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Iran-US war intensifies

Smoke rises after a drone was intercepted during early morning hours in Manama on Tuesday. — Reuters

Israeli fire kills nine in Gaza, including a 10-year-old

A woman reacts during the funeral for several victims killed after a police station was was hit by Israeli bombardment in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip, in Gaza City on July 14, 2026. Gaza's civil defence agency and the hospital said that the Israeli airstrike on the police station in northern Gaza killed eight people on July 14, including a woman officer. In a statement condemning the strike, Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which controls Gaza's police force, said that the police station chief was among those killed. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Lebanon, Israel hold new talks round in Rome

A motorcade arrives on the first day of talks between the Lebanese and Israeli delegations at the US Embassy in Rome. — AFP

Russia to redirect ships from Azov Sea over Ukraine strikes

An artilleryman of the National Guard of Ukraine works with a self-propelled howitzer, near a frontline in Donetsk region. — Reuters

France flaunts firepower, unity in military parade

Troops march during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris. — AFP

US immigration agents involved in second shooting

People participate in a peaceful walking vigil honoring a 26-year-old Colombian man who was fatally shot during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13, 2026. A US immigration officer on July 13, fatally shot a man identified by rights groups as a 26-year-old Colombian, an incident likely to fuel criticism of President Donald Trump's deportation drive. The shooting happened in Biddeford, a town of 22,000 people in the northern state of Maine, and comes a week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot dead a Mexican man in Texas.

Fire ravages popular forest outside Paris

French firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire in the Fontainebleau forest, during a heatwave affecting a large part of the country, in Noisy-sur-Ecole, France, July 14, 2026. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

Families claim bodies of Bangkok fatal fire

Relatives mourn victims killed in a club fire at the Police General Hospital in Bangkok. — AFP

China urges US, Iran to restore safe passage through Hormuz

A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, July 9, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Tanker struck off Oman coast, says UK maritime agency

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Wildfires ravage over 1,300 hectares of historic forest near Paris

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Iran MPs present bill on Strait of Hormuz: security committee chief

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Indian national killed in attack on two UAE ships in Hormuz

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US air base in Jordan targeted: Report

FILE PHOTO - Lockheed Martin F-35B fighter jets of the US Marines fly over a Naval Station

US-Iran ceasefire effectively collapses

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