The U.S.-Israeli war in Iran continues to dominate headlines. Did you manage to look beyond our homepage for some of the globe’s other happenings?

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The U.S.-Israeli war in Iran continues to dominate headlines. Did you manage to look beyond our homepage for some of the globe’s other happenings?

1. Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday accused the United States of striking a facility on Qeshm Island. What is that facility’s purpose?

Hydropower production

The ramifications of the strike on the seawater desalination plant could spiral into a regional humanitarian disaster, Nik Kowsar and Alireza Nader write.

2. Amid the war in Iran, what did G-7 finance ministers discuss during an emergency meeting on Monday?

Easing sanctions on Russian oil

Placing additional sanctions on Iran

Administering loans to affected oil companies

Releasing global strategic oil reserves

Oil prices have increased sharply as a result of the war, and a protracted conflict will only worsen the financial consequences, FP’s Keith Johnson reports.

3. U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan on Monday defied a government order to evacuate Akobo, an........

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