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(Worthy News) – Hong Kong has seen a second day of violent clashes between police and pro-democracy demonstrators who are also angry at alleged police brutality.

Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to reach the Chinese government’s office.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken over streets near Sai Wan and Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island. [ Source: BBC (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – The United States conducted an airstrike it said killed one member of the Islamic State in Somalia, military officials announced Sunday.

U.S. Africa Command said it carried out the airstrike targeting members of IS — also identified as ISIS, ISIL and Daesh — Saturday the Golis Mountain region of Somalia in coordination with Somalia’s federal government. [ Source:UPI (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, says Iran is planning to restart activities at the Arak heavy-water nuclear reactor — a move that is not permitted under Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

Iran’s ISNA news agency quoted Salehi as making the remarks in a meeting with lawmakers in Tehran on July 28.

Heavy water can be employed in reactors to produce plutonium, a fuel used in nuclear weapons. [ Source: Radio Free Europe (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – A military exercise began Sunday afternoon in the southern city of Ashkelon and in the area adjacent to the restive Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.

The army said the four-day drill for its Gaza Division forces included ground troops, combat helicopters, and other aircraft.

The army said the drill that is scheduled to end Wednesday morning was “another significant step in improving the IDF’s operational preparedness in the Gaza Strip.” [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Israel and the United States completed a series of successful tests of their advanced Arrow 3 missile defense system in Alaska, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

The weapon system successfully demonstrated hit-to-kill interceptions of ballistic targets in space, according to the ministry, which added that the operation was conducted in Alaska in order to test capabilities that cannot be tested in Israel. The system also proved capable of simultaneously intercepting multiple targets, Channel 12 news reported. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Iran on Sunday condemned the United Kingdom’s proposal for a European-led naval mission in the Persian Gulf as “provocative.”

“The presence of foreign forces will not only not help the security of the region, but will be the main factor for tension,” said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, adding that Iran and Oman had primary responsibility for securing the strategically important Strait of Hormuz.

“The roots of the unpleasant events and tension in the region today are the unilateral withdrawal of America (from the 2015 nuclear deal),” he added, referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), signed by global powers. [ Source: Deutche Welle (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – A prominent Christian student organization has sued its university, claiming the group was targeted because of its religious beliefs.

In 2017, Wayne State University kicked Intervarsity Christian Fellowship off campus because it required its leaders to be Christians. It was only when the student group, which had been on campus for 75 years, threatened to sue in March 2018 that the Detroit school reversed its decision, according to a federal lawsuit.

The university claims the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is just trying to use this case to “set a precedent.” But Becket, the civil liberties firm hired by the student group, argues the school still stands by its original interpretation that claims InterVarsity is “discriminating in violating of the law and could be kicked off at any time.” [ Source: Fox News (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Representatives of five world powers met with Iranian diplomats Sunday in an effort to save the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal the U.S. withdrew from in 2018, according to the Associated Press.

Iranian representatives were joined by officials from Germany, France, Britain, China, Russia and the European Union in Vienna to discuss the matter, according to the news service.

“I cannot say that we resolved everything,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi told reporters following the meeting. But he added that all parties involved remain “determined to save this deal,” and that “the atmosphere was constructive, and the discussions were good.” [ Source: The Hill (Read More…) ]

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