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Allegedly aggressive sales tactics and business operations in Hong Kong’s beauty product sector closely mirror the global “Dead Sea sales scams” uncovered years ago, documents on WikiLeaks have shown. The controversy has prompted calls from experts for the city’s government to strengthen regulation by expanding proposed cooling-off period legislation to cover retail beauty goods. A check of the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks by the South China Morning Post found that shops and kiosks selling..

'Palestinian state already a reality', says Arab Israeli leader Mansour Abbas Mansour Abbas, the conservative leader of the United Arab List (UAL) party in Israel, has called on Israel to recognise an “independent Palestinian state”, saying that it was already “a reality, which most of the world recognises, with the exception of the United States and Israel”, Israeli media reported. During a speech to party delegates at their convention in Tayibe on Saturday, Times of Israel reported, Abbas sai

Iran has said nations joining US economic sanctions against it would be considered enemies. Earlier this week, President Trump had announced what he called the "most crushing economic operation" against Tehran.

Seal found dead at Beachport in South Australia on Wednesday follows three mass mortality events in terns Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A long-nosed fur seal has died from H5 bird flu in South Australia, marking the first confirmed case in a mammal on the Australian mainland. The seal was found dead at Beachport on Wednesday on the state’s Limestone Coast. It marks a fresh escalation in the spread of the

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Follow live A long-nosed fur seal has died from H5 bird flu in South Australia, marking the first confirmed case in a mammal on the Australian mainland. The New Zealand fur seal was found dead at Beachport on Wednesday on the state’s Limestone Coast. It marks a fresh escalation in the spread of the virus days after the South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, announced three mass mortality events on offshore islands involving more than 1,000 greater crested terns. The highly pathogenic

Official says any state joining US would be considered enemies and Tehran would target their interests in retaliation.
Iran warns that countries joining the US economic war against Iran will face ‘tit-for-tat’ action.

Gharibabadi says London, Paris ‘deliberately’ participating in Israeli crimes Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, said London and Paris were making a “deliberate choice” to participate and collaborate in crimes committed by Israel by “continuing to send” it weapons and “provide any kind of support”. Gharibabadi said London and Paris should not hide behind the phrase “expressing concern” over the situation. In a post on X, he said more than 100
IDF airstrikes are targeting Ali al-Taher Heights, southern Lebanon. Contributed by @MoloWarMonitor https://t.co/h6UwPnXiK1

The warning comes as US President Donald Trump threatens to isolate Iran economically to weaken its government.

Hamas says not obligated to implement Trump Gaza deal unless Israel accepts it Hamas leader Osama Hamdan said the group told US envoy Jared Kushner that it would not consider itself obligated to implement any part of president Trump’s Gaza peace deal unless Israel publicly accepts it and begins implementing its obligations, including halting attacks and withdrawing from Gaza. Speaking on an Iraqi podcast, Hamdan, a former representative of Hamas in Lebanon and Iran, said the group had not agree
In the video, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Ali Abdollahi, said that Iran's production has increased significantly in the past year.

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On paper, Western countries are rushing to sign defence pacts in the South Pacific, ensuring their influence in a region long neglected as a geopolitical backwater. But on the water, the island nations are playing a very different game. Instead of taking sides, local leaders are leveraging the geopolitical tug of war between China and the West, winning security guarantees from the latter while Beijing builds infrastructure and deepens its economic footprint. In June, Vanuatu – an archipelago...

The latest incident comes days after reports emerged Israel had struck a military airbase close to the Turkish border.
Iran condemns US plans to announce new sanctions https://t.co/hGcjQUM73J

A new notice to Department of the Navy personnel warns of a “coordinated, multi-domain campaign” targeting them. The post Sailors and Marines advised to hide military ties on social media, report suspicious activity appeared first on Task & Purpose.
Iran-linked hackers reportedly shut down a small UK power plant for four days, the first known attack of its kind in Britain. The outage did not affect the wider power grid. Source: The Telegraph
Reporter: Your statement about “40–50 killed in Gaza every day” created a huge uproar around the world. Ben Gvir: Excellent. Excellent. I prefer that they cry, and that a Jewish mother doesn’t cry over her soldier son. Reporter: Come on, Ben Gvir... You have to speak responsibly. We’re dealing with the world too.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir: I represent everyone in Israel. I represent all of Israel. My party represents the entire people of Israel.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir: They say I cause damage internationally, that people around the world don’t like what I’m doing in the prisons. Excuse me — the world doesn’t like us breathing either. The world doesn’t even like the fact that we breathe. So what? Am I supposed to act according to the world?

Iran on Saturday denounced US plans to announce new sanctions that could put further strain on the Islamic Republic’s economy and have an impact on its most important trading partners including China. Iran on Saturday warned countries against taking part in the United States’ “economic war” against the Islamic Republic, saying they would be considered enemies. “We declare to all countries … do not join the economic war waged by the United States. Any country participating in the imposition of..

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei said that "not a single drop of oil will be shipped from the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz" if Iran's neighbors join the sanctions

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Rundown of what Iran’s National Security adviser Mohsen Rezaee said today: • Iran views President Trump’s latest actions as economic warfare and warns further steps will trigger an “earthquake like” response. • Claims Iran exported roughly 70 million barrels of oil over the past 1 to 2 months despite the U.S. blockade. • Neighboring countries that join the U.S. economic campaign will be warned, then targeted if they continue. (Something to watch) • Says Iranian forces are ready for operatio

Palestinians face attacks and forced displacement as settlers expand control, backed by military raids and inaction.

Maria Zakharova noted that the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant is a "system-forming element in the republic’s energy balance"
Police in the Dnipropetrovsk region have charged the director of a supermarket in Kryvyi Rih where the highest number of people were killed during Russia’s daytime attack on August 21.

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Facing a manpower shortage, Ukraine is building autonomy into its drones and ground robots so one operator can run several at once.

According to Mohsen Rezaei, Washington’s moves have prompted many countries to consider obtaining a nuclear weapon

The foreign minister emphasized that the West will try to disrupt the September elections to the State Duma, but "these plans will thwarted"
Rolling blackouts are hitting Russian-occupied Ukraine after Ukrainian drone strikes severely degraded the grid. 27 energy sites in occupied Crimea and southern Ukraine were struck in the past week. https://t.co/UaBbXXL5Q9

Iraqi President Nizar Amidi says his country's territory will not be used to launch attacks against any other state.
As many as 197 clashes were reported on the front line as Ukrainian forces repelled 22 Russian attacks in the Kostiantynivka sector.
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Senior Hezbollah official Mahmoud Qomati: Direct communication with the U.S. is not fully off the table.

Iran's National Security Council Secretary: We tell the neighboring countries not to participate with Washington in its economic war, otherwise we will consider them as enemies