Rescuers cheered and embraced each other after rescuing five people who had been trapped in a cave in Laos for about a week.

Dozens of Lao and Thai rescuers are continuing the search for two others, Thai volunteers said.
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Video shows Israeli strikes hitting near Lebanon’s largest water reservoir at the Qaraoun Dam in east Lebanon on May 26. Lebanon’s state news agency said at least three strikes targeted the area around the dam.
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As Eid al Adha approaches, reports from several Indian states have highlighted rising anti-Muslim rhetoric, restrictions around religious practices, and growing fear among Muslim communities.

An incident on Mumbai’s Mira Road that went viral has renewed concerns over hostility targeting Muslims during religious observances.
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Iran is “negotiating on fumes”, US President Donald Trump said on May 27, after claiming its “Navy is gone” and “Air Force is gone”, while warning that the US could launch fresh strikes.

Speaking at a Cabinet meeting, the US president also dismissed political concerns over the conflict, saying, “I don’t care about the midterms.”
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Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating Eid amid Israel’s ongoing war. With aid blocked and families displaced, people are still finding ways to celebrate, even as they struggle to avoid starvation.

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#Bolivia’s president has warned protesters “time is running out” amid a weeks-long standoff over the country’s economic and political crisis. President Rodrigo Paz has secured powers to declare a State of Emergency, but protesters remain unmoved.
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Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament’s national security committee, has said that Iran will “not be pushed back by Trump’s rhetoric”.⁠
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Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news is reporting that the IRGC navy fired on a US tanker that “tried to pass through the Strait of Hormuz by turning off its radar system”, citing an “informed military source”.⁠
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#Uganda has closed its border with neighbouring DR Congo for four weeks in an effort to contain an #Ebola outbreak. Authorities say at least seven cases, including one death, have been confirmed, while hundreds are being monitored.⁠
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On the first day of Eid, Gaza welcomed it with a major massacre that left many martyrs.
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Eid prayer held atop the ruins of Al-Huda Mosque in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.
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Sounds of warning sirens are now being heard in Kuwait.
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Warning sirens have been activated in Kuwait.

It appears that Kuwait may be under an Iranian attack at these moments.
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Kuwait News Agency: Air defenses are currently intercepting hostile missile and drone attacks.
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A giant statue of football superstar Lionel Messi erected in India to mark his visit last year is “swaying in the wind” and will be removed, a lawmaker has said.⁠
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Iran’s IRGC says it struck an “American airbase” in response to a US attack near Bandar Abbas, warning any further “aggression” will face a “more decisive” response, Tasnim reports.
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The #US Central Command said it shot down four Iranian drones and struck a factory where it said a fifth was being readied for launch. ⁠
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India’s interior minister has ordered the demolition of buildings along the border with Pakistan, as well as actions to combat a variety of “trans-border crimes”.⁠
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Parisians cooled off in the city’s Saint-Martin canal as an unprecedented heatwave pushed temperatures across #Europe far above seasonal norms. Swimmers ignored long-standing bans, swimming outside designated bathing sites.
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