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#BREAKING: Trump says Iran’s Kharg Island is being “blown to smithereens.”

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#BREAKING: The U.S. hit two Iranian launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

CENTCOM says the IRGC was preparing to fire rockets with sea mines. Iran says people were killed and vows a response. First known U.S. strike on Iran since late July.

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Eight missiles intercepted by Jordan.
What this means: Iran is testing regional defenses systematically — first UAE, now Jordan. Each "test" maps out air defense gaps.
If Iran can find a pattern in interception failures, the next volley won't be defensive warning — it'll be tactical strike.
This is escalation by calculation, not emotion.

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#BREAKING: Nicolás Maduro posts photos from a U.S. prison.

Grey sweats, victory sign. The stills are dated 25 June. He says he and Cilia Flores are “holding firm.”

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Before the disaster, Nepal had asked China for early flood warnings as the risk built.

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At least 7 dead and 23 missing after the ferry went over off northern Cyprus. Survivors were seen on the hull.

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#BREAKING: Nepal steps up the rescue for hundreds still trapped in tunnels after the flood.

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Xi Jinping lands in Bishkek for the SCO summit. A meeting with Putin is set on the sidelines.

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Families waiting on higher ground in Nepal as the river keeps rising.

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Ontario’s premier put the old name back on the shoreline after Washington tried “Lake America.”

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#BREAKING: Nepal begins mass burials of unidentified flood victims. Families are still searching for the missing.

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#BREAKING: A boat carrying about 270 people capsizes off northern Cyprus, local media say.

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#BREAKING: Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will hold their first defence-pact meeting, a source tells Reuters.

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#BREAKING: Niger says it has regained control of the airbase after the soldiers’ mutiny.

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#BREAKING: Iran’s Khamenei, in a written message, urges Gulf rulers to confront the “real enemy.”

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#BREAKING: Israel’s energy minister says Israel will strike Iran if Tehran restarts its nuclear or ballistic-missile work — even if there is a U.S. deal.

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#BREAKING: China identifies the nationalities of 261 foreigners missing in the Himalayan mudslide.

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#BREAKING: Nepal-China flood deaths now 682. Missing rises to 2,980.

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#BREAKING: North Korea’s defense minister No Kwang-chol is out.

Kim Jong-un ordered the change at a Central Military Commission meeting. No was also dropped from the party’s central leadership and moved to munitions. Kim Song-gi takes the post.

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#BREAKING: The U.S. pledges $500,000 and a disaster adviser to flood-hit Nepal.