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Israel launches airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels, and Houthis launch missile at Israel
July 07, 2025 - 12:47 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s military launched airstrikes early Monday targeting ports and facilities held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, with the rebels responding with missile fire targeting Israel.
Lion owners arrested after an attack on woman and her 2 children in Pakistan
July 07, 2025 - 12:36 AM

LAHORE (AP) — The owners of a pet lion that escaped from a farmhouse and injured a woman and her two children have been arrested in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, authorities said Sunday.
An eruption of Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano sends ash 11 miles high
July 07, 2025 - 12:32 AM

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 18 kilometers (11 miles) into the sky and depositing ash on villages.
3 more Turkish soldiers die from methane gas in Iraqi cave, raising deaths to 8
July 07, 2025 - 12:30 AM

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Three more Turkish soldiers have died from methane gas poisoning following a cave search operation in northern Iraq, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said Monday, bringing the death toll to eight. The soldiers had been searching for the remains of a fellow soldier previously killed by Kurdish militants.
Poland reinstates border controls with Germany and Lithuania to discourage asylum-seekers
July 07, 2025 - 12:18 AM

SLUBICE, Poland (AP) — Poland reinstated border controls on Monday with neighboring Germany and Lithuania following similar German restrictions imposed earlier this year aimed at discouraging asylum-seekers.
French police are slashing boats but migrants are still determined to reach the UK
July 07, 2025 - 12:11 AM

ECAULT BEACH, France (AP) — Across the English Channel, the U.K.'s white cliffs beckon. On fine days, men and women with children in their arms and determination in their eyes can see the shoreline of what they believe will be a promised land as they attempt the

Pamplona holds opening bull run during San Fermín festival
July 07, 2025 - 12:09 AM

PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of daredevils ran, skidded and tumbled out of the way of six charging bulls at the opening run of the San Fermín festival Monday.
Wimbledon's expansion plan heads to court while facing opposition from local residents
July 07, 2025 - 12:02 AM

LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic calls it a “win-win.” Carlos Alcaraz says it’s a “great idea.”
Australian mushroom cook is convicted of triple murder after serving a fatal beef Wellington lunch
July 06, 2025 - 11:42 PM

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian woman Erin Patterson was Monday found guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch.
Typhoon Danas crosses Taiwan, killing 2 and injuring more than 300
July 06, 2025 - 10:50 PM

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Danas brought heavy winds and torrential rains to parts of Taiwan early Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 300 on the island’s densely populated west coast.
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Israel launches airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels, and Houthis launch missile at Israel

Lion owners arrested after an attack on woman and her 2 children in Pakistan

An eruption of Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano sends ash 11 miles high

3 more Turkish soldiers die from methane gas in Iraqi cave, raising deaths to 8

Poland reinstates border controls with Germany and Lithuania to discourage asylum-seekers

French police are slashing boats but migrants are still determined to reach the UK

Pamplona holds opening bull run during San Fermín festival

Wimbledon's expansion plan heads to court while facing opposition from local residents

Australian mushroom cook is convicted of triple murder after serving a fatal beef Wellington lunch

Typhoon Danas crosses Taiwan, killing 2 and injuring more than 300

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