Iran The United States condemned Iran's breaking of UN seals to bring online a key nuclear fuel plant, calling it a sign of Tehran's disregard for the international community. Iraq US forces announced the loss of six soldiers as top Iraqi leaders met separately to thrash out differences on the country's constitution as an August 15 deadline loomed. Britain The chief of police in the City of London, Europe's premier financial district, warned that a terrorist attack is only a matter of time, and that targets are already being sized up. Mideast Palestinian security forces were getting ready to deploy around settlements in the Gaza Strip as preparations for Israel's pullout accelerated one week before the start of the evacuation. Philippines At least 24 people were injured when two powerful blasts ripped through this southern Philippines city in what were described as "terrorist" attacks. Malaysia Malaysia's haze crisis engulfed parts of the busy Malacca Strait and the major port of Klang, reducing visibility to 200 metres (660 feet) and forcing one port operator to shut down. Estonia Estonian rescuers struggled to reach the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed into the Baltic Sea after take-off from Tallinn, as hopes faded of finding any of the 14 passengers and crew alive. Japan Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's popularity rose sharply after he called snap elections, opinion polls showed, countering critics who warned he was setting the stage for his own defeat. Japan Japan needs to reconsider its decades-old "defense only" policy and become prepared to strike first to ward off attack from existing and new threats, an influential think-tank said. Sudan Salva Kiir, successor to the late southern Sudanese leader John Garang, vowed to carry on his peace legacy as he arrived in Khartoum ahead of being sworn in as the country's vice president. Turkey A Turkish court arrested a Syrian man on charges of belonging to Al-Qaeda, while a second Syrian suspected of involvement in 2003 Istanbul bombings is being questioned by police, officials and media reports said.