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US military says it intercepted Iranian missile and drone attacks targeting Kuwait and Bahrain amid rising tensions in the Middle East.
The Supreme Court has allowed Alabama to proceed with a congressional map deemed favourable to Republicans for the upcoming midterm elections, despite a lower court’s finding of intentional discrimination against Black voters. The decision permits one majority-Black district in a seven-district configuration.
The Libyan National Army conducts grand exercises, showcasing over 25,000 troops and military hardware as a message for friends and foes.
Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi has been released from hospital after over two weeks for follow-up care and physiotherapy.
Claude, Anthropic’s chatbot, is offline in a major outage due to unexpected capacity constraints affecting its global services.
Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed at least a dozen, defying hopes from Trump’s intervention in Deadly violence in Lebanon despite Trump intervention.
UK Athletics was fined £350,000 for the “wholly avoidable” death of UAE Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei caused by a collapsed practice cage.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed that the Justice Department will not proceed with the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, following a district court’s temporary block. This decision comes amid mounting Republican opposition and uncertainty regarding the related IRS settlement involving President Trump and his family.
President Trump has appointed Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as acting director of national intelligence, succeeding Tulsi Gabbard at the end of the month. Pulte’s controversial background includes allegations of mortgage fraud against political opponents, prompting scrutiny from the Government Accountability Office.
Graham Platner, the likely Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, faces criticism following reports of sexually explicit text messages sent to at least six women after his marriage in 2023. The situation is drawing significant attention as further details emerge. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
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