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President Isaac Herzog formally tasked Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming Israel's next government at a ceremony in Jerusalem on Sunday, after 67 of the Knesset's 120 members recommended him and 46 recommended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.…
✔ Sources: JTA, Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post
President Trump told CNN in a phone interview that new strikes on Iran are 'highly unlikely' if talks progress on Iran's nuclear program and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, while saying three U.S. aircraft carriers in the region are 'fully locked and…
✔ Sources: Al Jazeera, The New Arab, Tag24
A Saudi Energy Ministry official said falling shrapnel from an attempted attack hit a Saudi Aramco administrative building in Riyadh on Sunday, causing limited damage and no injuries. The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed missiles fired by Yemen's…
✔ Sources: Arab News (with Reuters), The New Arab, Investing.com
A train traveling from Giza to Fayoum struck the rear of a train bound for Aswan in the al-Ayyat district of Giza province, about 32 miles south of Cairo, on Sunday. Egypt's Health Ministry says at least seven people were killed and more than 100 were…
✔ Sources: AP via WSVN, Al Jazeera, CBS News
Pope Leo XIV held an outdoor Mass outside Montevideo to close a three-day visit to Uruguay on Sunday before heading to Argentina, the home country of Pope Francis. AP calls Argentina the most fraught stop of his 12-day tour, because Argentine church…
✔ Sources: AP via ABC News, NPR via WVXU, Prensa Latina
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