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Smoke rises during an Israeli air strike, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, July 7, 2024. — Reuters pic

Israeli tanks storm Gaza City districts, residents report heavy fire

Just before the morning rush hour, more than 300 millimetres of rain lashed the city of 12 million over the six hours until 7am (9.30am Malaysian time), municipal officials said, with more heavy showers forecast later in the day. — Reuters pic

Monsoon rains inundate India’s Mumbai bringing floods, disrupting transport

The Justice Department’s push to charge Boeing has deepened an ongoing crisis engulfing Boeing since a separate January in-flight blowout exposed continuing safety and quality issues at the planemaker. — Reuters pic

Boeing to plead guilty to fraud conspiracy charges in US probe of fatal 737 MAX crashes, says DOJ official

Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner speaks during a press conference after a command conference with Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (not pictured) at the military headquarters in Manila on July 4, 2024. The Philippines' military chief said on July 4 he hoped a key defence pact with Japan allowing for the deployment of troops on each other's territory will be signed at security talks next week. — AFP pic

Philippines, Japan on verge of key defence pact as territorial disputes with China loom

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Landslides kill 12 on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, 18 missing

Protesters march to call for the release of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza since the October attacks, in Jerusalem on July 7, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian militant Hamas group. — AFP pic

‘Enough’: Israeli protesters demand Gaza truce

As US President Joe Biden arrived in the state capital Harrisburg, reporters shouted questions including whether the Democratic Party was behind him, to which the president grinned and loudly responded: 'Yes.' — AFP pic

Biden makes campaign sweep as Democratic pressure mounts

Workers at South Korean tech giant Samsung are beginning a general strike today. — AFP pic

Samsung workers’ union in South Korea kicks off three-day strike, demanding better bonus system, more leave

Mechanics change the tyres of McLaren's British driver Lando Norris during the Formula One British Grand Prix at the Silverstone motor racing circuit in central England, on July 7, 2024. — AFP pic

Norris ‘fed up’ with making excuses for McLaren mistakes after British Grand Prix

A statue is seen among tear gas following clashes during a demonstration after partial results in the second round of the early French parliamentary elections, in Nantes, France, July 7, 2024. — Reuters pic

French voters deliver a win for the left, a blow for Le Pen and a hung parliament

President Emmanuel Macron called the snap elections three years ahead of time after his forces were trounced in June’s European parliament vote, a gamble which seems to have backfired. — AFP pic

French voters turn out in number, as far right eyes power

Israeli soldiers during a ground operation in Gaza. — Reuters pic

Hamas says it’s waiting for Israeli response on Gaza ceasefire proposal

Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian will be sworn in before parliament in early August as the Islamic republic’s ninth president, state media reported today. — AFP pic

Iran’s president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian to be sworn in next month

Two soldiers and six suspected militants were killed in two separate gun battles in Indian-administered Kashmir. — AFP pic

Police: Eight killed in gun battles in Indian Kashmir

Biden waves as he boards Air Force One before departure from Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin on July 5. — AFP pic

Biden back on campaign trail as pressure mounts for him to quit White House race

A woman carrying her belongings wades through a flooded road along the bank of the overflowing Bagmati River following heavy rains in Kathmandu. — Reuters pic

Heavy rains trigger landslides in Nepal, 11 killed, 8 missing