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The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone. An Iraqi security official said the embassy was not damaged by the rocket fire. The attack came as Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Khadimi returned home from Washington after talks at the White House on Monday. US President Joe Biden has announced that he will withdraw US combat troops from Iraq by the end of this year. He said the US military would provide training and advice to Iraqi forces in Iraq, albeit in small numbers. He made the remarks during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. There are currently more than 2,500 US troops in Iraq. Attacks targeting U.S. civil society groups in Iraq occur almost daily, according to local news outlets. The Islamic State group has a growing presence in Iraq. The U.S. military is assisting the Iraqi army in its fight against Islamic State militants.

The number of people infected with coronavirus worldwide has been increasing weekly. In the seven days from July 17 to 25, it increased by 8 percent compared to the previous week, officials said. That week, 3.8 million people were infected with the coronavirus. The World Health Organization, the United Nations' health agency, says the number of infected people has risen by up to 30 percent in some areas. In the last week, 540,000 people have been infected worldwide daily. Before that, an average of 490,000 people were infected daily, according to the WHO. The death toll also rose slightly compared to the previous week, according to WHO officials. The WHO also said that delta variants of the coronavirus have spread to 132 countries around the world. Similarly, the Alpha variant has reached 182 countries, the Beta variant 131 countries and the Gamma variant 81 countries, according to the WHO. The United States has the highest number of infected people in the world, followed by India,...

 North and South Korea agree to improve relations, hotline resumes North Korea and South Korea have agreed to reopen the hotline. North Korea shut down the hotline in June last year after a dispute with South Korea escalated. According to the South Korean president's office, the hotline will be operational after the two leaders agreed to improve relations. According to the office, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have exchanged views several times in April. Relations between the two countries have reached a critical juncture after a meeting between North and South Korea failed. Then in June last year, North Korea decided to shut down the hotline service. The hotline service is a service through which the leaders of the two countries can communicate directly with each other. North Korea’s official news agency KCNA reported that: “According to the agreement reached between senior leaders, the North and South have taken measures to reopen all Nort...

US Deputy Secretary of State leaves for China US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will visit China. According to the US State Department, he will go to China to meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on July 25, but the meeting will be held in Tianjin instead of Beijing.   It is reported that the US Deputy Secretary of State will meet with the Chinese Foreign Minister at a time when relations between the world's two largest economies are not improving. Serman is currently touring Asia. She met with the Japanese Minister of Defense and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs only on Wednesday. She will also meet with high-ranking officials from South Korea and Mongolia.   When Thurman went to Asia, China was not on the list. He will now meet with Wang Yi, Semano's second senior national adviser to the State Council. Serman will be the second senior official to visit China since Joe Biden was elected President of the United States. John Kerry also visited China before him...