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A severe drought in Turkey has left dams in the northwestern Tekirdag province dry, cutting water to homes for weeks and putting pressure on the country’s infrastructure. Authorities warn that several provinces could face limited fresh water this summer, according to Reuters.

In Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city, residents have experienced frequent water cuts, while in the western province of Usak, households are restricted to just six hours of water daily after the main reservoir was depleted.

According to Turkey’s Meteorological Service, rainfall in July fell 71 percent nationwide from last year and 95 percent below average in the Marmara region, which includes Tekirdag and Istanbul. Overall, precipitation across Turkey is down 26 percent in the past ten months, marking the lowest levels in 52 years, Reuters reported.

Three US Navy destroyers will arrive off Venezuela within 36 hours as part of President Donald Trump’s push to target Latin American drug cartels, officials said.

The deployment, involving around 4,000 sailors and Marines along with spy planes, warships and a submarine, will run for several months in international waters and airspace. The ships will conduct surveillance and could support strikes if ordered, according to Reuters.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pledged to defend the country’s territory, calling the US a “declining empire.

Trump has made fighting cartels central to his border and immigration strategy, recently designating groups like Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel and Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as global terrorist organizations, Reuters reported.

Rights groups, including HEAL Palestine, have criticized the US State Department for suspending visitor visas for Palestinians from Gaza, warning it will block wounded children from receiving vital medical care in American hospitals, Reuters reported.

The suspension follows claims by far-right activist Laura Loomer, which HEAL Palestine said were false. The charity stressed its program is donation-funded, temporary, and strictly for medical treatment, with families returning afterward.

The US has issued over 3,800 visitor visas to Palestinians this year, but new applications from Gaza are now paused. According to  Reuters, critics including the Council on American-Islamic Relations, say the move punishes civilians amid Gaza’s worsening humanitarian crisis.

At least 52 civilians have been killed this month in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in attacks by the ISIL-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the United Nations mission MONUSCO reported.

The assaults in North Kivu’s Beni and Lubero territories involved mass killings, kidnappings, and looting, with MONUSCO warning the toll could rise, Al Jazeera reported.

The violence comes as Congolese forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels trade accusations of violating a US-brokered ceasefire.