Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem has reaffirmed the group’s refusal to disarm while Israel continues its airstrikes and occupies parts of southern Lebanon

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Tropical storm warnings were issued for portions of the two states, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

Tropical storm warnings were issued for portions of the two states, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

State TV showed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waving and nodding to a chanting crowd in Tehran.

Azura Stevens scored 21 points, and the Sparks won at Indianapolis for the second time in nine days, defeating the Fever, minus Caitlin Clark, 89-87.

He is going back to his home area.

Violence and shootings tend to surge during the summer, especially on one of the deadliest days of the year

Friday’s US Independence Day holiday was marked by multiple shootings across the US, including one in Indianapolis that left at least two dead and five wounded as a police chief voiced frustration over the latest acts of violence in his city.

Indianapolis metropolitan police chief Chris Bailey told reporters early Saturday morning that the Fourth of July mayhem a day earlier was “completely unacceptable and unnecessary” – and that parents and guardians needed to better control their children.

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Elder José Arteaga Hernández in custody after the non-fatal attack on Miguel Uribe Turbay in a Bogotá park in June

The alleged mastermind behind the shooting of a conservative Colombian senator and presidential candidate has been taken into custody, almost a month after the attack, law enforcement authorities have said.

Elder José Arteaga Hernández, alias “Chipi” or “Costeño”, was arrested in the north-western part of the capital, Bogotá, on Saturday, national police director Maj Gen Carlos Fernando Triana told reporters. Authorities had previously accused him and other suspects of being near the Bogotá park where Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot on 7 June.

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