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The Iranian Navy sought refuge in Sri Lanka and India. While India obliged, Sri Lanka stalled over fears it would threaten its neutrality.

Accounts from Israeli officials and footage verified by The New York Times show that Iran has targeted Israel with the weapons. Experts say this has exposed civilians to indiscriminate attacks.

The U.S. said this week that it attacked 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. In the 1980s, Iranian mines damaged oil tankers and a U.S. Navy warship.

Grifols, a Spanish health care company, operates clinics in Canada that collect blood plasma from donors in exchange for an honorarium.

China’s plan to raise pensions for farmers by less than $3 a month prompted rare criticism from lawmakers about the country’s threadbare social safety net.

Global oil prices surged despite pledges from the United States and other countries to release reserves. Airstrikes shook Beirut and Tehran, and more ships were attacked in the Persian Gulf.

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Lebanon’s health ministry said at least seven people were killed in the Beirut attacks early Thursday.

Martine Moïse also testified that the men who killed her husband spoke Spanish, which the prosecution highlighted to support its claim that the assassination was carried out by a hired Colombian hit squad.