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The UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt a Bahrain-led measure aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with China and Russia blocking a watered-down version of a resolution that initially authorized the use of force.

The Turkish Defense Ministry announced it opened fire on an Iranian long range ballistic missile aimed at Turkish territory. NATO systems in the region were placed on high alert.

RABAT — A newly announced fossil discovery is further cementing Morocco’s central place in the prehistory of humanity. On Jan. 7, Moroccan and international researchers revealed the unearthing of ancient remains of hominins — human ancestors and close evolutionary relatives — in a cavity at the Thomas I quarry in Casablanca, shedding rare light on a pivotal and poorly understood phase of human evolution some 800,000 years ago.

“They offered us oil, but we don’t want oil, we want the institutions and the borders,” Abu Qasra said.