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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senior Democrats on the Senate committee overseeing aviation said Tuesday they will oppose the nomination of Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford to head the Federal Aviation Administration. Senator Maria Cantwell, the top Democrat on the Commerce Committee, and Senator Tammy Duckworth, who is the ranking member of the aviation subcommittee, …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An early intelligence assessment indicated that the U.S. military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of Tehran’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing three people briefed on it. After days of deliberation, U.S. forces struck …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department said on Tuesday it has sanctioned Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, an alleged leader of Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua, who is already on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s most-wanted list.    Mosquera has been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice with drug trafficking and terrorism-related criminal activity, the …

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DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria’s top Christian leader said on Tuesday at the funeral for victims of a deadly church bombing that President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government bore responsibility for not protecting minorities and his condolences were insufficient. At least 25 worshippers died on Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the Mar Elias Church in …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement will likely be a persistent problem for the U.S. in the future, a senior U.S. military official said on Tuesday, even after Washington and the Houthis reached an agreement last month that ended a U.S. air campaign against the group.  “The Houthis are likely to be a persistent problem… …

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By Aaron Ross NAIROBI (Reuters) -When protests are expected in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Swaleh Aroko grabs a wooden club and heads downtown. The 34-year-old from the city’s Korogocho slum is one of dozens of stick-wielding young men who have taken to the streets to counter recent demonstrations triggered by the death of a blogger in …

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