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Saudi Arabia and Iran fail to agree on Hajj deal
An Iranian delegation has left Saudi Arabia without an agreement for its citizens to attend the Muslim hajj pilgrimage this year, Saudi media have reported, a second failure by the rival Middle East powers to strike a deal.
Attempted North Korea missile launch fails: South Korea
North Korea attempted to fire a missile from its east coast early on Tuesday but the launch appears to have failed, South Korean officials said, in what would be the latest in a string of unsuccessful ballistic missile tests by the isolated country.
Migrants Fleeing Islamic State Risk Bringing Deadly Flesh Eating Disease To Europe
A flesh-eating tropical disease is ravaging the war-torn Middle East, after Islamic State destruction created the ideal breeding conditions.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis: Disfiguring tropical disease sweeps across Middle East
A disfiguring tropical disease is sweeping across the Middle East as a combination of heavy conflict and a breakdown of health care facilities in Isis-occupied areas leaves swathes of people vulnerable to the illness.
Gallup: Just 1% Russians approve of U.S., Obama, far worse than Bush
President Obama's 2008 campaign pledge to improve the image of the United States around the world hasn't worked in Russia where a decade low of just 1 percent approve of American leadership, according to Gallup.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Hamas executes three accused murderers in Gaza
Hamas security forces in the Gaza Strip executed three men accused of murder on Tuesday morning, disregarding Palestinian legal convention as well as local and international protests by rights groups.
Leviathan partners sign $3 bln Israeli gas supply deal
The partners in Israel's Leviathan natural gas field said on Sunday they had signed a deal to supply as much as $3 billion worth of gas to a new private power plant in central Israel.
Netanyahu says willing to discuss Arab initiative for peace with Palestinians
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Monday of reviving a 2002 Arab peace initiative that offers Israel diplomatic recognition from Arab countries in return for a statehood deal with the Palestinians.

Inside the United States
With Extended Drought, Biggest US Reservoir at Lowest Level Ever
The 16-year drought in parts of the western United States has dropped the water level in the country's largest reservoir at Lake Mead to its lowest level in its 81-year history.
EMP hit to U.S. reactors could cause '100 Fukushimas'
What would be the impact of either a natural or man-made electromagnetic pulse event in the United States on the nation's 100 nuclear reactors?

Christian News
ISIS Took Our Churches, Life, and History: Last Remaining Bishop in Mosul
The Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Mosul, Mgr Nicodemus Daoud Sharaf, has described how extensive the destruction of the Islamic State terror group's efforts against Christians are in Iraq and Syria.
350,000 Evangelicals March in World's 'Largest Christian Event' in Brazil
Two events of massive proportions took place in Brazil this past week, one bringing together hundreds of thousands of Evangelicals in the annual 'March for Jesus,' and only days later, the Sao Paulo Gay Pride Parade drew two million participants.