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President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has directed the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to provide political risk insurance and financial guarantees for maritime trade moving through the Gulf, particularly energy shipments, and warned that the U.S. Navy could soon begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz if necessary.

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Trump says US Navy will escort tankers through Strait of Hormuz 'if necessary'

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has voluntarily agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee about his ties to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky said Tuesday.



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FILE PHOTO: Lutnick testifies before Senate panel in Washington, D.C.

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Epstein files: Howard Lutnick volunteers to testify to House committee

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa on Monday announced the launch of joint operations with the United States to combat drug trafficking which has caused an explosion of violence in the South American country.

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Ecuador deploys military personnel to reinforce security in several provinces, in Guayaquil

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President Trump is open to supporting groups in Iran willing to take up arms to dislodge the regime, U.S. officials said, as he continues to mull several options publicly and privately about who should succeed the country’s fallen leader.




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CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say

The Justice Department on Tuesday signaled plans to press forward with the defense of President Trump’s executive orders sanctioning law firms, a remarkable turnaround coming one day after it asked a court to drop the cases.

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DOJ reverses on ending fight over Trump orders targeting law firms

Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be buried in the holy city of Mashhad, the Fars news agency said Tuesday.

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Symbolic funeral procession for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Najaf

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