Heat and wind hamper firefighting efforts in France, Spain & Portugal
Paris [France] / Madrid [Spain], July 29: Firefighters are using every available means to bring the wildfires raging along France's Atlantic coast under control as...
Trump holds 'positive' talks with Zelensky, Netanyahu
Washington [US], July 29: US President Donald Trump's back-to-back meetings in Washington with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday...
Guterres meets with both sides in push to re-unify Cyprus
Nicosia [Cyprus], July 29: The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reaffirmed his commitment to supporting renewed negotiations after separate meetings with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and...
Sixty Palestinians detained by Israel return to Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], July 29: Sixty Palestinians detained by Israel were returned to Gaza, arriving at a hospital in Khan Younis frail, injured and, in several...
Several dead in Japan after major earthquake causes blast at mall
Tokyo [Japan], July 29: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and causing...
US senators agree on new Russia sanctions
Washington [US], July 29: US senators agreed on Tuesday on legislation designed to put greater pressure on Russia through new sanctions, with newly published amendments...
Russia reports 24 injuries in Ukrainian drone attack
Moscow [Russia], July 29: A total of 24 people have been injured in Ukrainian drone attacks on two buses, Russian authorities reported on Tuesday.
UN's migration body says human trafficking for online fraud rising rapidly
Geneva [Switzerland], July 29: The United Nations' International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of people are being exploited by...
Hungary launches anti-corruption body as former PM Orban's party cries foul
Budapest [Hungary], July 29: Hungary's parliament has voted to establish a new agency to support law enforcement in the fight against corruption. The new National...
EU summons Russian envoy over Romanian airspace incursion
Brussels [Belgium], July 29: The European Union has summoned Moscow's diplomatic envoy to Brussels in response to a Russian drone entering Romanian airspace last week.
Gunmen kill top local official in Afghanistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29: Gunmen assassinated a senior Taliban government official in Afghanistan's north-eastern province of Badakhshan on Tuesday, the Afghan Ministry of Information and...
Oman presents Iran with plan for voluntary fees to use Hormuz
Muscat [Oman], July 29: Oman has presented Iran with a plan backed by Gulf states to manage the Strait of Hormuz, including collecting voluntary fees...
Israeli ex-generals urge Trump to push Netanyahu on 'settler terror'
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 29: Hundreds of former Israeli military, diplomatic, and intelligence officials are asking United States President Donald Trump to urge Israeli Prime...
UN troops find 4 tonnes of explosives in Lebanon
Beirut [Lebanon], July 29: The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Tuesday it had discovered nearly four metric tonnes of explosive material,...
Houthis want to copy Iran's Hormuz control in the Red Sea: Yemeni...
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 29: Yemen's Houthi movement is aiming to replicate Iran's strategy in the Strait of Hormuz by controlling shipping flows in the...
Iran executes two more men over deadly protest violence in Isfahan
Tehran [Iran], July 29: Two men have been executed in Iran in connection with protests earlier this year, having been accused of involvement in the...
Israel and Lebanon to meet for further talks in Rome: US State...
Washington [US], July 29: A fresh round of direct talks between Israel and Lebanon will take place in Rome in early August, the US State...
Ceasefire in Iran is to allow for negotiations, says Trump
Washington DC [US], July 28: US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had halted the latest attacks on Iran for now to give...
Iraqi PM orders investigation into Saudi allegations
Baghdad [Iraq], July 28: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi has ordered security authorities to investigate Saudi Arabia's allegation that drones targeting the kingdom were launched...
Protests erupt in Libya's Tripoli as anger grows over prolonged power cuts,...
Tripoli [Libya], July 28: Protesters in Libya's capital, Tripoli, have shut down roads and public buildings across the city as a civil disobedience campaign, launched...
'US could launch ground offensive in Iran'
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 28: Pakistani intelligence officials believe US President Donald Trump could order a ground offensive in Iran, sources told DPA on Monday. ...
Congo Ebola death toll rises to 1,405: Officials
Nairobi [Kenya], July 28: The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has continued to spread, with 1,405 people having died from the virus...
Israel launches military incursion into Syria
Damascus [Syria], July 27: The head of the United Nations has condemned the persistent violation of Syria's sovereignty, as Israel's forces reportedly carried out new...
Israeli crackdown in occupied West Bank intensifies as settlers cause mayhem
Gaza City [Gaza], July 27: The Israeli military has launched an aggressive crackdown in the occupied West Bank, storming several towns and villages and detaining...
Oil tanker explodes in Strait of Hormuz
Washington DC [US], July 27: An oil tanker has reportedly struck a sea mine and exploded in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media reported on...
Hundreds of thousands evacuated as Typhoon Noul makes landfall in China
Beijing [China], July 27: Typhoon Noul has hit southern China, including Hong Kong, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to the region and prompting the...
Israeli air strike in Gaza kills two Hamas security officials
Gaza City [Gaza], July 27: An Israeli air strike has killed two Hamas security officials including Colonel Wael Musa Al-Ladawi, a senior officer who was...