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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Michael Fuchs, director at the Open Society Foundation and a former State Department official, about President Trump's threat to bomb Oman, an ally of the U.S.
President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman, a U.S. ally, amid talks over control of the Strait of Hormuz, according to NPR. The Guardian reported oil prices jumped after a two-month U.S.-Iran ceasefire window expired with no peace deal, and after Trump told Tehran to surrender. No military action was confirmed as of the reports.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Michael Fuchs, director at the Open Society Foundation and a former State Department official, about President Trump's threat to bomb Oman, an ally of the U.S.
Jared Kushner's Gaza ceasefire shuttle diplomacy remains deadlocked after he met Hamas leaders in Egypt and then Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem; the Kushner-Netanyahu meeting ended without breakthrough or firm commitment to the U.S. plan, with Netanyahu maintaining that Israeli troops will not withdraw until Hamas first disarms.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Michael Fuchs, director at the Open Society Foundation and a former State Department official, about President Trump's threat to bomb Oman, an ally of the U.S.
Brent crude rises above $90 a barrel for the first time since 30 July after US president tells Tehran to surrender Business live – latest updates Oil prices have risen again after the two-month window to negotiate a peace deal in the US-Israel war on Iran expired on Monday with no end to the conflict in sight. Iran said on Monday that it would take a more aggressive stance if talks with the US failed, while Donald T…
BBC News – World At least 27 people were killed in two separate mass shootings in South Africa on Saturday night, police said. Seventeen people were fatally shot at a bar west of Johannesburg and 10 were killed in an attack outside Cape Town. The incidents came amid the country’s struggle with gang-related armed violence and one of the world’s highest murder rates.
NYTimes – World British counterterrorism police arrested five men on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offenses near RAF Fairford, a Gloucestershire air base used by U.S. forces. The arrests followed three suspicious vehicles seen heading toward the base early Sunday. Bomb disposal teams examined the vehicles and nearby homes were evacuated.
Thousands of protesters blocked a road in Portadown, Northern Ireland, on 27 September, in an attempt to stop an Orange Order parade from entering the mainly Catholic and nationalist Garvaghy Road area.
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