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The front page of the Oman Daily shows rockets being intercepted in the sky over Doha, Qatar, as Iranian missiles and drones targeted the U.S. Al Udeid airbase. Iran had warned the U.S. to stay out of the conflict, but earlier on Sunday, they bombed three Iranian nuclear sites. Following the missile interception, U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a “complete and total” ceasefire between Israel and Iran. 

🌎 7 THINGS TO KNOW RIGHT NOW

• Trump declares Israel-Iran ceasefire, but it may not hold. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday he had ordered the military to strike Tehran in response to what he said were missiles fired by Iran in a violation of the surprise ceasefire announced hours earlier by U.S. President Donald Trump. Iran denied violating the ceasefire. Both Israel and Iran had confirmed the ceasefire after it was announced by Trump following a limited Iranian attack on a U.S. air base in Qatar. Read more about Trump’s involvement in this piece from La Stampa: After History-Making Iran Attack, Trump Is Back To “Deal” Mode — And Counting On Putin

• Israeli forces fire on people waiting for aid in Gaza. The attack on hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks killed at least 25 people according to Palestinian witnesses and hospitals. The UN human rights office said on Tuesday that the “weaponization” of food for civilians in Gaza constitutes a war crime. Over 410 people have been killed by gunshots or shells fired by the Israeli military while trying to reach distribution sites of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation since it began work in late May. 

• NATO leaders meet Tuesday in The Hague for a two day high-stakes summit. NATO leaders, which includes several European countries, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, are gathering this week in The Hague, Netherlands. The summit will cover topics such as a proposed 5% GDP target and questions Russia’s continued war on Ukraine.

• Supreme Court lets Trump restart deporting migrants away from home countries. A divided Supreme Court has allowed the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to restart swift removals of migrants to countries other than their homeland, lifting a court order that requires they get a chance to challenge the deportations. Read more about Donald Trump’s deportation methods in this piece translated from Italian into English by Worldcrunch.

• Thailand bans tourists from going to Cambodia as border dispute persists. The ban applies to any vehicle or person trying to cross into Cambodia from checkpoints across several Thai provinces, as well as foreign tourists flying into Siem Reap. Relations between the two countries are at their worst in more than a decade, after armed clashes along the border in May left one Cambodian soldier dead.

• Japan’s army conducted a missile test for the first time on Japanese territory. The test-firing of the Type-88 surface-to-ship short range missile was conducted Tuesday at an army firing range in Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido. Japan, which in the past conducted all its tests over open seas, is accelerating its military buildup to acquire strike-back capabilities as a deterrence to China. 

• News Quiz! Using drones, marine researchers have documented a very peculiar type of behavior in killer whales. What is it?

A. They hula hoop with bubble rings
B. They decorate their dorsal fins with shells
C. They give each other back rubs
D. They wail in three-part harmony
[Answer below]

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“It is nothing more than a scrap of paper.”

— In a written response to the Senate on Monday, Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte dismissed the latest impeachment complaint filed against her. Her response came as accusations arose of her involvement in public fund misuse and an alleged plot to assassinate House Speaker Martin Romualdez. Duterte, daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte, argued the case was legally baseless and politically motivated, pointing out that it marked the fourth such complaint lodged against her within a year, while the Constitution limits the filing of impeachment complaints against the same official to once per year.