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An airstrike on Sloviansk in the Donetsk region caused the destruction of about a dozen private houses and an administrative building. One person is known to have been injured.

Regime's media mocks Trump's climbdown; Israel still mum after US announces deal is imminent; Saudis confirm pushing Trump to hold off attacks; Iranian armed forces remain 'on high alert' The post Iran denies it asked Trump not to strike or agreed to deal to split control of Hormuz appeared first on The Times of Israel.
Gaza Report: 6 strikes across Gaza since midnight have left 12 dead, including two who died of wounds from a strike on a jeep in Deir al-Balah. https://t.co/Y6tjjhqvzl

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The deadly explosion outside an upscale Moscow restaurant at Kudrinskaya Square was a "brutal terror attack," Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, promising the perpetrators would be punished. But many questions remain.
A Russian attack on the outskirts of Kharkiv killed one person and set fire to containers, equipment at a postal terminal, and freight trucks.
The Lebanese army says five soldiers were lightly wounded in an Israeli attack while escorting civilians in military vehicles near Kfra, Bint Jbeil.

The Lebanese army says 5 of its soldiers were lightly wounded in an Israeli strike on the town of Kafra, in the Bint Jbeil district of southern Lebanon. Israeli sources say they are unaware of any strikes in that area.
Une attaque armée a couté la vie à un militaire de la Garde républicaine et fait deux blessés graves dans une mine de Mutshatsha. Elle relance le débat sur la présence des militaires dans les sites miniers. https://t.co/MPjdXL8f8a

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A young Sudanese refugee rebuilds his life in Spain while war keeps him from the family he left behind.

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Retiree Philip Kong says he realised Hong Kong’s healthcare system needed a wake-up call when he discovered that receiving treatment for his prostate condition in neighbouring Shenzhen could potentially cut his medical bill by nearly 90 per cent. The 75-year-old was diagnosed with an enlarged prostate earlier this year and set to pay HK$210,000 (US$26,780) for a scheduled surgery at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital – until a family friend, who is a urologist, suggested another option. The...

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Russian forces attacked a warehouse belonging to the Rozetka online marketplace in Brovary, Kyiv region, with drones.

Two Shahed drones hit the largest warehouse of Rozetka, a Ukrainian online marketplace, in the city of Brovary in Kyiv Oblast on the night of 1-2 August, marking the second attack in a single day.

Hungary is fully shutting down its sole nuclear power plant for the first time due to the record low levels of the Danube River, straining energy supplies and posing a major test for the economy and new Prime Minister Péter Magyar. One of the two reactors still operating at the Paks plant was shut down early on Sunday, with the final one powering down later in the day, according to Magyar. He cited the progressively lower water levels, which are causing a shortage of water for cooling at the...

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Fighters from the Rapid Response Border Command of the 4th Border Detachment stopped Russian small assault groups attempting to break through toward the village of Artilne in the Kharkiv region.

Fourteen Israeli soldiers have been sentenced to military prison after leading an unauthorised walkout from Sde Teiman.

At least five people were killed and 41 remain missing after a ferry carrying 271 passengers and crew caught fire off Indonesia's Madura Island on Sunday, authorities said.

When European lawmakers talk about labour abuse in the garment trade, Pakistan is too often cast as the defendant before any evidence is heard. A serious child-labour problem in one corner of the economy becomes, in the retelling, a verdict on an entire export industry. That is not regulation. It is collective punishment by reputation. Europe is right to insist that the clothes, towels and bed linen entering its market are not produced through child labour, forced labour, unsafe workplaces or en

Visible impact of warming climate is impossible to ignore across landscapes that have been starved of rainfall Half of England and the whole of Wales are officially in drought and July is set to be the driest month on record as extreme heat intensified by the climate crisis continues to grip the UK and Europe this summer. The announcements this week by England’s Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales mark the third such event over the past five years, and come in the wake of four record-

Romania's Ministry of Defence issued an air-raid warning on the morning of 2 August in the border county of Tulcea, which borders Odesa Oblast, over an aerial asset coming from Ukraine.
Iran's Fars: Iranian sources deny reports that a deal has been reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. They say the strait will remain restricted while U.S. hostile actions continue, with ship transit allowed only via designated routes and IRGC naval approval. The earlier reports were described as false.

Beijing had a “rich and powerful” toolkit to use against those who “make waves” in the South China Sea, China’s military mouthpiece warned on Sunday, following efforts by Manila to map out its claim to a disputed shoal. The PLA Daily warning came a day after the Chinese military mounted joint naval and air drills near Scarborough Shoal, a contested group of low-lying rocky islets known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the Philippines. “We also issue a stern warning to forces...

Iranian state linked media has denied that the strait of Hormuz is open representing divisions between extremist and moderates in the country.

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MBS and Trump talk over phone Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has spoken to US President Donald Trump over the phone on developments in the region. According to Saudi state media, the crown prince spoke stressed "the necessity of prioritising dialogue to de-escalate tensions and the importance of exerting all possible efforts to achieve a truce, which paves the way for diplomatic solutions". He also said diplomatic solutions should "yield positive results for preserving the se
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: For years I have said that the repeated rounds of fighting in Gaza were a mistake. They believed that Israel should increase pressure instead—stop humanitarian aid, stop vaccines during the COVID period, tighten the blockade. I told them that all of those measures would only lead to another round of fighting. People would be killed, yet nothing fundamental would change. As long as Israel was unwilling to make that decisive move, it had no choice but
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Iran’s acting defense minister: Tehran will neither remain passive nor be caught by surprise, warning that any threat against the country is viewed as “real and significant,” according to state media.

Anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Poland is on the rise, with numerous attacks against refugees from the war in Ukraine. Prime Minister Donald Tusk has spoken out against the violence and warned of the danger from Russia.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States and Israel had agreed to hold off on new strikes on Iran -- provided that a deal to end the months-long conflict is reached rapidly. Fears had been mounting that the fighting could escalate once again after Trump threatened to hit Iran "very hard" and was reportedly considering renewed heavy attacks, including against energy infrastructure.

Iran on Sunday said it was nearing a deal with Oman over a new route through the Strait of Hormuz, hours after the US called off major strikes to allow for diplomacy. US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that his country and Israel had agreed to hold off on new strikes on Iran, saying the "perimeters" of a deal were there. The foes have been at war since February 28, when the US and Israel launched surprise strikes against Iran, though months of on-off diplomacy have led to periods of re

Fars: Iran says there is no agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the waterway will remain closed as long as the U.S. continues what it described as hostile actions.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: For me, complete victory means that we resettle the Gaza Strip. There has to be a price—a price for the mistake, a price for the defeat suffered by our enemies. Whoever carried out the worst massacre against us since the Holocaust should lose territory. That is the price. It is the only language our enemies understand.