The Arba'in Shia Islam pilgrimage in Iraq is held amidst the Iran war, with Iranian pilgrims attending the event.
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Al-Monitor 
August 1
Arts and culture
Armed conflicts and attacks
Three Palestinians are reportedly killed in Gaza City, bringing the total casualties to 7 in the past 24 hours.
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Ahram Online
A Board of Peace official reports that Hamas will disarm its weapons in the coming days.
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The Times of Israel
The Israeli military says it has killed several Hezbollah fighters in an Israeli-held area of southern Lebanon, despite a ceasefire framework between Israel and Lebanon.
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South China Morning Post
The Bermuda-flagged LNG tanker , which was carrying LNG oil from Qatar, is reported to have been among the two vessels hit yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Bloomberg
The Kuwaiti defense ministry reports that its military has detected and intercepted Iranian drones entering the country's airspace.
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Kuwait Times
United States embassies in the Middle East warn Americans to depart the region amidst fears of a potential escalation in the war.
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Arab News
The Houthis in Yemen deny reports of imposing tolls on vessels passing through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait.
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Al Jazeera
reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked a request by former U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham to transfer an Iron Dome system from the U.S. to Ukraine.
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Haaretz
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko says an overnight Russian missile attack has killed at least nine people and injured 24 others, while damaging buildings and causing fires across several districts of the Ukrainian capital.
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Reuters
Ukrainian forces sink a Rosatom-owned container ship in the Black Sea, forcing its 17-member crew to abandon it. Rosatom says it had been transporting civilian goods, including frozen food and construction materials.
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BBC News
A truck bomb explodes beside a police station in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia, injuring eight police officers and three civilians.
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AFP via France 24
International relations
Moroccan security forces clash with hundreds of migrants as they attempt to storm the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Several Moroccan security personnel are reportedly injured while more than 50 migrants are detained.
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Yeni Safak
Sports
UEFA gives FIFA president Gianni Infantino an ultimatum to resign or face an emergency no-confidence vote following Infantino's plan to sell stakes in FIFA Forward Enterprise, which he has rescinded amidst backlash.
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The Telegraph
Disasters and accidents
All ten climbers, including Nirmal Purja, are confirmed deceased after an avalanche at Broad Peak in Pakistan on July 30.
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Al Jazeera
At least three people are killed and 15 others are injured in an explosion at a coffeehouse in Moscow, Russia.
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CNN
A small aircraft crashed near the Nazca Lines, Peru, after departing Pisco. All 13 people on board, including italian, spanish and german tourists, died in the accident.
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Rai News
July 31
Law and crime
A Sri Lankan court sentences former police chief Pujith Jayasundara to death for negligence in failing to prevent the 2019 Easter bombings, which killed 279 people. Sri Lanka has not carried out an execution since 1976.
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The Star
Indonesian authorities announces it arrested a Malaysia Airlines pilot for allegedly smuggling over 26 kg (57 lb) of ecstasy and a package of methamphetamine into Jakarta International Airport.
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AP
Business and economy
South Korea's KOSPI index rises by 18%, its largest single-day gain in history, amid a surge of investment in AI.
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The New York Times
Arts and culture
American superhero film generates $168 million and ₹60,000 at the box office for its opening day record, surpassing .
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Hindustan Times
Disasters and accidents
Twelve people, including five children, are killed and 66 others are injured after a bus overturns on the N1 highway near Trompsburg, Free State, South Africa.
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IOL
Two bodies and a body part are recovered after an avalanche on the Broad Peak in Pakistan buried ten climbers yesterday, including Nirmal Purja, who remains missing.
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BBC News
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that it struck two tankers trying to pass the Strait of Hormuz with aerial protection from the United States, and forced four others to turn around.
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The Guardian
Recent evidence by show that a U.S. strike yesterday on Qeshm Island has hit a family home, killing three people.
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The New York Times
At least 11 Palestinians, including four children, are injured during a raid by Israeli settlers and soldiers in Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Israeli soldiers also detain at least ten people from Bethlehem, Nablus, Salim, and Tell.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)Gaza warIsraeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza warIsraeli settler violence
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Al Jazeera
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirms that they have killed a Mujahideen Brigades militant who was involved in the abduction of Avinatan Or and his girlfriend Noa Argamani during the Nova music festival massacre, and directing the abduction of Sudthisak Rinthalak during the October 7 attacks.
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The Times of Israel
Hamas says that they will disarm if Israel withdraws from and ends its military campaign in the Gaza Strip and if Israel and the U.S. honors the ceasefire agreement signed in October 2025.
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The Washington Post
The IDF says that killed two Hamas operatives accused of smuggling weapons into the Gaza Strip in separate strikes.
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The Times of Israel
Two warehouses in Volgograd and Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan, are attacked and set on fire, causing damage estimated at US$1.5 billion, in the latest of a series of Ukrainian drone strikes targeting the Russian online retailer Wildberries.
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Kyiv Post
A migrant worker is fatally shot and another is injured by insurgents in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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The Indian Express
Human Rights Watch reports that a Sukhoi Su-24 airstrike by the Russian paramilitary group Africa Corps in Mali's Mopti region killed eight civilians in June.
