Egypt announced the transfer of gas to Lebanon via Jordan and Syria

Mexican president responds to Supreme Court ruling on abortion declaring court ruling should be respected

Russia's RIA Novosti news agency reported the death of Russian Emergency Situations Minister Yevgeny Zinichev during a training exercise in the Arctic. According to the report, Zinichev died while trying to save another person. No further details have been released

Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's envoy to the Iran nuclear talks, tweeted his country's readiness to hold talks with the United States on reviving the IAEA.

Expressing concern over the composition of the Taliban cabinet, in which women have no share and ministers are only members of the Taliban, the State Department stressed that the Afghan people deserve an "inclusive government" and that the United States will judge the Taliban based on its actions.

In response to a reporter's question as to why the state's new law prohibits abortion for rape victims, Texas Gov. Abbott defended the plan, saying they have the opportunity to have an abortion in the first six weeks of pregnancy. Texas is determined to eradicate rape