NEW DRUG TUNNEL FOUND NEAR US-MEXICO BORDER
TIJUANA, Mexico: Mexican authorities said they have discovered a “sophisticated” tunnel likely intended for smuggling drugs and migrants across the US-Mexico border.

The entrance to the tunnel, which was still under construction, is located in a warehouse about 300 meters from the border between the Mexican city of Mexicali and Calexico, California, Mexicali police chief Marco Antonio Carrillo said. The tunnel, which is about 10 meters deep and 30 meters long, has a ventilation system and lighting and is considered the most “sophisticated” of such structures found in recent years, Carrillo said. Authorities uncovered it thanks to an anonymous tip, he added.

GAZA CHILD DIES IN MYSTERY EXPLOSION
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: A 6-year-old boy in Gaza died and three others were wounded in an explosion in Khan Yunis, Palestinian medical sources said. The Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis was not able to state what caused the explosion that resulted in the death of Moussa Kawaree. Israel maintains a “buffer zone” of at least 300 meters in the Gaza Strip along the border, and prevents access to Palestinians under threat of firing.

IRAN DESIGNS SOFTWARE FOR CONTROLLED SOCIAL MEDIA ACCESS
TEHRAN: Iran is designing “intelligent software” that would give citizens restricted and controlled access to banned social networking sites, local media Sunday quoted police chief Esmaeil Ahmadi Moghadam as saying. Facebook, Twitter and many other social websites are blocked by an official filtering mechanism as part of Iran’s strict Internet censorship. But many web users in Iran, where half of the 75-million population is connected to the Internet, have found ways around the blocks through sophisticated software known as VPN despite it being declared illegal in Iran. AFP