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The Israel Defense Forces says that it has launched preemptive strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon ahead of an

expected major missile and drone attack on Israel.

At least four people are killed and 37 others are injured in overnight Russian attacks in Chernihiv, Sumy,

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly presents the Ukrainian-produced Palianytsia rocket drone

and loitering munition, intended to serve as the Ukrainian counterpart to the Russian ZALA Kub-BLA.

Ukraine accuses Belarus of building up a "significant level" of troops and weaponry, including artillery,

multiple-launch rocket systems and air defense systems along the border under the guise of military exercises, and demands their immediate withdrawal.

Pope Francis condemns the Ukrainian government's ban of the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church and other

Russia-linked religious groups as infringing on Ukrainian civilians' civil right to religious freedom.

Governor of Belgorod Oblast Vyacheslav Gladkov says that five civilians have been killed by Ukrainian

Hamas states that it will refuse any ceasefire conditions that allow Israel to continue to control the Rafah

Crossing and Philadelphi Corridor, and also accuses the United States of spreading false optimism to support Democratic nominee Kamala Harris's presidential campaign instead of implementing constructive diplomatic measures.

The Islamic State group claims responsibility for yesterday's mass stabbing in Solingen, Germany, that killed

Hungary accuses the European Union of being behind Ukraine-placed sanctions blocking Russian oil shipments to

both Hungary and Slovakia essential for their fuel security as blackmail for anti-Ukraine acts, following the European Commission's refusal to mediate sanction negotiations while asserting that there was no oil shortage.

The European Union Operation Aspides task force warns of a likely significant and ongoing oil spill in the

Red Sea following Houthi demolition of the Greek-flagged Sounion oil tanker carrying 150,000 tons of petroleum, with Houthi footage showing flaming oil leaking into the sea.

Eleven Los Zetas gunmen are sentenced to 50 years in prison each for the 2010–2011 massacres of 122 men in

Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, who were taken off passing buses and forced to fight each other to death with sledgehammers.

The owner and founder of the Telegram and VK social networks Pavel Durov is arrested at Paris–Le Bourget

Airport in France shortly after arriving from Azerbaijan, in connection with alleged illegal activity on his Telegram app.