Unbiased headline news – The Iranian Armed Forces’ General Staff has minimized the extent of damage resulting from Israel’s assault on its military facilities, while signaling support for a cease-fire to halt the ongoing conflicts in Gaza.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran, while retaining its lawful and legitimate right to respond at a suitable moment, emphasizes the necessity of establishing a lasting cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon to prevent further loss of life among vulnerable and oppressed individuals,” the Iranian Armed Forces stated.
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More than 120 people have died, and another 200 were wounded, following an assault by a paramilitary faction on a rural village in Sudan, marking one of the deadliest incidents in the 18-month-long conflict.
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are reported to have launched indiscriminate attacks on civilians in the village of al-Seraiha, located in Sudan’s al-Gezira State. According to state officials, at least 240 individuals were reported injured during the assault, with local media noting that heavily-armed RSF fighters fired indiscriminately at unarmed villagers.
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Tropical Storm Trami has caused at least 126 fatalities and displaced 500,000 people as flooding and landslides swept through the northern Philippines on Thursday and Friday.
Trami, the eleventh storm to hit the Philippines this year, reached the islands on Wednesday, leaving the northwestern region in its wake. The storm system unleashed the equivalent of two months’ worth of rainfall in just 24 hours as it traversed the area on Friday, triggering widespread devastation from floods and landslides and leaving numerous communities isolated.
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The attorney for Lyle and Erik Menendez has stated that the brothers feel “cautiously optimistic that they can see some real relief” following a new recommendation for resentencing by the Los Angeles County district attorney.
District Attorney George Gascón announced in a court filing on Friday that he recommended removing the brothers’ life-without-parole sentence, proposing they be resentenced for murder to a term of 50 years to life. Given their ages—both were under 26 at the time of the crimes—the recommendation could potentially impact their chances of parole.
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Rapper Lil Durk has been detained in South Florida on charges linked to an alleged murder-for-hire scheme, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office.
Lil Durk, legally known as Durk Devontay Banks, is currently in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service, as records indicate. Banks stands accused of leading a Chicago-based rap group, called Only the Family, which federal authorities allege has been involved in violent acts, including murder and assault, under Banks’ direction, as stated in a federal criminal complaint filed on Thursday.
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A man allegedly assaulted a poll worker at an early voting site in Texas after being asked to remove a “MAGA” or “Trump” baseball cap, as noted in an incident report.
Jesse Lutzenberger, age 63, was taken into custody Thursday and charged with injury to an elderly person, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. Lutzenberger initially complied with a request from the 69-year-old early voting clerk to remove his cap while at the early voting location in Bexar County on Thursday evening, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar.
