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    One dead, over 170 rescued after ferry fire between Bali and Lombok

    A passenger ferry caught fire in the Lombok Strait while traveling from Bali to Lombok, leaving a 19-year-old woman dead and 172 others evacuated amid strong winds and high waves.

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Seven dead in Kyiv

Iran tests diplomacy as Russia pounds Kyiv and AI agents strain American guardrails

The day’s hardest news came from the choke points, both maritime and digital. Iran dangled a seven-day reopening of Hormuz, Russia hit Kyiv again, and American courts and companies kept discovering that rules written for slower systems now look thin.

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    Kills at least 11 people and injures 30 others after an explosion hits a security checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan.

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    Increased to 700,000 the number of faithful gathered in Paris for the Pope's outdoor mass as the event reaches its peak attendance.

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The war in Ukraine and its limits

Rubio's limited-ceasefast push and a $400M aid package without Patriots are incremental diplomatic and support moves, not a new sanctions package or major weapons pledge.

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