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Iran has promoted a hardline ex-commander as its top security official, shaking up its highest decision-making body on national defense. It comes after Tehran said it was "very close" to a deal with Oman, over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz but say there has been no negotiations with the US. Ryan Bohl, Senior Middle East and North Africa Analyst at RANE spoke to Bloomberg’s Abeer Abu Omar on the likely scenario in the impasse. (Source: Bloomberg)
The leader of Denmark's Social Democratic Party is forming a centre-left coalition minority government, giving her a third term as prime minister
Transport unions say emergency declaration a 'superficial band-aid' that does not address root cause of fuel crisis
(Refiles to say two airstrikes in paragraph 1) By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes killed two Palestinians, including a senior police official, in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, in the first reported fatalities in more than a week as the Israeli military scaled back its targeted attacks in the enclave under U.S. pressure. Palestinian medics said the first strike targeted two people riding on a motorbike, in a western area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. One person was killed and the other was wounded, they added
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Heidi Overton, a doctor and White House adviser, is expected to be President Trump's pick to lead the FDA