US Central Command says more than 3,000 commercial vessels have transited the Strait of Hormuz with its support.
US military says it helped Gulf states export 1.5 billion barrels of oil
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Australia politics live: Zali Steggall accuses Angus Taylor of not ‘reading the room’ in Haines tribute speech
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Exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to rapturous reception in Venezuela
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado returns after months in exile
Nobel peace prize winner’s return after almost a year in exile is unlikely to please interim president Delcy Rodríguez The Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has announced she has returned to Venezuela almost a year after she left the country to receive the Nobel peace prize. “I’m here. With you,” she wrote on X on Sunday lunchtime. Continue reading...
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The Gambia’s first blind magistrate tests a system built for the sighted
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