Middle East
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Iran holding runoff presidential election after initial low turnout in first round
The first election between hard-liner Saeed Jalili against reformist Masoud Pezeshkian had the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history.
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Netanyahu says there will be blood on heads of those who harm Israel
"In the midst of the difficult campaign against Lebanon, we established a principle - whoever harms us will have blood on his head," Netanyahu wrote on the social media platform, X.
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Hezbollah fires hundreds of rockets at Israel following the killing of a senior commander
Israel confirmed that some of the rockets have been intercepted.