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  • On Monday at 14:00 GMT, the US military says it would start blockading Iranian ports, preventing ships from entering or leaving Iran from passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
  • In the southern town of Biyyada, Hezbollah claims that its men have attacked Israeli soldiers with "a swarm of attack drones."
  • US President Donald Trump's threat to block the Strait of Hormuz was deemed "ridiculous" by Iran's navy chief, Shahram Irani.
  • Any military ships approaching the Strait of Hormuz "will be considered a violation of the ceasefire and will be met with severe force," according to a statement released on Sunday by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
  • The speaker of Iran's parliament Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf ​ is leading the delegation that has arrived to Pakistan for talks with the United States.
  • Nawaf Salam, the prime minister of Lebanon, stated that he was working to ensure the withdrawal of Israeli forces and to put an end to the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
  • Viktor Orban, the longtime prime minister of Hungary, has conceded defeat to Peter Magyar in the country's legislative election.

Tag: Belarus Presidential Election

August 12, 2020

Belarusian Opposition Candidate ‘Forced’ To Leave...

Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya has left her country, apparently under duress, amid a wave of protests against the alleged falsification of the country’s recent presidential election. Western governments have criticized both the election itself and a crackdown by security forces that has seen thousands of people detained, dozens injured, and at least one killed

August 10, 2020

Belarusian Protesters Say Police Fired Rubber...

There have been angry protests and clashes with police in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, after authorities declared that President Alyaksandr Lukashenka had been reelected for a sixth term in a landslide win. Protesters accused police of using rubber bullets and said there had been several injuries

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