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Pakistan says it will host US-Iran talks, while Iran warns US ground troops would be 'set on fire'

Pakistan’s foreign minister says Islamabad will soon host talks between the U.S. and Iran

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Egypt’s early closing order jolts Cairo’s night life as war-driven oil costs soar

Egypt is imposing early closing times for shops, cafes and restaurants to cut oil use as energy prices surge during the war

DHS funding freeze now longest partial government shutdown in US history

If the now six-week partial shutdown continues after the weekend, it will become the longest of any shutdownThe shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the fourth-largest agency in the US government, became the longest partial shutdown in US history on Sunday.If the now six-week partial shutdown continues after the weekend, it will also become the longest of any shutdown, surpassing the impasse late last year that dragged on for 43 days. Continue reading...

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Cory Booker says Democrats have ‘failed this moment’ and calls for new leaders

Senator’s comments come amid growing divisions within the party, which he says has ‘too small of a coalition’Cory Booker, the Democratic senator from New Jersey, renewed his calls for new leadership of the Democratic party, saying the party has “failed this moment”.“As a whole, our party has failed this moment,” Booker said on Sunday. “I’ve called for a generational renewal, because this left-right divide is killing our country and our adversaries know it.” He also said that “purity tests” within the party have led to more division in the US. Continue reading...

An Israeli soldier from Connecticut is killed in southern Lebanon weeks after completing training

A young man who moved from Connecticut to Israel last year to join the military was killed Saturday during a combat operation in southern Lebanon