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Armed conflicts and attacks
Tasnim News Agency reports that Iran is undecided as to sending a negotiating delegation to Islamabad while a naval blockade remains in place. (Reuters)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Nineteen alleged New People's Army militants are killed in a shootout with the army in Toboso, Negros Occidental, Philippines. (TRT World)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Two civilians killed and three wounded in a mass shooting at a bar in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí. Authorities began to investigate the attack as part of a conflict between delictive cells. (El Universal in Spanish)
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Disasters and accidents
At least 25 people are killed and 13 others are injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India. (BBC News)
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Disasters and accidents
Eight people are killed, including two children, and three others are injured in two separate drowning incidents in the Kaveri river in Mysore district, Karnataka, India. (Deccan Herald)
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Disasters and accidents
Seven people are killed, including six children, in a propane tank explosion and fire at a house in Lamar Township, Pennsylvania, United States. (WNEP-TV)
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Disasters and accidents
A spectator is killed and two others are injured when a car crashes into spectators at the Codasur South American Rally Championship in Córdoba, Argentina. (Infobae in Spanish)
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Disasters and accidents
A fire destroys about 1,000 homes in a stilt settlement in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia, displacing thousands of residents. (AFP via Gulf News)
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Politics and elections
Bulgarians vote for 240 seats of the National Assembly in the nation's eighth election since April 2021. Former president Rumen Radev leads the soft eurosceptic Progressive Bulgaria coalition, the frontrunner of the election according to opinion polls. (AFP via RFI) (AP)
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Politics and elections
Several universities across Islamabad and Rawalpindi in Pakistan, including the International Islamic University and Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, will shift to online classes amidst a potential second round of talks between Iran and the U.S. (The Express Tribune)
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Politics and elections
Nus Kei, chairperson of the Golkar Party's Southeast Maluku Regency branch in Indonesia, is assassinated at Karel Sadsuitubun Airport. The two perpetrators are subsequently arrested. (CNN Indonesia in Indonesian) (Tempo in Indonesian)
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Science and technology
A humanoid robot developed by Chinese company Honor completes a half marathon in Beijing involving both robots and human runners in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, faster than the standing human world record. (AFP via RTÉ) (Fox News)