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Turkey blocked access to the social media platform on Aug 2 for failing to comply with the country's «laws and rules» and public sensitivities. A top Turkish official accused Instagram of blocking condolence posts over the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza early Saturday, killing at least 80 people, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest strikes in the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military acknowledged it targeted the Tabeen school in central Gaza City, claiming it hit a Hamas command centre within the school. Hamas denied that. The United Nations said the latest strike was part of Israel's increasing attacks on Gaza's schools, which have been turned into shelters for people who have been forced to flee their homes by the war. Video from the scene showed walls blown out on the ground level of a large building. Concrete chunks and twisted metal lay atop the blood-soaked floor, along with clothing, toppled furniture and other debris. A blackened car with the windows blown out was covered in rubble.

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Gaza's civil defence agency said Saturday at least 90 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced people in the besieged Palestinian territory. The agency said three Israeli rockets hit the school in Gaza City, describing the incident as a «horrific massacre», with some bodies catching fire. Israel's army said Saturday it had «precisely struck Hamas terrorists operating within a Hamas command and control center embedded in the Al-Taba'een school».

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Biden administration has decided to lift a ban on U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Friday, reversing a three-year-old policy to pressure the kingdom to wind down the Yemen war. The State Department was lifting its suspension on certain transfers of air-to-ground munitions to Saudi Arabia, a senior department official confirmed. «We will consider new transfers on a typical case-by-case basis consistent with the Conventional Arms Transfer Policy,» the official said. Reuters was first to report the decision earlier, citing five sources.

Iran is undertaking research activities that have put it in a better position to launch a nuclear-weapons program, though it has yet to do so, according to a new assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies. The shift in Washington’s view of Iran’s nuclear efforts comes at a critical time, with Iran having produced enough highly-enriched nuclear fuel for a few nuclear weapons.

security flaw could have existed for as long as 18 years, yet it remained undetected by developers until recently. The issue was uncovered by researchers from the Israeli cybersecurity firm Oligo, leading it to be labeled as a "zero-day vulnerability" due to the lack of prior awareness and immediate patching.The exploit, dubbed the "0.0.0.0-day attack" by Oligo AI security researcher Avi Lumelsky, involves malicious websites potentially sending harmful requests through the 0.0.0.0 IP address.

Oil prices edged higher on Thursday for the third straight session after government data showed a steep draw in U.S. crude stockpiles, rebounding from multi-month lows touched this week. Brent crude futures rose 23 cents, or 0.3%, at $78.56 a barrel by 0017 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained 29 cents, or 0.4%, to $75.52.

Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry says it's ordered Egyptian airlines to avoid Iranian airspace for three hours on Thursday after a notice from Tehran to do so because of military exercises

NASA officials said on Wednesday that the two astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who are on a trip to the International Space Station (ISS) by Boeing's Starliner, could return on SpaceX's Crew Dragon in February 2025 instead if Starliner is still deemed unsafe to return to Earth. t was meant to be a weeklong trip to the ISS for the first NASA astronauts to fly with Boeing could extend to eight months The U.S. space agency has been discussing potential plans with SpaceX to leave two seats empty on an upcoming Crew Dragon launch for NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who became the first crew to fly Boeing's Starliner capsule to the ISS in June. A final decision on whether to persist with Boeing's Starliner — which experienced concerning propulsion system problems as it flew up to the orbital platform in June — is expected later this month, officials said Wednesday in a call with reporters.

Kamala Harris choose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz over Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and other contenders as her running mate? Was it because the Democrat presumptive candidate found him as radical as Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance? According to 'The Telegraph', like Team Trump, the Harris campaign wanted to placate its radical wing. Donald Trump's running mate is more religiously devout than him and more passionate about conservative issues like marriage and family. So, the Democrats too wanted to select someone who could be portrayed as religious and conservative.

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Egypt's local currency is sliding against the U.S. dollar after recent increases in fuel prices and subway fares

United Nations court on Wednesday to join South Africa's genocide lawsuit against Israel, a Turkish official said. The declaration of intervention will be submitted at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the official said on condition of anonymity in accordance with regulations. Turkiye, one of the fiercest critics of Israel's actions in Gaza, will become the latest nation to seek to participate in the case. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has frequently compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler, accused his country of genocide, called for it to be punished in international courts and criticised Western nations for backing Israel.

Bitcoin (BTC) prices could be back to above $60,000 by the end of the week, a Russian economist has claimed.

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Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week, the group said on Tuesday, in a move that reinforces the radical path pursued since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Sinwar, the architect of the most devastating attack on Israel in decades, has been in hiding in Gaza, defying Israeli attempts to kill him since the start of the war. «The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announces the selection of Commander Yahya Sinwar as the head of the political bureau of the movement, succeeding the martyr Commander Ismail Haniyeh, may Allah have mercy on him,» the movement said in a brief statement.

Bitcoin’s price recently rebounded to around $55,126 after dipping below $50,000, reaching an intraday high of $56,245. This recovery comes amid a series of economic pressures, including the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain high interest rates, which has heightened recession fears.

polished diamonds in international markets due to recession. As per Kiran Gems company website, it is the 'world's largest manufacturer of natural diamonds. «We have announced a 10-day vacation for our 50,000 employees. Though we will deduct some amount, all employees will be paid a salary for this period. We are forced to announce this vacation because of the recession. I am tired of this recession now,» Kiran Gems chairman Vallabhbhai Lakhani told PTI. He underlined the short supply of rough diamonds and the lack of sufficient demand for polished diamonds exported by the company.

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