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Volatility in the Middle East escalated on Sunday as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired a warning shot at a ship attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz via an unauthorized route.

The United States attacked approximately 140 targets in Iran as part of its third wave of strikes this week, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced. In response to US attacks in the south of the country, Iran struck a number of US military facilities in Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain, Press TV reported.

The League of Arab States (Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories Sector) is following with profound concern and outrage the ongoing Israeli violations against Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli occupation prisons, which point to a deliberate criminal policy aimed at the "slow execution" of Palestinian prisoners and add to a long record of inhumane Israeli violations against them. These systematic policies constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions, and seek to break the will of the Palestinian people and undermine their legitimate resistance to the occupation.

Ten years after the Philippines scored a landmark legal victory against China, the National Maritime Council (NMC) on Sunday said the 2016 South China Sea arbitral ruling remains the country's strongest legal foundation for defending its rights in the West Philippine Sea, as it urged continued adherence to international law amid persistent tensions in the disputed waters.

The Philippines has emerged as a global convergence hub for upholding international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) following the historic July 12, 2016 Arbitral Award, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said on Sunday.

An official in charge of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the Chief Minister of the Embassy of Japan in China over Japanese Foreign Minister's hype of so-called "Arbitral Award on the South China Sea" 10 years after its issuance and Japan's joint statement issued in collusion with certain other countries, lodging stern representations and expressing strong dissatisfaction and protest, adding that China will resolutely and forcefully counter Japan's provocations and firmly safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.

On July 12, Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi made a statement ten years after the "2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea." The statement blatantly endorses the illegal "award," attacks China's lawful claims and mischaracterizes Japan as a "legitimate stakeholder who uses the South China Sea." China strongly deplores and firmly opposes it.

China's Foreign Ministry on Sunday issued a statement in response to a joint statement by some countries, including the US, Australia, the UK, Japan and the Philippines, on the 10th anniversary of the so-called Arbitral Award on the South China Sea, reiterating that China does not accept or recognize the illegal arbitral award and that China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea shall under no circumstances be affected by it.

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Four people were killed in the Ukrainian armed forces' attack on facilities in Energodar, Russia's Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev said on Sunday.

Russian forces used two Geran-4 Siker kamikaze drones to strike a freighter in Ukraine's port of Chernomorsk, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

Russian troops have struck facilities of the Ukrainian fuel-energy and transport infrastructure, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday.

A series of precision strikes using long-range missiles and attack drones hit port infrastructure in Odessa and Chernomorsk overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

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NATO justifies the alliance's preparations for a major conflict with the false claim that Russia allegedly poses a threat, Vladislav Maslennikov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department of European Issues, told Sputnik.

"Mr. President, I wish to thank you for the initiative of holding this ceremony, in salute to the heroes of Israel who rescued the hostages, our people, from Entebbe in Uganda 50 years ago. I welcome everyone who is present with us at this event of commemoration which transcends time, and also transcends any current political debate.

"He was blessed with a clear vision of reality and a true commitment to values. His support for Israel and its security was unwavering."

"Senator Graham was a beacon of moral clarity and a true leader of the U.S.-Israel partnership. We will never forget how he stood by the people of Israel in our most difficult moments, and we will remain eternally grateful for his sense of justice, truth, and loyalty."

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