Russia allows anti-war party to contest election
Moscow [Russia], July 30: Russia's Central Election Commission has approved the opposition liberal party Yabloko to contest September's parliamentary elections, making it the only party...
Heat, wind threaten to intensify France fires
Paris [France], July 30: Firefighters battling a massive wildfire on France's south-western coast worked on Wednesday to prevent the blaze from spreading again as a...
UN calls for boosted response to 'fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever'
New York [US], July 30: UN experts on Wednesday called for a significant increase in humanitarian assistance to combat the rapidly worsening Ebola epidemic in...
Egypt says explosion and fire at Damietta port 'dealt with immediately'
Cairo [Egypt], July 30: Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said that an incident at Damietta port saw a fire break out on a...
Pakistan's military says 32 militants killed in nationwide operations
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30: Pakistan's military said on Wednesday it had killed 32 militants in nationwide operations amid a rise in attacks targeting security forces...
Trump pledges response to Iran attack on Jordan base
Washington [US], July 30: The US president has threatened sweeping retaliation after US forces in Jordan intercepted an overnight barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles.
GCC forces hold joint military drills in Bahrain amid regional tensions
Manama [Bahrain], July 30: Armed forces from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are taking part in a joint military exercise in Bahrain, the country's Defence...
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...