By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military will deploy additional fighter jets and Navy warships to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Friday, as Washington seeks to bolster defenses following threats from Iran and its allies Hamas and Hezbollah. The U.S. is bracing for Iran to make good on its …
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By Liya Cui NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pop star Justin Timberlake pleaded not guilty on Friday to a charge of driving while intoxicated after being arrested in June in Sag Harbor, New York, where police spotted him failing to obey a stop sign and veering off lane. Sag Harbor Village Justice Carl Irace suspended his …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman did not kidnap drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the Guzman family’s lawyer said on Wednesday, following reports Guzman’s son had betrayed Zambada to the United States. Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Zambada, one of the most consequential traffickers in Mexican …
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By Lucinda Elliott LA PAZ (Reuters) – Transport unions in Bolivia started a national strike on Wednesday to protest fuel shortages, as diesel supplies shipped from Russia fail to arrive and pressure builds on President Luis Arce’s government to address the strain on imports. The protests include “road blockades at specific points throughout the country, …
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By Andrea Shalal and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Wednesday voiced concern about the increased risk of an escalation into a broader Middle East war after the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran drew threats of retaliation against Israel. Speaking to reporters, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said, …
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By Jana Choukeir, Michael Georgy DUBAI (Reuters) -Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran early on Wednesday, the Palestinian militant group said, drawing fears of wider escalation in a region shaken by Israel’s war in Gaza and a worsening conflict in Lebanon. Israel has sought to show it can get anyone, anywhere. It has …
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By Ahmed Rasheed, Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday carried out a strike in Iraq that U.S. officials described as self defence, as regional tensions rose after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut that Israel said killed Hezbollah’s most senior commander. Iraqi police and medical sources said the strike inside …
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By Max Hunder KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – In early April, some residents of Kharkiv received a series of chilling text messages from government officials telling them to flee the city before Russian forces surrounded it. “Due to the threat of enemy encirclement, we urge the civilian population of Kharkiv leave the city by April 22,” …
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LIMA (Reuters) -The prosecutor’s office in Peru has “definitively” shelved a genocide case against President Dina Boluarte, Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen said on Tuesday. The case was opened after anti-government protests in late 2022 and early 2023 left dozens of people dead at the beginning of Boluarte’s term in office. The prosecutor’s office published a …
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By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Rory Carroll PARIS (Reuters) – Simone Biles clinched her fifth Olympic gold medal as she made a triumphant return to the women’s gymnastics team final at the Paris Games on Tuesday, reinforcing her status as one of the world’s greatest athletes just three years after abruptly withdrawing from the same event …
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