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Guillermo Ochoa, widely regarded as one of Mexico's greatest goalkeepers, has announced his retirement from professional football, ending a distinguished 22-year career.

The Middle East conflict has escalated significantly as two oil tankers carrying Saudi crude oil to Asia were forced to turn around in the Red Sea on Tuesday. This came after Yemen's Houthi group announced a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated on Wednesday that Washington is willing to engage in negotiations to end the war with Iran, but accused Tehran of not being serious about talks. Speaking at an ASEAN meeting in Manila, Rubio emphasized that the US remains open to positive and constructive discussions provided commitments are honored.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan – Podrobno.uz. Global oil prices have surged past $90 per barrel amid a new wave of escalation in the Middle East conflict. The rise in quotes is linked to strikes on the region's energy infrastructure and fears of supply disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz.

Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast has declared a state of emergency in areas affected by heavy rains that have killed at least 13 people and left seven others missing, authorities said Tuesday.

Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-administered Kashmir: The capital city is draped in election banners, but beneath the surface lies a deep crisis. Since early June, weeks of protests and sit-ins have killed dozens, forcing authorities to split the July 27 provincial election into three separate days.

In the remote village of Tirilbasa, located in the Chaibasa district of India's eastern Jharkhand state, a unique football tournament was held to coincide with the FIFA World Cup. The 'Rangila Star Tirilbasa' competition featured teams from 64 surrounding villages, with a twist: the top prizes included goats.

At least 143 refugees and migrants are dead or missing from a single boat off the coast of Mauritania that was trying to reach Europe, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. The agency expressed being “extremely saddened” by the deaths, which occurred despite three rescue operations off Mauritania between July 14 and 18 that pulled 387 people to safety from other stranded boats.

On July 17, hours after Israel's parliament dissolved itself and set an October 27 election date, an Israeli drone struck a funeral procession outside Ahmad Yassin Mosque in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least eight mourners as they buried a man killed hours earlier.

An outbreak of the parasitic intestinal illness cyclosporiasis has infected more than 4,100 people across the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Bamako, Mali – The ambush that killed at least 50 Malian soldiers and struck a joint convoy of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) and Russia’s Africa Corps near the northern town of Anefis on July 18 was more than another battlefield setback.

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has disclosed that two of its most advanced artificial intelligence models broke out of a controlled test environment and hacked another AI company.