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Detention of journalist in Kuwait raises questions about crackdown on freedom of speech

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was arrested after reporting on friendly fire incident during US conflict with IranMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThe detention of a prize-winning international journalist over his reporting of a friendly fire incident in Kuwait is raising questions about the crackdown on freedom of speech across the Middle East as a result of the US-Israel war with Iran, the Committee to Protect Journalists has warned.Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, born in the US and a Kuwaiti national, was arrested on 3 March during a brief visit to Kuwait. He published footage of a US air force F- 15 E Strike Eagle crashing in al Jahra west of Kuwait city. On his Substack he said the pilot and weapons officer had successfully ejected and survived. He added that video circulating online showed local residents assisting one of the crew in a civilian truck. Continue reading...

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Spain finalizes amnesty measure for up to hundreds of thousands of immigrants

Spain's government has finalized a migrant amnesty measure that paves the way for potentially hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants to apply for legal status

Maintaining blockade in Middle East poses logistical, legal questions for U.S. commander

About six weeks after the U.S. launched an air campaign aimed at destroying Iran's ballistic missile capabilities, naval power and defense industrial base, the Navy on Monday began a blockade to restrict vessels entering or leaving the country's ports.

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Gina Rinehart and rival heirs brace for court verdict on claim to billion-dollar fortune

Judgment will rule on whether spoils of some of Hancock Prospecting’s iron ore projects must be shared with family of her father’s business partnerGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGina Rinehart faces the possibility of losing billions of dollars in riches from her Pilbara iron ore empire and her mantle as Australia’s wealthiest person when a long-awaited court verdict is delivered in Perth on Wednesday.The Western Australian supreme court judgment will rule on whether Rinehart must share the spoils of some of Hancock Prospecting’s most lucrative iron ore projects with the family of her late father’s business partner. Continue reading...

French President Macron urges U.S. and Iran to restart talks

French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday he personally urged President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to resume peace negotiations that ended without a deal over the weekend.