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AP
The Sudan News Agency reports that the Group 26 unit of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group has surrendered its personnel and military equipment to the Sudanese Armed Forces.
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Middle East Monitor
Politics and elections
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AP
Sports
Carlos Cordeiro, senior FIFA executive and adviser to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, resigns in protest of Infantino's plans to sell stakes in FIFA Forward Enterprise to private investors, including American banking institution JPMorgan Chase, calling them "a bad deal for FIFA's members, a bad deal for football, and a bad deal for the long-term future of the game".
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Sky News
The Asian Football Confederation joins UEFA in opposing Infantino's plans and vows to boycott the next tournament if they go ahead.
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The Independent
Infantino reverses his plan to sell stakes in the FIFA World Cup amidst backlash.
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ESPN
International relations
Ceutan mayor-president Juan Jesús Vivas says that around 60,000 undocumented migrants have entered the Spanish exclave in North Africa in the last 24 hours, as the death toll rises to 57.
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BBC News
Videos on social media appear to show the Spanish Army deploying military vehicles towards the border with Morocco.
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Reuters
French interior minister Laurent Nuñez announces that he has ordered increased controls at the border with Spain amid fears the thousands of migrants entering Ceuta could make their way to France.
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Politico
Austrian chancellor Christian Stocker and Finnish interior minister Mari Rantanen join Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni in calling for Spain to be suspended from the Schengen Area in response to the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta over the last 24 hours.
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AA
Spanish authorities close the Melilla border crossing with Morocco after around 400 migrants stormed the border barrier. RTVE reports the sound of gunfire and explosions.
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AA
Italy suspends Schengen border-free travel with Spain, introducing checks on air and sea passengers and strengthening controls with France along the France–Italy border.
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Reuters
Spain's interior ministry says authorities have returned about 48,300 of roughly 50,000 migrants who entered Ceuta from Morocco.
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CBS News
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Reuters
July 30
Science and technology
The Minnesota IT Services reports a cyberattack across 30 municipal community water systems across the state, with American authorities accusing Iran of being behind the cyberattack.
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The New York Times
Disasters and accidents
At least nine people are killed and several others are trapped after an explosion at a four-story building in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, India.
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Hindustan Times
Ten climbers are reported missing, including Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja, after an avalanche on the Broad Peak in Pakistan.
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The Indian Express
Armed conflicts and attacks
Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi reaffirms that talks between the United States and Iran are still ongoing despite recent strikes by the U.S. military.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations2026 Iran war ceasefirePakistan in the 2026 Iran war
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The Times of Israel
Kuwaiti authorities confirm that an Iranian attack targeted a building belonging to a Chinese company and killed one person.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countriesKuwait in the 2026 Iran war
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Kuwait Times
The Egyptian cabinet confirms a drone has hit two vessels yesterday at a port in Damietta, Egypt, including the LNG storage tanker .
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warEgypt in the 2026 Iran war2026 Damietta drone strike
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Reuters
Data shows that the QatarEnergy-controlled LNG tanker exited the Strait of Hormuz, becoming the first LNG vessel from Qatar visible on ship-tracking data to do so since July 11, when exited the strait from Das Island, United Arab Emirates.
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Reuters
Mediators and Hamas reach an agreement to implement the second phase of a United States-backed ceasefire signed in October last year during a meeting in Cairo, Egypt.
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Egyptian Gazette
U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the Board of Peace has reached a deal for a complete disarmament of Hamas.
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Jewish Insider
Amidst reports of a new plan to disarm Hamas, Israel reaffirms that it will not withdraw from the Gaza Strip, including the Yellow Line, until the militant organization is completely disarmed.
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The Jerusalem Post
The Gaza Health Ministry reports that four people, including children, are killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire.
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Al Jazeera
The Israeli military claims it has killed two Hamas militants in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip, including a Nuseirat Battalion commander and a Hamas platoon commander, violating the ongoing ceasefire.
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The Times of Israel
Saudi Arabia's government announces the establishment of the Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance with 14 countries signing the founding document in an effort to keep the Bab-el-Mandeb strait open.
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Saudi Press Agency
About 25 vessels cross the Bab-el-Mandeb strait according to data from Kpler shipping data.
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Reuters
Russian forces launch hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 50 others, including six people killed in a ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih.
Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
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Fana News
An armed Russian Kh-101 cruise missile enters Polish airspace around Lublin, prompting NATO to scramble fighter jets in response. It later explodes in the countryside near Tarnawa-Kolonia.
The Associated Press reports that two former child soldiers said they were trained by Colombian mercenaries after being conscripted by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
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The Washington Post
The Sudanese Air Force launches a series of airstrikes against RSF mobilizations and military positions in the north and west Kordofan.
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Sudan Tribune
The death toll from yesterday's attack in the Hangu district of northwest Pakistan rises to at least eleven police officers.
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AP via ABC News
Business and economy
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development trade bloc reopens its office in Khartoum, Sudan, resuming operations for the first time since the start of the country's civil war in April 2023.
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Sudan Tribune
Health and environment
The death toll from the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo rises to over 1,500 people killed.
