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Russia supplied sophisticated missile launchers to separatists in Eastern Ukraine, a U.S. official told the Washington Post.  Meanwhile, separatists prevented international investigators from gaining unfettered access to the crash site on Saturday.

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in London on Saturday afternoon to rally against Israel’s military operation in Gaza.

Despite a ban imposed by French President Francois Hollande after protesters marched on two synagogues in Paris, thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched throughout French cities on Saturday to condemn Israel’s military action in Gaza.

Super Typhoon Rammasun left a trail of destruction that left at least 40 dead in the Philippines and now is heading for China still packing winds up to 123 MPH.

A Malaysia Airlines plane with 295 people on board was shot down over Ukraine, Sky News reported.

The Islamic State is using chemical weapons against Kurdish forces in clashes in Northeast Syria, according to several Kurdish media outlets.

Diplomats said a deal with Iran concerning its nuclear program will not be completed by the July 20, the six-month interim deadline, and that “significant gaps” remain.

President Barack Obama imposed new sanctions against several Russian banks, energy and defense firms, in an effort to stop alleged Russian support of separatists in Ukraine.

Russia plans to reopen an electronic listening post in Cuba that was used during the Cold War, the BBC reported.

Russia is considering ‘surgical retaliatory strikes’ after a Russian citizen was killed over the weekend, RIA Novosti reported.

The Islamic State (IS) seized control of the city of Deir ez-Zor, the sixth largest city in Syria, when rival jihadist groups, Jabhat al-Nursa and Ahrar al-Sham, withdrew their forces. They now control nearly 100 percent of the Deir Ez-zor province.

The recent Ebola outbreak is the worst on record as its reached into the capitals of three countries in West Africa.

Ukraine accused Russia of building up its troops along its border and said Russian Army officers joined separatists fighting against government troops.

Tripoli’s International Airport was forced to close and came under fresh rocket attacks by a Libyan militia group Monday night. At least one person died, and 12 planes were damaged.

Typhoon Rammasun, packing winds of 75 mph with gusts to over 90 mph, is expected to hit the Philippines later today.

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — the BRICS nations — will launch their own version of the World Bank this week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned any nuclear deal leaving Iran the capability to enrich uranium would be “catastrophic,” as significant gaps remain with a six-month interim deal with Iran expires on July 20.

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters tried to force their way into two synagogues in Paris as police tried to quell the riots.

The U.S. military expects the Islamic State to target Baghdad International Airport in the next weeks, trying to cut off Iraq’s lifeline of military aid flowing to Iraq.

A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Japan and triggered a tsunami warning near the site of the Fukushima nuclear power facility — the epicenter of a nuclear crisis following a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami.