— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱/🇦🇪 NEW: Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed wrote on X that the United Arab Emirates "will not support any post-war plans for Gaza without the establishment of a Palestinian state"

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦/🇦🇪 NEW: Russia and Ukraine completed a prisoner exchange deal, with each side releasing 103 prisoners.

Most of the released Russian prisoners were taken captive during the Ukrainian invasion of the Kursk region. The UAE mediated between Kyiv and Moscow.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: The IDF struck a school in ​​Gaza City, claiming Hamas produced explosives there

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— 🇺🇸/🇾🇪 NEW: CENTCOM has stated that it destroyed three drones and one vehicle belonging to Yemen's Ansarallah in the last 24 hours

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: Over one quarter of younger Black men under 50 say they would support Republican candidate Donald Trump in this year's U.S. presidential election, an NAACP poll showed on Friday

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— ❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will embark on a 'broad and powerful' operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon

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— ❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: According to Israeli Channel 13, Netanyahu has officially made the decision to gradually expand offensive operations in the North

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Benny Gantz, former Minister of the War Cabinet and Ex-Minister of Defense:

'The time has come to exercise strength and use force against Hezbollah and return the residents safely to their homes.

The time has come for the North.'

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— ❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: The Israeli War Cabinet will covene on Monday to take a 'major decision' regarding the Northern front

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— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇱🇧 NEW: The United States is reportedly attempting to postpone an Israeli attack on Lebanon until after the Presidential election in November – Kann

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— 🇺🇸/🇦🇪 NEW: The United Arab Emirates does not expect to resume talks with the U.S. about a multi-billion dollar deal for F-35 warplanes, irrespective of who is elected to the White House in November

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Al-Mayadeen: Israeli artillery shelling targets the outskirts of the town of Shebaa

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🇾🇪🇮🇱⚡- "We warn our enemies that the coming days will bring surprises they will not expect," – Ansar-Allah Defense Ministry.

— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇬🇧/🇾🇪 Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff of Yemen's Ansarullah: 'We will make our response to the enemies America, Britain and Israel a nightmare that threatens their security'

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— 🇸🇸 NEW: South Sudan’s government has announced it is postponing long-delayed general elections until December 2026, citing a lack of preparedness

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: The MISTI-Israel Lockheed Martin Fund has been shut down after sustained pressure from students.

Established in 2019, the fund connected MIT students and researchers with Lockheed Martin's Israeli offices.

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This is significant, Iran's current SLV is the Qaem-100, which was used today to launch the Chamran-1 research satellite.

The above statement for the first time officially announces a Qaem-105 launch in the short term; Qaem-105 is a vastly improved and more advanced version of the current Qaem-100 satellite rocket.