Wadh Kassim
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Judge Tosses Trump Defamation Suit Against Wall Street Journal
District Judge Darrin Gayles, in a 17-page ruling, said Trump had failed to prove the Murdoch-owned newspaper had knowingly published false statements, the legal standard to prove defamation.
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Benin Awaits Presidential Result with Favourite Expected to Win
The result is not expected to emerge before Tuesday after an eight million-strong electorate turned out, with little enthusiasm notably in the cities, to decide between Talon’s choice backed by the two main ruling parties…
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France, UK to Host Summit on Hormuz This Week
Britain had convened “more than 40 nations who share our aim to restore freedom of navigation” and the summit will discuss ways to protect shipping “when the conflict ends,” Starmer said.
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Oil Surges, Stocks Drop as Trump Threatens to Block Hormuz
Oil prices surged and stock markets broadly fell Monday after US-Iran peace talks broke down and President Donald Trump announced a plan to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz, ratcheting up fears for Middle East…
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Pope’s African Tour Begins in Shadow of Trump Ire
Trump has called the pontiff “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy”, suggesting that cardinals only elected Leo pope in May 2025 because he was American, and a potential bridge to Washington.
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Oil Prices Rally, Stocks Edge up After Trump’s Latest Iran Threat
As the Middle East war entered its sixth week, the US president warned Tehran that its civilian infrastructure would be destroyed if it did not let ships through the waterway, through which a fifth of…
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‘Dozens’ Killed in Burundi After Arsenal fire: Security Sources
The explosions began at the main ammunition depot of the Burundi National Defence Force (FDNB) in Musaga, in the southern suburbs of Bujumbura, the country’s economic hub.
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National Bank of Kuwait Shuts Headquarters Amid Iran Attacks
Tehran has threatened to target vital infrastructure across the Gulf, including energy sites.
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Colombia Intelligence Boss Resigns After Leaks Scandal
Wilmar Mejia, a senior official at the National Intelligence Directorate (DNI), was accused of leaking information that benefited a FARC dissident faction, according to reporting by Caracol TV in November that cited seized chats and…
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Iran Confirms Killing of General Sanctioned by US Over Oil Network
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday confirmed the killing in a US-Israeli airstrike of a brigadier general sanctioned by the US in 2025 over an international network shipping oil to China and using profits to fund…
