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Disruptions of cellphone internet links in Russia are spreading
Jul 18, 2025 - World
A snappy tune by a blogger that mockingly laments his poor internet connection in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don has gotten over a half-million views on Instagram in two weeks.

Syrian government forces set to reenter Sweida province after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes
Jul 18, 2025 - World
Clashes have erupted again between Druze militias and Bedouin clans in southern Syria
Germany deports 81 Afghan nationals to their homeland in 2nd flight since the Taliban's return
Jul 18, 2025 - World
Germany has deported 81 male asylum-seekers back to Afghanistan, its second deportation since the Taliban regained power there

Officials try to identify 18 bodies in deadly Iraq shopping mall fire
Jul 18, 2025 - World
Officials in Iraq are struggling to identify more than a dozen bodies pulled from a deadly fire at a shopping mall
Taiwan will 'not provoke confrontation' with China, vice president says
Jul 18, 2025 - World
Taiwan's vice president says the self-ruled democracy will not provoke a confrontation with China and seeks to communicate with Beijing on the basis of parity and respect