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A person holds a poster of Palestinian group Hamas’ leader Ismail Haniyeh, during an anti-Israel gathering following his killing amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tehran, Iran July 31, 2024. — Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) handout pic via Reuters

Calls for revenge as thousands mourn at Iran funeral procession for slain Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh

Korean Air will stop serving instant cup noodles, a popular snack in Korea known as ramyeon that requires boiling water, on its long-haul flights, part of changes in response to increased turbulence incidents. — Reuters pic

Ramyeon no more: Korean Air grounds hot cup noodles due to turbulence

Protesters are being detained in a police van while protesting outside the High Court building as they demand justice for the victims arrested and killed in the recent countrywide violence in Dhaka on July 31, 2024. — AFP pic

Shot at point-blank range: Shocking police clash footage emerges as Bangladesh’s internet returns

Attendees walk to the convention centre during Comic Con International in San Diego, California, July 28, 2024. Undercover officers posing as sex buyers at last week’s Comic-Con event in California rescued human trafficking victims, including a 16-year-old girl, and made multiple arrests, prosecutors said Wednesday. — AFP pic

Comic-Con undercover sting: Agents pose as sex buyers to rescue trafficking victim, make multiple arrests

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose claim to victory at the polls has been widely contested, is no friend of billionaire Elon Musk, and the feeling is clearly mutual, but their war of words has escalated amid the political crisis in Caracas. — AFP pic

Maduro and Musk clash online amid Caracas crisis, blames billionaire for alleged election hacking

Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto shakes hands with Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov (right) as Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov looks on prior to a meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia July 31, 2024. — AFP pic

Indonesia president-elect Prabowo eyes stronger ties with ‘great friend’ Russia

A can of lager flies through the air as protestors remonsrate with police officers during the ‘Enough is Enough’ demonstration on Whitehall, outside the entrance to 10 Downing Street in central London on July 31, 2024, held in reaction the government’s response to the fatal stabbings in Southport on July 29. — AFP pic

UK knife attack: 17-year-old charged with murdering three girls, attempt against 10 others at Taylor Swift-themed dance class

North Korea is keen to reopen nuclear negotiations if Donald Trump wins. — Reuters pic

North Korea poised for nuclear talks revival if Trump clinches victory

People attend an anti-Israel gathering following the killing of Palestinian group Hamas’ leader Ismail Haniyeh, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tehran, Iran July 31, 2024. — Majid Asgaripour/Wana (West Asia News Agency) handout pic via Reuters

Iran to hold funeral for slain Hamas chief Haniyeh ahead of burial in Doha

Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the New Holland Arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on July 31, 2024. — AFP pic

‘Is she Indian or Black?’ Trump quizzes Kamala Harris’ identity at Black journalists’ convention

An undated handout photo released by Hezbollah military media press office on July 31, 2024, shows top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr at an undisclosed location. — Hezbollah Military Media Press Office handout pic via AFP

Hezbollah mourns top commander Fuad Shukr slain in Israeli strike as fears mount of wider conflict

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s televised statement lasted for approximately five minutes and did not make any reference to the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. — AFP pic

Netanyahu hails ‘crushing blows’ to enemies after Hezbollah leader Fuad Shukr’s killing

The Qatar-based news outlet said its Arabic channel correspondent Ismail Al Ghoul and cameraman Rami Al Rifi were ‘targeted by Israeli occupation forces’ during their coverage of Gaza’s Al-Shati refugee camp. — Picture from social media

Al Jazeera slams ‘assassination’ of its two journalists in Israeli strikes

A large banner bearing a picture of slain Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh hangs in a street in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh, near the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on July 31, 2024. — AFP pic

What’s next after assassination of Hamas chief Haniyeh?

Indonesia’s capital-to-be, carved out of dense jungle in Borneo, is a vast building site just weeks before being due to open. — AFP pic

Unfinished business: Indonesia’s new capital has long way to go still

Forty-five accounts analysed by Global Witness, which collectively generated more than four billion impressions since late May, were active in the run-up to the British polls earlier this month. — AFP pic

Bots on X are stirring the pot: Watchdog investigation links them to US political conspiracies