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  • After alerts in the Yiron area, the Israeli military claims that its air force effectively stopped a "suspicious aerial target" before it entered Israeli territory.
  • As a "humanitarian gesture," US President Donald Trump stated that ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz will be escorted.
  • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran claimed in a statement released by the state-run Press TV that the United States' ability to make decisions "has narrowed" due to the prolonged impasse in negotiations.
  • In a post to X on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces claimed to have attacked 120 alleged Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon over the weekend, including over 50 other infrastructure targets and 70 military-use buildings.
  • In an effort to maintain "market stability" despite the Iranian conflict, seven members of the OPEC+ group of oil-producing countries resolved on Sunday to begin gradually raising production in June.

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July 28, 2021

Police Stop Mourners Laying Wreaths Near...

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Female Prison Boss in Kenya

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An Azerbaijani Journalist Talks Her Phone...

Sevinc Vaqifqizi, an Azerbaijani journalist who works for Meydan TV, a Berlin-based independent news outlet, was one of the people whose phone number was discovered to be infected with the NSO Group’s Pegasus malware. A forensic study of her phone revealed it had been tapped since 2019

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COVID-19 Tatoos

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In the Midst of Shortage,Zimbabweans ...

Zimbabweans in Harare queued for miles outside one of the capital’s main hospitals in the hopes of getting vaccinated against COVID-19, but many reported that there were no vaccines available. Pastor Andrew Ngwenya of the Pentecostal church is among those who have been impacted. He’s hoping for devine help

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