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Report: Trump left Turkey using a decoy plane and catering truck
According to The Washington Post, Donald Trump did not leave this month's NATO summit in Turkey the way he has publicly described.
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WHO Says It Is Losing Ground Against Ebola Outbreak in Congo
The World Health Organisation, the United Nations' health agency, says an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading faster than health workers can contain it.
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Zelenskyy: North Korea Will Send Up to 50,000 More Troops to Fight for Russia
Ukraine's president says Moscow and Pyongyang have agreed to raise North Korea's troop presence in Russia to between 30,000 and 50,000 — a scale that would make it Russia's largest foreign troop contribution and give Pyongyang combat experience with implications far beyond Europe.
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Ukraine Buys Missiles From Turkey as US Stocks Run Low After Iran War
Ukraine bought 70 ATACMS, a US-made long-range missile, from Turkey instead of the US.
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Iran adds demand for war damage payments to Hormuz strait deal
Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, says talks with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are almost finished, but Iran now wants compensation for war damages and other unnamed conditions met first.
EU freezes assets, bans travel for 5 more Russians over strikes on Ukraine
The European Union has added five more people to its sanctions list over Russia's renewed missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
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UK sanctions Russian bank and oil tankers that dodge Western limits
Britain announced new sanctions on Russia, targeting Ozon Bank, a Russian online banking service, and ships from the 'shadow fleet,' a group of aging tankers with hidden owners that Russia uses to keep selling oil despite Western restrictions.
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Netanyahu says Israeli troops will stay in Gaza, rejecting Trump's deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement that Israeli troops will not leave Gaza until Hamas gives up its weapons entirely, rejecting the terms of a Gaza ceasefire and disarmament deal that US President Donald Trump announced only days earlier.
Italy reinstates border checks on travelers arriving from Spain, bypassing Brussels
Italy has reinstated passport checks on non-EU travelers arriving from Spain, using a Schengen rule that lets any EU country restore border checks on its own, only informing Brussels afterward.
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Satellite Photos Support Iran's Claim It Hit Amazon Data Centers in Bahrain
New satellite images appear to confirm Iran struck two Amazon Web Services data centers in Bahrain earlier in July, matching a claim Iran had already made, the Washington Times reported.
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Senators agree on bill to sanction buyers of Russian and Iranian oil
A bipartisan group of US senators has agreed to push forward a bill that would let the government sanction any country or company that buys oil or gas from Russia or Iran, not just Russia and Iran themselves.
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Iran war may be pausing, and oil prices are starting to fall
Two officials in the region told the Associated Press that mediators trying to stop the war in Iran are making real progress.