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Donald Trump renews threats against Iran’s energy infrastructure while his secretary of war faces an apparent rebuke from the pope.  Source link

The law, long-sought by Israel’s far-right politicians, makes death by hanging the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis.  Source link

Filmmaker Hasan Hadi had to bring flowers to school to celebrate Saddam Hussein’s birthday. That memory loosely informs his beautiful debut feature, The President’s Cake. Source link

As thousands more US troops arrive in the Middle East, Donald Trump threatens to wipe out Iran’s energy plants and oil wells if it does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Source link

Myanmar’s military chief has stepped down to seek the presidency in the general’s latest efforts to maintain power behind the facade of a civilian administration. Source link

President Donald Trump has said he has “no problem” with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a US oil blockade. Source link

The IDF has admitted the image of a killed journalist in military uniform it posted on its official X account was faked. Source link

Australian police have charged six crew members of the high-profile MV Raider vessel with drug smuggling, saying they attempted to bring 1 tonne of cocaine into Australia after being intercepted by French Polynesian authorities earlier this year. Source link

Nepalese police arrests former prime minister Khadga Prasad Oli as they investigate whether he was negligent in failing to prevent dozens of deaths during a crackdown on anti-corruption protests last September. Source link

The US president wrote on a social media post that “great progress is being made” in talks with Iran but said that if a deal is not reached, the US would broaden its offensive. Source link