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Oman caught between US and Iran after Tehran’s claims of joint strait of Hormuz plan

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Muscat silent about plans – opposed by US – to charge fee and demand details on nationality of all transiting ships

Oman has been caught in geopolitical crossfire after Iran said it was coordinating with the Gulf state over the future management of the strait of Hormuz, including Tehran’s plans to impose fees on commercial shipping.

The Omani exclave of Musandam lies to the south of the contested waterway, which normally carries a fifth of the world’s seaborne oil traffic but has been blockaded for 10 weeks since the US-Israeli attack on Iran in February.

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‘23 Targets Hit Overnight’ – Ukraine Unleashes Wave of Strikes on Russia, Hits Aircraft, Air Defenses and Ammo Ship – Kyiv Post

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  1. ‘23 Targets Hit Overnight’ - Ukraine Unleashes Wave of Strikes on Russia, Hits Aircraft, Air Defenses and Ammo Ship  Kyiv Post
  2. Ukrainian drones destroy £30m Russian plane at airbase  The Telegraph
  3. Strike on Yeysk Airfield: Satellite Images Confirm Complete Destruction of Be-200  Мілітарний
  4. Ukraine’s AI Drones Are Hunting Russian Supply Lines  Forbes
  5. Ukraine Blew Up One of Russia’s Rare Be-200 Aircraft, Hit Ka-27 Helicopter at Yeysk Air Base  UNITED24 Media
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36 countries approve creation of special Ukraine tribunal to prosecute Russia – France 24

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  1. 36 countries approve creation of special Ukraine tribunal to prosecute Russia  France 24
  2. 'Point of no return': 36 countries join special tribunal to prosecute Vladimir Putin  Euronews.com
  3. 36 countries sign agreement establishing ‘tribunal for Putin’  Meduza
  4. Ukraine: European countries sign up to special tribunal plan  DW.com
  5. Putin and Lukashenko Receive Their “Tickets to The Hague” After Historic Tribunal Agreement  UNITED24 Media
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Everybody Loses in the Cynical Israeli-Palestinian Sexual Violence Competition – Haaretz

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  1. Everybody Loses in the Cynical Israeli-Palestinian Sexual Violence Competition  Haaretz
  2. First on CNN: New report details ‘systematic’ rape and sexual violence during Hamas’ Oct 7 attack on Israel  CNN
  3. The Truth About Hamas  WSJ
  4. Several former Hamas hostages in Gaza share accounts of sexual assault  NBC News
  5. Why do feminists refuse to believe that Hamas raped Jewish women?  The Telegraph
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Mali’s forces target rebel alliance in junta’s fight to keep power

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Army supported by Russian mercenaries launches airstrikes after offensive by coalition of Islamist extremists and Tuareg separatists

Mali’s armed forces, supported by Russian mercenaries, have launched airstrikes targeting a rebel alliance of Islamist extremists and Tuareg separatists as the ruling junta struggles to maintain its hold on power in the unstable west African country.

Earlier this week warplanes targeted the key northern town of Kidal, which was lost when the rebels launched a surprise offensive across much of Mali in late April.

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Ukraine and Russia swap hundreds of prisoners, strike on Kyiv apartment block kills 24 – NBC News

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  1. Ukraine and Russia swap hundreds of prisoners, strike on Kyiv apartment block kills 24  NBC News
  2. Prisoner swap goes ahead as Kyiv mourns 24 killed in Russian strike on flats  BBC
  3. Russia and Ukraine swap 205 prisoners of war each  Reuters
  4. SSU releases exclusive footage of today’s prisoner exchange  Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
  5. 205 Ukrainian POWs return from Russian captivity in latest exchange  The Kyiv Independent
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What was actually achieved at Trump and Xi’s ‘stalemate summit’ in Beijing?

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US president has said he and Chinese leader ‘settled a lot of different problems’ but has given little detail on solutions

Donald Trump’s whirlwind trip to Beijing – the first US presidential visit in nearly a decade – wrapped up with much fanfare but little clarity about what was actually achieved.

Trump said on Friday he and Xi Jinping, China’s leader, “settled a lot of different problems that other people wouldn’t have been able to solve”. But he didn’t provide much detail on what those solutions were.

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UAE’s new oil pipeline push to double export capacity bypassing Hormuz – Reuters

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  1. UAE's new oil pipeline push to double export capacity bypassing Hormuz  Reuters
  2. UAE fast tracks second West-East oil pipeline to bypass Strait of Hormuz  CNBC
  3. UAE to accelerate oil pipeline project to bypass Strait of Hormuz  Al Jazeera
  4. UAE to accelerate oil pipeline project to help bypass Hormuz amid Iran war fallout  The Times of Israel
  5. UAE to complete second oil pipeline bypassing strait of Hormuz by 2027  The Guardian
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