Hungary says it is being 'blackmailed' by Ukraine over oil flows (www.reuters.com)
Venezuela: President Maduro Closes Presidential Campaign With Massive Rally Filling Caracas Streets (orinocotribune.com)
UK drops plans to challenge ICC arrest warrant request against Benjamin Netanyahu (apnews.com)
UN chief urges wealthy countries to beat fossil fuel ‘addiction’ amid expansions (www.theguardian.com)
Britain drops its challenge to ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders (www.theguardian.com)
India wants to be China's gateway to the West (www.reuters.com)
US told Philippines it made ‘missteps’ in secret anti-vax propaganda effort (www.straitstimes.com)
France trains live updates: Arson attacks on French train network delay thousands of travellers hours before Olympic ceremony (www.bbc.co.uk)
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US-occupied airbase comes under fresh attack in Iraq (www.presstv.ir)
Russia's economy is booming (www.intellinews.com)
US arrests alleged Sinaloa cartel leader and son of ‘El Chapo’ in Texas sting operation (www.cnn.com)
China issues rare praise to Philippine president for his ban on Chinese online gambling operators (apnews.com)
Netanyahu is right: Gaza war is ‘clash between barbarism and civilisation’ (www.scmp.com)
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Australia imposes sanctions on Israeli settlers and youth group over violent attacks on Palestinians (www.theguardian.com)
Fitch downgrades Ukraine further into default zone over $20 billion debt agreement (www.reuters.com)
A Ukrainian Brigade Collapsed—And Now Hundreds Of Soldiers Are Surrounded Near Prohres (www.forbes.com)
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Emirati passports discovered in Sudan suggest UAE boots on the ground (www.middleeasteye.net)
Emirati passports recovered in Sudan have provided damning evidence that the UAE has been intervening in the conflict in the north African country....
The legal ruling by the world's highest court obliges western states not just to end their persecution of the boycott movement but to take up that cause as their own (www.middleeasteye.net)
1/3 of all nations on Earth now face some form of US sanctions. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Exclusive: UK likely to restrict arms sales to Israel (www.middleeasteye.net)
The UK is likely to introduce restrictions on arms sales to Israel, Middle East Eye can reveal. It is also expected to drop its objection to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant for senior Israeli leaders....
How four U.S. presidents unleashed economic warfare across the globe (www.washingtonpost.com)
We bought everything needed to make $3 million worth of fentanyl. All it took was $3,600 and a web browser (www.reuters.com)
Taiwan sees flooding and landslides from Typhoon Gaemi, which caused 22 deaths in the Philippines (apnews.com)
Tanker with 1,500 tonnes of oil sinks off Philippines (www.bbc.com)
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