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Hormuz traffic sees sharp uptick but not back to normal

LONDON: Strait of Hormuz traffic has increased sharply, but remains at roughly half its peacetime level, officials said on Thursday as stranded sailors made their way out of the waterway. Seventy confirmed crossings were...

Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz. — Reuters file photo

Parties in Yemen agree to exchange 1,600 prisoners

Christine Cipolla from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sits next to Hans Grundberg, UN Special Envoy for Yemen, as members of the Supervisory Committee on the Detainees Release Agreement attend the closing ceremony of a meeting between the Yemeni government and the Ansar Allah in Amman. — Reuters

Iraq seeking IMF, World Bank aid due to war

Iraqi lawmakers attend a parliamentary session to vote in a new government headed by Ali al Zaidi as prime minister, in Baghdad. — Reuters

Abbas commits to hold elections, pursue reforms

Palestinian women wave flags as they attend the opening of the Fatah party's eighth general conference at Al Azhar University in Gaza City. - AFP

Latvia PM resigns over straying Ukraine drones

Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Silina

Iran calls upon BRICS members to challenge what it says are international law violations

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Israel, Lebanon to hold further US-mediated talks in Washington

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Trump arrives in China for summit with Xi

US President Donald Trump receives flowers upon arriving at Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing on Wednesday. - AFP

Shippers seek passage via Hormuz

A rally in support of Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran. — NYT file photo.

Israeli strikes kill 12 in Lebanon ahead of US-mediated talks

First responders intervene on a vehicle targeted by an Israeli drone strike on a highway near the town of Jiyeh, south of Beirut. — AFP

Iran retains substantial missile capabilities: US Intelligence

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Israel strikes Lebanon as authorities report 380 killed since truce

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Hopes fade for Iran breakthrough

People walk past an anti-US billboard in Tehran. — Reuters

Israel conducts raid along south Lebanon's Litani river

An explosion erupts in the area of Al Housh following Israeli bombardment as seen from Tyre in southern Lebanon. — AFP

War has cost $29 billion so far

US warship

Qatar urges Iran not to use Hormuz to 'blackmail' Gulf

Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani.
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