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July 26 - An international cargo vessel sank off the coast of Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa on Sunday, a week after Ukrainian officials said it had been struck by Russian forces. Ukraine's ports authority said the Go
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TEHRAN - Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on July 26 warned that his country would respond to a deadly attack by Ukraine on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea. It came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
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Israel will allow a multinational security force to enter Gaza as proposed under US President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan for the enclave, an Israeli official said on July 26, a day before Prime Minister Benjamin Netan
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SAO PAULO, July 26 - Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Buenos Aires after Argentine President Javier Milei used a trip to the country to criticize its leaders and judiciary, two sources familiar with the matter said
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Pinar del Rio, Cuba, July 26 - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel issued a sharp condemnation of Washington's oil embargo and hardened sanctions in a speech on Sunday, calling the policy of U.S. President Donald Trump's a
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DUBAI/WASHINGTON - Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States maintains its latest pause on air strikes, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on July 26, after President Donald Trump abruptly called o
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SARAJEVO, July 26 - Five Bosnian climbers are feared to have died on Russia's Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe, after being caught in a violent storm, a Bosnian climbing rescue service said on Sunday, as Russ
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LONDON – London’s Gatwick Airport said on July 26 it was suffering from “a water supply issue”, with toilets reported to be out of order and restaurants closed at Britain’s second-busiest air hub. The issue impacting bot
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For a few weeks this summer you could look at the oil price and forget the Iran war had ever happened. In June America signed a deal with Iran, waiving sanctions on its enemy’s oil exports in exchange for ships’ safe pas
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July 26 - Russia considers it premature to comment on reports that the United States and Ukraine are discussing a possible halt to aerial attacks as part of efforts to end the war, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on
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WASHINGTON, July 26 - U.S. President Donald Trump has paused attacks on Iran to allow more room for diplomacy, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations told Fox News. "He's giving talks some space, he's giving it a litt
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BORDEAUX/MADRID July 26 - Wildfires advanced towards the outskirts of the historic city of Bordeaux, at the heart of France's winelands, on Sunday as France and Spain battled blazes that have forced the evacuation of hun
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