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Seen in a long exposure, flames consume a fencepost as the Bug Fire burns near Doyle in unincorporated Lassen County, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Trump Is Threatening to Bomb Oman, but Why?

Oman has played a relatively low-profile role since the Iran war began, including as a mediator. But its geography has thrust the sultanate into the uncomfortable position of negotiating with Tehran over management of the strait while facing Trump’s threats. Trump this week told Fox News reporter Trey Yingst that the U.S. would bomb Oman…

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz looks on as Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice Weidel delivers a speech during a session of Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany June 11, 2026. (REUTERS)

How the anti-AfD firewall broke German politics

IT IS AS unusual in Germany as anywhere to see conservatives cavort with Marxists. But at a demonstration in Bitterfeld, a town in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, flags bearing the names of almost all Germany’s political parties flutter in the breeze, from the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) to the Greens and Social Democrats (SPD)…

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Jared Kushner met with Hamas officials on Sunday and Israel's prime minister on Monday.

Trump Says Israel Should Stop Striking Gaza

TEL AVIV—President Trump said Israel shouldn’t be striking targets in Gaza, as his envoy Jared Kushner met Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to salvage the president’s floundering plan to disarm Hamas and end the war. Jared Kushner met with Hamas officials on Sunday and Israel’s prime minister on Monday. In a rare public…

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