Hawala is an informal value transfer system that moves money between countries without physically shipping cash or using a bank transfer. A customer gives money to a broker, called a hawaladar, in one city, and a broker in another city pays the recipient from its own funds. The two brokers settle their balance later through trade, other transfers or netting, so the system needs only a minimum of two brokers and a network of trust. The name comes from the Arabic word ḥawāla, meaning transfer or trust, and the system originated in India as hundi, a bill of exchange. Hawaladars are concentrated in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Indian subcontinent.

Israeli reports also say the cabinet directed the military to prepare for a possible new attack on Iran.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.