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TNT Sports
July 6
Sports
Politics and elections
Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends former supreme leader Ali Khamenei's funeral amidst questions surrounding his fate in the aftermath of an Israeli–U.S. airstrike on his home during the early stages of the war.
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RFE/RL
Iranian state television reports that Khamenei's body arrives in Qom, where he studied, ahead of a planned procession.
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Al-Ahram
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BBC News
Disasters and accidents
Cuba experiences its third nationwide power outage of the year, with state utility Unión Eléctrica de Cuba reporting a total grid disconnection as the country faces severe fuel shortages and chronic failures in its electricity system.
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The Guardian
Fifteen miners are killed and another is injured when part of a decommissioned gold mine collapses in Wadi Halfa, Northern State, Sudan, after miners entered the closed site.
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Asharq Al-Awsat
At least nine people are killed, including children, and several others are injured in landslides at Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh.
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TRT World
Eight people are killed, another is reported missing and extensive damage is reported when a large wedge tornado strikes Ezhou, Hubei, China.
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The Watchers
Business and economy
Microsoft cuts roughly 4,800 jobs, primarily within its Xbox and commercial sales divisions, while divesting game studios Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs.
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The Verge
Armed conflicts and attacks
Hamas announces that its government will step down to facilitate the transition of a technocratic administration in the Gaza Strip, as stipulated in the Gaza peace plan of October 2025. In response, the Board of Peace states that it will judge the implementation of these steps rather than mere statements.
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The Jerusalem Post
The Israeli military states that they have killed five Hamas militants who allegedly attempted to restore underground infrastructure in the northern Gaza Strip, west of the Yellow Line, including Hudhayfah Hussein Abdullah al-Hawajri, a Nukhba militant from the East Jabalia Battalion command, despite the ongoing ceasefire.
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Israel National News
According to shipping data from LSEG, around 10 Japan-linked ships, mostly managed by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, are reported to have transited through the Strait of Hormuz using the route proposed by Iran. Additionally, data also shows that a supertanker carrying Saudi crude oil headed for South Korea has left over the weekend.
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Japan Times
At least 22 people are killed and 56 others are injured in a Russian ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Search and rescue efforts are underway in Kyiv to free civilians trapped under rubble.
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BBC News
Ukraine's General Staff reports that drones have struck Russia's Omsk refinery in Omsk, Omsk Oblast in the Siberia region.
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Reuters
The United Nations Human Rights Council orders an inquiry into alleged human rights violations around El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, warning that civilians face a risk of mass atrocities as the Rapid Support Forces encircles the city amid Sudan's civil war.
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Macau Business
International relations
Australia and Fiji sign a defence pact, making Fiji one of Australia's treaty-bound allies and committing both countries to consult on security threats and support mutual defence in the Pacific.
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AFP via France 24
Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari begins a four-day visit to Kyrgyzstan after an invitation from Kyrgyz president Sadyr Japarov, making it the first official visit by a Pakistani president to the country in 21 years.
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Pakistan Observer
Law and crime
Philippine police separately arrests senator Rodante Marcoleta and three co-accused, including former party-list representative Mike Defensor, after an anti-graft court orders their arrest in relation to a plunder case filed by the Ombudsman.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
Riots between inmates from rival drug gangs at a prison in Negombo, Sri Lanka, kill 25 people, including four officers, and injure more than 100 others.
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AFP via NDTV
A crude bomb explodes during a post-march rally in Savar, Dhaka District, Bangladesh, while National Citizen Party convener Nabila Tasnid was giving a speech, injuring three.
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The Business Standard
News outlet Telex.hu publishes the text of arrested Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) politician Gergő Czeglédy's 2024 testimony alleging the existence of a large corruption network involving members of the MSZP and Fidesz since 2006.
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Daily News Hungary
Health and environment
The total number of deaths from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo exceeds 500.
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ModernGhana
July 5
Science and technology
The satellite conducts a flyby of the asteroid 98943 Torifune.
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NHK
Health and environment
Seven more children are reported to have died from measles, bringing the death toll from the disease in Bangladesh to 738.
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The Business Standard
A complaint is filed in a Dhaka court against former interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, former health adviser Nur Jahan Begum, and two other health officials from the Yunus ministry over their roles in the measles epidemic in the country including child deaths.
