BEIRUT -- Twelve people were killed and eight others were injured Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a drilling machine and a Syrian refugee camp in the Wadi Faara area in eastern Lebanon, according to Lebanon's official National News Agency. (Lebanon-Israel-Killing)
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LONDON -- U.S. President Donald Trump has encouraged Kiev to escalate deep strikes into Russian territory, even asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky whether Moscow could be targeted if long-range weapons were supplied, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
"Volodymyr, can you hit Moscow? ... Can you hit St. Petersburg, too?" Trump asked during the call on July 4, and Zelensky replied: "Absolutely. We can if you give us the weapons," the Financial Times reported, citing two people familiar with the conversation. (US-Ukraine-Russia)
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JAKARTA -- The search for 17 missing victims from a passenger ship that sank in Indonesia's Bali Strait on July 2 has been extended, according to Ribut Eko Suyanto, deputy for search and rescue operations at the National Search and Rescue Agency.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Suyanto announced that the operation would be extended for an additional seven days. (Indonesia-Shipwreck-Rescue)
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DAMASCUS -- Syrian defense authorities on Tuesday declared a complete ceasefire in the southern province of Sweida following days of deadly clashes between local Druze armed factions, Bedouin tribes, and the interim government's forces, according to the defense authorities' chief Murhaf Abu Qasra.
In a statement posted on X, Abu Qasra said, "We have ordered a complete ceasefire for all units operating within the city of Sweida after reaching an agreement with local elders and dignitaries." (Syria-Sweida-Ceasefire) Enditem
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