The International Desk

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🇬🇧 British pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca has held talks with US rival Bristol Myers Squibb about a merger valued at nearly $400 billion, The Financial Times has reported.

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BREAKING 🇮🇷 : Iran foreign ministry says currently no negotiations with United States

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🇮🇷 Iran's FM Spox. Esmail Baghaei on Ukrainian drone strike on an Iranian commercial vessel:

The Ukrainian authorities, in the communication they had both directly with the Foreign Minister and in the messages they conveyed to us, emphasized that this action was unintentional.

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🇮🇷 Iran's FM Spox. Esmail Baghaei:
We are currently not having negotiations with the United States, and the negotiations with Oman are focused on reaching an agreement regarding the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Oil prices fall nearly 5% after US announces new Iran talks

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🇨🇺 Cuba state energy firm reports new nationwide blackout

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Trump:

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BREAKING 🇷🇺: Belgorod State Technological University in Russia sustained significant structural damage following a Ukrainian drone strike. The facility was reportedly being used for the manufacturing and testing of drones.

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🇮🇷 Iran's IRNA: Media reports an incident involving a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

- Some news sources reported an incident involving a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, near the northeastern coast of Khashab, Oman.

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🇺🇸 Reporter: On Iran, what happens now?

President Trump: We are talking to them. It begins tomorrow afternoon. It would save a lot of lives.

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🇺🇸 Trump on Iran:

I was asked to by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, by Qatar, and by Iran to hold off strikes.

It would have been a massive attack.

When the allies asked to call it off, you gotta say, "Well, let's see."

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🇨🇳 China is signaling it won't fundamentally change its state-led, export-driven economic model despite pressure from the U.S. and EU.

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BREAKING 🇲🇦 : First official Moroccan toll says 11 died trying to reach Ceuta

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Xbox Price Increase Hits UK and Europe Harder Than the US

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The White House: Locked in.

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BREAKING 🇺🇸 : The FBI and EPA warn that cyberattacks targeting U.S. water systems are causing “operational disruptions” and raising concerns about the security of critical domestic infrastructure.

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🇺🇸 U.S. has naturalized nearly 900,000 people over the past 12 months, according to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

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🇮🇱 Israel says it does not trust Hamas to genuinely disarm and has warned the U.S. that it will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas gives up its weapons - AP

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We must strive to compel the enemy to remain committed to what it has signed. The security of the country, the region, and our allies will be enhanced by this memorandum.

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🇮🇷 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

The memorandum that was signed is the result of the collective wisdom of Shura Council's members, and all members are in sympathy with it. I believe this memorandum will be the center of gravity of our foreign relations in the future.