Morocco is courting the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the World Bank to help finance a proposed $26 billion gas pipeline along the coast of Africa, Rabat’s top diplomat in the US said https://t.co/cOILG4YMvd
#FMTWorld Six Chinese vessels and a rescue helicopter as well as one Vietnamese vessel are conducting search and rescue operations in the area.
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A Vietnamese vessel sank after encountering distress in waters near Yongshu Reef in the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea, with 37 people rescued as of 7:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities of China’s Sansha City said.
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A Vietnamese vessel, "KHOI NGUYEN 18," sank in the South China Sea on July 25. Chinese rescue forces—6 ships and a helicopter—along with one Vietnamese vessel, have saved 44 of the 62 crew members so far. Search operations continue.
NEW!! Zelenskyy confirms our reporting from earlier this week: Ukraine and the U.S. signed a statement of intent establishing a framework for future drone coop, which represents the first agreement of its kind between the two countries
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⚡️⭕️ Iran: Foreign Ministry spokesperson says no change in traffic situation in Strait of Hormuz after talks with Oman at deputy foreign minister level in Tehran on Friday and Saturday. (IRIB News)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has held separate phone calls with Iran’s Abbas Araghchi and Oman’s Badr al-Busaidi.
- Whenever Cairo and Muscat coordinate in parallel with Tehran, it is worth paying attention: Egypt and Oman may once again be working on a discreet regional de-escalation channel.
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Vice President JD Vance and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine both raised concerns about escalating the war in Iran as President Donald Trump weighed the possibility during a White House meeting on Friday, a source familiar with the matter and a US official told CNN.
On Friday night, the US appeared to pause its bombing campaign on Iran after nearly two weeks of consecutive nights of strikes. Operations are "on a hold," a Department of Defense source told CNN on Saturday. https://t.co/5CKmWDSfsC
🇰🇵JUST IN: North Korea reportedly arrests its own hackers for stealing state funds and laundering them through crypto, per CoinDesk.
The group allegedly breached the Central Bank of the DPRK and Foreign Trade Bank, moved funds into overseas crypto wallets, and used Chinese brokers to convert to cash.