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Water Plants Under Fire in the Gulf Are Crucial to Civilians

Several days of airstrikes have hit water and energy plants in Kuwait, a nation that relies on desalination for 90 percent of its drinking water.

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A satellite image showing smoke rising from the Subiya Power and Water Desalination Plant in Kuwait on Saturday.
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7.3-Magnitude Earthquake Off Coast of Mexico and Guatemala Poses Tsunami Threat

A powerful earthquake near the border of Mexico and Guatemala raised fears of a tsunami and shook buildings across three countries.

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People outside the Biblioteca Nacional in San Salvador, El Salvador, following a 7.4 magnitude earthquake on Friday.
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Orphanage Fire Kills Eleven in Algeria

The fire on Thursday morning at an orphanage near the nation’s capital killed 11 people, including children, and injured a dozen, the authorities said.

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The police at the entrance to an orphanage in Mohammadia, a suburb of Algiers, after a fatal fire on Thursday. Algeria’s president said children were among the dead.
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U.S. Strikes Hit Greater Tunb Island in Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had attacked Iranian cruise missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb, one of several small islands in the Strait of Hormuz subject to a decades-old territorial dispute.

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Vessels at anchor in May off the coast of Oman, about 60 miles from Greater Tunb island in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iran’s Cyberattackers Tracked Phones of U.S. Military Personnel in the Mideast, Data Suggests

Researchers say Iran’s cyberwarfare capabilities have grown more advanced and aggressive during the war with the United States and Israel.

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Iran used cellphone signals to track U.S. military members at the start of the war, according to newly released data.
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Mexico to File Criminal Complaints in U.S. Over Immigrant Deaths

The nation’s president vowed to go “beyond diplomatic notes” after a U.S. immigration agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican man, in Texas this week.

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A candlelight vigil on Wednesday in Houston, at the spot where Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed a day earlier.
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Royal Rapprochement: Harry and Meghan Pay a Rare Visit to the King and Queen

Friday’s visit to King Charles and Queen Camilla signaled a détente in relations with Prince Harry and his wife, who stepped down from royal duties and moved to the United States in 2020.

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Prince Harry visiting a hospital in Birmingham, England, on Thursday.
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In Exchange of Strikes With Iran, U.S. Lands Most of the Blows

This difference reflects Iran’s limited firepower and degraded air defenses, and highlights how the war is taking a disproportionate toll on Iranians.

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A screen grab from a social media video showing the aftermath of a strike on Wednesday in Kuhestak, Iran.
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India Calls Out Meta Over Reported Child Sexual Abuse Imagery in Ads

The tech giant that owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp says it is in touch with the Indian authorities about reports that exploitative content is being hawked on one of its platforms.

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A Meta logo at a conference in Mumbai, India.
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In Rwanda, July 4 Is Liberation Day From Genocide

The Central African nation remembers the end of a murderous campaign against ethnic Tutsis that killed hundreds of thousands of people.

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People held a candlelight vigil in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2019 for those killed in the 1994 genocide.
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U.K. Lawmakers Demand Deportation of ‘Grooming Gang’ Leader

Shabir Ahmed was handed a lengthy prison sentence in 2012 for his ties to a sexual exploitation ring.

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Protesters demonstrating last month in Southampton, England, where a man had been sentenced the day before for a fatal stabbing in December. Some right-wing figures have tried to link immigration and crime.
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