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Italy struggles with wildfires, heatwave

Italian firefighters battled dozens of wildfires Wednesday in Sicily, where one inferno forced a clinic to be evacuated.

US House approves $95 bn budget plan...

The US House of Representatives approved a $95 billion budget framework on Wednesday, with most of the funding earmarked for the Pentagon to fund the war against Iran.

US announces civilian nuclear deal with Saudi...

The United States on Wednesday announced a landmark deal with Saudi Arabia that would establish a civilian nuclear program in the Gulf country, with Washington insisting the agreement includes nonproliferation safeguards.

Iran declares US radars suffered a ‘dark...

Iran’s latest round of missile and drone strikes disabled multiple US radar, communications, and air-defense systems in Kuwait, according to Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC which claimed American bases across the region had suffered a “dark night.”

Houthis claim strikes on Saudi oil tankers...

Yemen’s Houthis said they had struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea in the first such attack since the Iran-backed militant group declared a naval blockade of the kingdom.

Yemen’s Houthis declare naval blockade on Saudi...

 Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia

Who is Hamas’ new leader Khalil Al-Hayya?

Khalil Al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official who survived an Israeli raid on Qatar in September last year and who is seen as having good ties with Iran, was named on Monday as the overall leader of the Palestinian group.

‘Hold onto all the good things’: Messi...

After what may have been his final World Cup match, Lionel Messi was in tears on the field Sunday in East Rutherford, New Jersey, ruing a missed chance to win a second consecutive title for Argentina.