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1. U.S. orders 2,500 marines, amphibious assault ship to Mideast after almost 2 weeks of war

   

   The American military has ordered 2,500 marines and an amphibious assault ship to the Middle East, a U.S. official said Friday, while Iran continued to launch widespread missile and drone attacks on Israel and neighbouring Gulf states.

2. U.S. pressure on Venezuela hasn't eased, even as world's attention turns to Iran

   

   Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, is trying to manage U.S. demands as she looks to hang on to the support of the Trump administration more than two months after it toppled Nicolás Maduro. It's a prospect that's being made more difficult because the U.S. is now at war with Iran.

3. Pakistan launches deadly airstrikes in Afghanistan as hostilities continue

   

   Afghanistan's Taliban government accused Pakistan's military Friday of targeting homes in overnight airstrikes in Kabul and other areas of the country, saying at least six civilians were killed and more than a dozen injured, as fighting between the neighbours entered its third week.

4. Father, 99, and son, 80, feast on free oysters after cashing in on decades-old restaurant promise

   

   For Jimmy Rush, 80 and his father Jim Rush, 99, it was a delectable deal too good to pass up — even if it meant waiting more than half a century to claim.

5. Man in Michigan synagogue attack lost family members in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, official says

   

   A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.