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Three deaths were reported, the first in the Iran-backed militia’s repeated attacks on vessels in the same waters, which the group says aim to pressure Israel to halt the war in Gaza.

President Macky Sall previously postponed the election without setting a date. On Wednesday, he also fired the prime minister, his party’s candidate for president.

With Ramadan approaching and the war nearing the five-month mark, indirect talks mediated by Egypt and Qatar have not yielded a deal.

In her most forceful comments to date, the vice president called on Hamas to agree to a six-week pause currently on the table, and Israel to increase the flow of aid into Gaza “given the immense scale of suffering.”

Also, Pakistan’s newly elected prime minister and a bard of China’s rust belt

On Friday, boat companies began operating in Colombia after a five-day pause, allowing migrants to once again make their way through the notorious jungle terrain and continue toward the U.S. border.

Ordinary Iranians, fed up with a faltering economy and the government’s oppressive rules and violent crackdowns on peaceful protests, heeded calls to stay home.

International leaders and aid groups said the disaster reinforced the need for an immediate halt in fighting and more relief for Gaza.

In gritty tales from China’s northeast, Shuang Xuetao chronicles a traumatic chapter of Chinese history with fresh resonance today: the mass layoffs that afflicted the region in the 1990s.

The Palestinian news agency reported that Israeli tanks had fired at thousands waiting for aid. Israeli officials said Gazans were trampled and run over by aid trucks.