- Israel defense chief Gallant says large-scale attack expected from Iran, Axios reports
- USS Georgia, a nuclear-powered submarine, was already in the Mediterranean Sea in July, according to a US military post on social media
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- Overcrowding, destruction of sanitation, and a deteriorating health system have contributed to the reemergence of polio
- The WHO has announced plans to send 1.2 million polio vaccines to Gaza after the virus was detected in wastewater
- People aged 15-39 largest segment of population
- Key to economic, societal progress, says ministry
- Turkiye has also launched military incursions in Syria against the Kurdish YPG militia
- The blast occurred in a western Kabul neighborhood home to many Shiite Muslims
- OPEC forecasts demand to grow by 2.11 million bpd this year from 2.25 million bpd previously
- Oil was steady after the report was released, trading above $80 a barrel
- The lawyers said these sentences were upheld by the appeals court and would be served concurrently, adding, however, that they hope the journalists would be freed under an amnesty announced last year by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Stargazing at Hisma desert
Located 90 km west of Tabuk city in northwest Saudi Arabia, the desert of Hikma is fast becoming a center of “astro-tourism.” Hisma’s distance from high artificial light pollution makes it an ideal spot for observing stars, galaxies, passing meteors, and falling comets at night time, says Majed Abu Zahra, president of the Jeddah Astronomical Society.
Standing stone circles of AlUla
A study that examined 431 standing stone circles at various sites in Harrat Uwayrid in AlUla concludes that people living in that part of Saudi Arabia’s northwest during the Neolithic era, or the later part of the Stone Age, were not merely simple pastoralists but had distinctive architecture, domesticated animals, jewelry, and diverse tools.
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- The League Stage draw for the West and East pots of Asia’s premier club competition will take place on Friday, Aug. 16
- The 32 clubs in AFC Champions League Two will also find out their schedules at the event taking place at the InterContinental Kuala Lumpur
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