For now, links to three reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN, LEBANON, GAZA, ALL OF IT and YEMEN so far, and down for UKRAINE 7-22-26.) — MCM

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Rubio says U.S. committed to helping end Ukraine war after meeting with Lavrov. From Reuters. MANILA — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said today that the United States remains prepared to play a “constructive role” in helping bring an end to the war in Ukraine, following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of an ASEAN gathering in Manila. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from AP.

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2 killed in wave of Ukrainian drone strikes in southern Russia and Crimea. From the Moscow Times. Two people, including a three-year-old child, were killed in separate overnight Ukrainian attacks targeting the southern Russian city of Voronezh and the Russian-controlled peninsula of Crimea, local authorities said today. READ MORE . . .

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