINGTON, Aug 1 — The US Justice Department on Friday dropped its case against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying the hurried renovations ordered by President Donald Trump had been botched. David Hearn, 67,
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India PM Modi: ‘I want to forgive’ protesters who hurled insults during exam‑leak rallies
NEW DELHI, Aug 1 — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wanted to “forgive” protesters who abused him during recent youth-led demonstrations that dealt a rare political setback to his government. The remarks came after the online Cockroach Janta
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Trump’s legal crusade against news media falters in US courts: ‘No realistic expectation to prevail’
NEW YORK, Aug 1 — Donald Trump’s early legal wins against broadcasters ABC and CBS have given way to defeats and retreats as courts and newsrooms act to protect press freedom. “News organisations recognise that the only positive outcome to
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UKMTO: Tanker struck by ‘unknown projectile’ off Oman near Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, Aug 1 — An “unknown projectile” struck a tanker off the coast of Oman, a British maritime agency said today, as the United States and Iran vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz. The vessel reported it was
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Spain’s north African Ceuta enclave reels as migrant influx equal to half its population crosses border
CEUTA, July 31 — Thousands of migrants crossed overnight from Morocco into Spain’s north African Ceuta enclave, a police source said today, as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was set to arrive to manage the latest migrant crisis on the border.
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Israeli blows up 700 tonnes of explosives near Lebanon’s Unesco-listed Beaufort castle, claims destroying Hezbollah ‘terror tunnels’
BEIRUT, July 31 — Israeli forces carried out a series of detonations overnight near the Unesco-listed Beaufort castle in southern Lebanon, Lebanese state media reported Friday, with Israel saying it had destroyed tunnels used by the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.
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Mahan Air faces new US sanctions over alleged aid to Iran’s military
WASHINGTON, July 31 — The US Treasury on Thursday imposed sanctions on six individuals and companies it said were helping Iran’s Mahan Air, an airline accused of supporting Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The latest sanctions target a China-based
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Trump says US has enough ammo, but wants more as Iran war drains supplies
WASHINGTON, July 31 — Tehran’s forces have carried out frequent missile and drone attacks in the Middle East since the breakdown of the US-Iran ceasefire, raising renewed concerns about Washington’s supply of weapons needed to intercept them. Highlighting the issue,
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‘Progress is too slow’: IS sex slave-turned-Nobel winner Nadia Murad says justice still out of reach for Yazidi survivors 12 years on
GENEVA, July 31 — Twelve years after Islamic State (IS) militants carried out what the United Nations called a genocide against the Yazidi community in Iraq, Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad says justice remains painfully out of reach. IS
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‘You failed as a parent’: US father gets 15 years’ jail after giving teen son gun used in massacre
WASHINGTON, July 31 — A US father whose teenage son killed four people in a high school shooting was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday in a rare case involving a parent held criminally responsible for a child’s
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