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The Rest of the World Report | Monday, June 29, 2026 — Morning Edition
Iraqi tanks and elite Counter-Terrorism Service units sealed off Baghdad's Green Zone at dawn Sunday and arrested 47 politicians, lawmakers, and officials linked to corruption and Iranian militia financing. The same morning, Iran's foreign minister was in Baghdad warning against Hormuz workarounds. Iraq is threading a needle Washington has wanted threaded for years.
On Election Day in New York, ICE agents entered a polling place in Syracuse to pressure a poll worker over an Instagram post about the agent who killed Renee Good. The post contained information already published by a newspaper…
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