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Tennessee approves new congressional map in latest redistricting flurry
07 May 2026Republicans pass new map ahead of midterms after US Supreme Court weakened Voting Rights Act restrictions.
As US and Iran weigh peace deal, stranded seafarers wait in limbo
07 May 2026Some 20,000 seafarers are stranded in the Gulf amid the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Man pleads guilty to Colorado firebombing, groups call for family reprieve
07 May 2026Mohamed Soliman, accused of attacking demonstrators who had gathered in support of Israeli captives held in Gaza in Colo...
Brazil’s Lula meets Trump amid efforts to avert new US trade tariffs
07 May 2026Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has met US President Donald Trump at the White House, for talks that were ...
US judge releases purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note
07 May 2026A document purported to be a suicide note written by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has been released by a judge ...
WHO confirms five cases of hantavirus linked to cruise ship
07 May 2026The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed five cases of hantavirus linked to deaths aboard a cruise ship in the ...
Trump calls for ‘incitement’ charges against top Democrat Hakeem Jeffries
07 May 2026United States President Donald Trump has called for criminal charges of “incitement to violence” against top Democra...
Why has the US sanctioned Iraq’s deputy oil minister for helping Iran?
07 May 2026The US Treasury has sanctioned Iraq’s Deputy Oil Minister, Ali Maarij al-Bahadly, and leaders of pro-Iran militias, ac...
Iran’s President Pezeshkian seeks to quash divided leadership narrative
07 May 2026Tehran, Iran – A meeting between two of Iran’s leaders may seem routine, but President Masoud Pezeshkian’s announ...
