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Jordan’s Security Challenges | TOME

LONDON: Amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, Jordan is looking to bolster its defenses against possible incursions by Iran-backed militias on its borders. The new approach follows a series of attacks against US military bases across the Gulf, culminating in a drone assault on a logistics support site of the Jordanian Defense Network near the Syrian border on Jan. 28, which left three American soldiers dead and more than 40 others injured.

Biden’s Alliance with Worst Dictator Amid African Coups | TOME

Famous for its repression and torture, Teodoro Obiang’s Equatorial Guinea got an aid delivery from U.S. Special Operations forces.

The post Squeezed by African Coups, Biden Cozies Up to the World’s Worst Dictator appeared first on The Intercept.

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Anti-Abortion Doctors Struggle to Explain Mifepristone Harms Before SCOTUS

The justices didn’t seem to buy the tenuous theory that would allow the doctors to sue the FDA over medication abortion.

The post Anti-Abortion Doctors Struggle to Explain Mifepristone Harms Before Supreme Court appeared first on The Intercept.

Bodies found in Francis Scott Key Bridge tragedy in Baltimore | TOME

Four more workers who were on the bridge when it collapsed are still missing and presumed dead.

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Boycotts hit McDonald’s, Starbucks in Indonesia and Malaysia

Boycotts over the Gaza war are hitting big brands in Southeast Asia despite local owners denying links to Israel.

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Spanish prosecutors seek jail for Luis Rubiales for Hermoso kiss

Prosecutors want Rubiales to face a year behind bars for the kiss and 18 months for the charge of coercion.