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1. Trump announces suspension of attacks on Iran for two weeks subject to safe opening of Strait of Hormuz

   Trump says pause in bombings and attacks will last two weeks subject to Iran opening the Strait of Hormuz

2. Iran-US war latest: Strait of Hormuz expected to reopen as part of Trump’s eleventh hour ceasefire deal

   The ‘double-sided ceasefire’ comes less than two hours before Trump was set to unleash devastating strikes on Iran’s civilian infrastructure

3. US journalist Shelly Kittleson released after she was kidnapped in Iraq

   Kittleson was abducted from a street corner in Iraq’s capital last week

4. Oil prices plummet and stocks surge after Trump suspends attacks on Iran

   Trump's decision was contingent on Tehran agreeing to a two-week ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz

5. Officer improperly canceled visa of Harvard scholar charged with frog embryo smuggling, judge rules

   A U.S. judge says a customs officer improperly canceled the visa of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos in the U.S. In a ruling Tuesday, the judge said Customs and Border Protection officers have limited authority to cancel visas and can't do so for suspected smuggling of biological samples

6. Republican Clay Fuller wins Georgia special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

   Fuller’s arrival in the House bolsters a slim Republican majority

7. Men charged with bringing bombs to NYC protest were recorded discussing terror plot, indictment says

   Two men charged with bringing homemade bombs to a protest outside New York City’s mayor's home allegedly planned to kill up to 60 people

8. Rory McIlroy: I’ve thought about champions’ dinner speech more than the menu

   The defending Masters champion’s menu featured the likes of elk sliders.

9. Trump’s Iran war deadline passes as Strait of Hormuz expected to reopen

10. North Korea launches projectile off its coast, Seoul says

    South Korea says North Korea has launched a projectile off the North’s east coast