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Daily Sun Bangladesh
Around 25 deaths are reported in heat waves in the United States, with 40 million people under heat alerts across the East Coast, Southeast, and Southwest regions of the country.
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NBC News
The reports 800 cases of cholera, including 30 deaths, in the West Kordofan communities of Wad Banda and Al-Nahud in western Sudan.
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Middle East Monitor
The Sudan Doctors Network reports 200,000 people in the North Kordofan town of Bara are facing a cholera outbreak alongside measles, including 100 cases of measles in children at health care facilities in Bara.
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AA
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that there will be no reconstruction in the Gaza Strip until Hamas is disarmed and the strip is demilitarized.
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Ynetnews
Medics say that two Palestinians have been killed in airstrikes at the Omar Al-Mokhtar street in Gaza City.
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Reuters
Netanyahu says some Christian-majority villages in southern Lebanon asked to be annexed by Israel for protection from Hezbollah, while villages in the Marjayoun District deny seeking annexation.
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Arab News
The Israeli military says that the Commando Brigade targeted Hezbollah operatives riding motorcycles near Nabatieh.
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The Times of Israel
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations and British military's Royal Navy reports that a cargo ship was attacked by "unknown armed assailants" off the coast of Yemen's port city Hodeidah at the Red Sea.
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DW
Sports
In association football, FIFA declares American forward Folarin Balogun eligible to face Belgium following an intervention by U.S. president Donald Trump. FIFA suspends his ban under Article 27 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, placing it on a one-year probationary period while allowing the red card itself to stand. It became the first time since the introduction of FIFA's automatic suspension system that a World Cup red card suspension is overturned rather than served.
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The New York Times
Norway advances to the quarterfinals of a FIFA World Cup for the first time after defeating Brazil 2–1 in the round of 16. Brazil's loss also marks the team's earliest elimination from the tournament since 1990.
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AFP via RFI
International relations
Puntland government issued a statement saying exclusive control over its marine resources, citing its constitution and Somalia's federal framework to block SOMTURK. a joint venture between Somalia's fisheries ministry and Turkey's OYAK fund, from operating without approval. The firm holds a federal licence for fishing permits across Somalia's economic zone, signed in Ankara last December to regulate fishing and curb illegal activities, following as leverage in stalled political talks as rich tuna grounds remain underdeveloped.
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Hiiraan Online
Business and economy
Seven OPEC+ members agree to raise oil production quotas by 188,000 barrels per day in August, as oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz gradually resume after disruptions linked to the Iran war.
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AFP via France 24
Disasters and accidents
The Venezuelan information ministry reports that the death toll from the earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 3,342.
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Reuters
July 4
Politics and elections
Slovaks vote in a referendum to decide whether to cancel life payments for prime ministers after their terms expire and whether to reopen the office of an anti-corruption agency. The referendum is invalidated due to low turnout.
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AP
Disasters and accidents
Arts and culture
The United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of the ratification of the U.S. Declaration of Independence in 1776.
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BBC News
International relations
China releases pastor Jin Mingri, the founder of the Beijing Zion Church, after detaining him since October, with ChinaAid.org saying officials presented the release as a goodwill gesture following U.S. president Donald Trump's visit to China last May.
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New Straits Times
A Russian cultural center in Chișinău, Moldova, closes after the government orders its shutdown, citing security concerns linked to Russian influence and drone incidents amid strained bilateral relations.
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Reuters
Sports
In tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino singles player to reach the fourth round of a major tournament after defeating defending champion Iga Świątek in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships women's singles.
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AP
Armed conflicts and attacks
Oman reaches an agreement with France and the United Kingdom to ensure safe navigation through the country's waterways including the Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz.
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CNBC
The Al-Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin and Tuareg Azawad Liberation Front separatists launch coordinated attacks on the Malian communes and towns of Aguelhok, Anéfis, Gao, and Sévaré. The Malian army says it has repelled the assaults, while local sources report continuing fighting.
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AFP via France 24
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces deny Russia's claim that it captured Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, yesterday, saying Ukrainian forces still control the city and continue defensive operations there.
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Reuters
Over 50 Houthi fighters and 16 soldiers are killed during clashes in Hodeidah, Yemen. Twenty-two more soldiers are also wounded.
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Al Jazeera