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Human rights groups sue Trump administration over ‘crippling’ ICC sanctions

Four prominent US human rights organizations have accused the Trump administration of using its “crippling” sanctions regime against the international criminal court (ICC) to undermine global efforts to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say

Firefighters and residents of south Lebanon have accused the Israeli military of lighting wildfires in the region, as forested areas burned down in blazes sparked by Israeli bombing.

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Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon picks raise questions over Trump family business ties

Pete Hegseth’s appointments to a key Pentagon advisory body include two men with ties to the venture capital fund where Donald Trump Jr is a partner, which has lucrative investments in military and space technology.

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Netanyahu rejects US-led 15-point Gaza peace plan in rare public break with Trump

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has rejected a US-backed 15-point peace plan for Gaza in a rare public break with Donald Trump.

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Iran plots to deal Trump a blow in midterms by keeping him entangled in war

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Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace issues first building contract – for a military base

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US refunds $100bn of Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs

The Trump administration has refunded about $100bn from the tariffs it collected before the US supreme court ruled them illegal, according to reports.

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Jerusalem’s most important Muslim religious site facing ‘imminent’ threat of Israeli takeover, says Jordan

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Iran in talks with Oman over shipping route but not US, says Tehran

Iran has been in discussion with Oman about the creation of a new temporary route through the strait of Hormuz that would allow commercial shipping to resume, but is not yet reviving talks with the US, Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.

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Trump says ‘complete disarmament’ of Hamas agreed in Gaza but Israel yet to accept

Israel has pointed to Hamas’s failure to disarm as justification for its continued strikes and refusal to allow any reconstruction in Gaza, and for Israeli forces’ steady edging forward from the demarcation line agreed in October.