AP Top International News at 3:59 p.m. EDT

Prices soar as Gaza smuggling booms. Officials, soldiers and middlemen are accused of cashing inIran dismisses US economic threats, and other developments in the Middle EastUS carries out its first deportations under pact for Liberia to accept 1,200 non-LiberiansThousands of migrants in Ceuta wait in limbo while Spain figures out what to do with themA Russian missile and drone barrage kills at least 16 in Ukraine's Kyiv regionCameroon's President Biya returns after a long stay abroad raises health concernsFACT FOCUS: Social media falsely claims heat wave threatens Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and bankMore than 2,300 Mexicans sent to Guatemala and Honduras as Trump ramps up third-country deportationsUS has sent deportees to many African countries, the latest one being Liberia. Here’s whyExpre