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Photo credit: Global News Iran showed no sign of backing down on Tuesday as a US deadline loomed for it to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, defying threats by President Donald Trump to “decimate” the country’s civilian infrastructure. Hurriyet Daily News reports that the Iranian army dismissed what they called Trump’s “arrogant rhetoric and baseless threats”, saying they would not…

Photo credit: Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that he stood by a proposal made to Russia for a ceasefire contingent on Moscow halting all attacks on energy infrastructure. APA reports that he said this on Monday in his nightly video address. He added that the proposal had been conveyed to Moscow through the US….

Photo credit: Fox 11 For five months, the young father waited for his 3-year-old daughter’s release from federal custody after she crossed the US-Mexico border with her mother, hoping for their safe reunion. PBS News reports that only when he turned to the courts as a last resort did he learn that the girl had suffered…

Photo credit: NBC An inspection found 49 violations of detention standards at the largest US migrant detention camp, located in El Paso, Texas, which has faced criticism from immigration advocates opposed to President Donald Trump’s crackdown. Reuters reports that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency’s Office of Detention Oversight conducted a congressionally mandated inspection…

Photo credit: Los Angeles Times Government forces in Burkina Faso killed over twice as many civilians as militant jihadists over two years, according to a study by Human Rights Watch, which accused both sides of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Associated Press reports that according to the report, of the 1,837 civilians killed in the…