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AP
Singapore-based Hilleman Laboratories announces plans to advance an rVSV-based vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola into human trials after World Health Organization experts identified it as the most promising candidate for the epidemic.
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AFP via CNA
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports that the U.S. state has surpassed 10,000 cases of cyclosporiasis, which is caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis.
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CBS News MI
The Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary shuts down for the first time in 44 years amid a drought across the country and extremely low water levels on the Danube river.
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DW
Sports
In association football, UEFA announces that it will boycott the 2030 FIFA World Cup, scheduled to be hosted by current champions Spain along with Portugal and Morocco, if FIFA president Gianni Infantino proceeds with plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
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Sky Sports
In boxing, World Boxing lifts all restrictions on Russian athletes, allowing them to compete with their national symbols.
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Reuters
In ice hockey, the International Ice Hockey Federation extends Russia's ban to the 2027 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, and says that a decision will be made in November for the 2027 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships.
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ESPN
International relations
Thousands of undocumented immigrants cross into the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco. The city's mayor-president, Juan Jesús Vivas, requests the Spanish government to declare a national emergency, but is refused by the interior ministry.
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AP
Senior Italian politicians, including prime minister Giorgia Meloni, deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, and foreign minister Antonio Tajani, call for Spain to be kicked out of the Schengen Zone or the suspension of the Schengen Agreement entirely, citing the alleged threat of undocumented immigrants spreading throughout the European Union.
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Politico EU
Chile and Venezuela restore diplomatic relations after a two-year suspension following Chile's call for a review of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election results.
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The Manila Times
Naoero announces it has withdrawn its recognition of Georgia's breakaway states Abkhazia and South Ossetia, terminating diplomatic relations with these entities "with immediate effect".
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Civil Georgia
Politics and elections
Argentine president Javier Milei issues a decree seeking parliamentary approval to bar or expel foreigners accused of inciting hatred against Argentina or its people, while exempting protected political, academic, and ideological expression.
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Vanguard
July 29
Disasters and accidents
Two firefighters are killed while battling a wildfire near Rethymno, Crete, Greece, while a third dies near Gytheio, Laconia, during a separate operation.
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Malay Mail
A Bell 412 helicopter crashes while on a fire-fighting training operation in San Juan, Argentina, killing all seven occupants.
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AFP via NDTV
Sports
FIFA opens an investigation into the Argentina national football team over altercations during the World Cup final and the display of a banner of the Falklands.
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The Athletic
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli forces strike a mosque in Gaza City in violation of the ongoing ceasefire and accuses Hamas of using it to store weapons.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)Gaza warAttacks on religious sites during the Israeli invasion of Gaza
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The New York Times
Israeli forces accuse Hezbollah of launching a drone attack on its forces in the Ali al-Taher ridge of southern Lebanon, in violation of the ceasefire.
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Arab News
Israeli forces also claim that their 401st Brigade Combat Team and Yahalom Unit have destroyed an underground headquarters belonging to Hezbollah, located near a UNIFIL post.
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Israel National News
The Saudi Arabian Armed Forces and United States Central Command (U.S. CENTCOM) launch strikes against Iran–backed militias in Iraq in response to Iranian drone attacks against oil facilities in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warSaudi Arabia in the 2026 Iran warIraq in the 2026 Iran war
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Reuters
The Popular Mobilization Forces reports that 20 militants have been killed in joint Saudi–U.S. strikes.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warSaudi Arabia in the 2026 Iran warIraq in the 2026 Iran war
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The Defense Post
Several members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are also confirmed to have been killed in the Saudi–U.S. strikes in Iraq.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warSaudi Arabia in the 2026 Iran warIraq in the 2026 Iran war
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The New Region
A drone strike targets the LNG storage tanker , which is leased by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company, at the port of Damietta, Egypt. Additionally, another vessel is also targeted. The group responsible for the strike is currently unknown.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warEgypt in the 2026 Iran war2026 Damietta drone strike
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The New York Times
Data from Kpler shows that 39 commercial vessels have transited through the Bab el-Mandeb yesterday, the highest since July 19, while another five transited it today, including the VLCC and the Aframax tanker .
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Reuters
The reports that Rapid Support Forces militants retreating from Umm Sayala, Jabrat al-Sheikh, and Barah have launched retaliatory strikes in North Kordofan.
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Sudan Tribune
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Garowe Online
Ten police officers are killed in a drone attack and ambush in Hangu district of northwest Pakistan. Pakistani authorities claim that 15 of the attackers were killed.
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Reuters
Law and crime
Bolivian prosecutors issue an arrest warrant for former president Evo Morales for allegedly organizing protests and roadblocks across the country in May and June. The investigation follows complaints alleging armed uprising and terrorism.
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Firstpost
Health and environment
Kenya Wildlife Service says preliminary tests indicated cyanide-contaminated tomatoes may have killed 15 elephants near Amboseli National Park over the past month, warning that livestock grazing in the area could also be exposed.
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The Manila Times
Politics and elections
The government of Nauru announces the official change of name of the country from Nauru to Naoero.
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RNZ