Israel kills 17 in Gaza as attacks escalate despite Trump plan
Gaza [Palestine], August 3: Israeli forces have killed at least 17 Palestinians in Gaza, despite United States President Donald Trump announcing a plan he describes...
No Hormuz breakthrough as Trump halts attack on Iran
Tehran [Iran] / Washington [US], August 3: United States President Donald Trump has once again held off on launching a major attack against Iran, but...
Hungary shuts down only nuclear power plant amid drought
Budapest [Hungary], August 3: Hungary announced it would shut down its only nuclear power plant after record-low levels on the Danube River reduced the water...
S Korea has hottest day on record amid extreme global weather
Seoul [South Korea], August 3: South Korea has recorded its highest temperature since national weather records began more than a century ago, as an intense...
Venezuela government and part of opposition to launch US-backed talks
Mexico City [Mexico], August 3: Venezuela's government and part of the opposition plan to launch US-backed talks on the country's political future, although the movement...
Saudi urges Trump to prioritise dialogue
Cairo [Egypt], August 3: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has called on US President Donald Trump to "prioritise the language of dialogue" to...
Death toll from Ceuta crisis rises to 72
Madrid [Spain], August 3: Further bodies have been recovered from the sea off Ceuta following the influx of tens of thousands of migrants into the...
Spain says migrants leaving Ceuta after mass influx in which 67 died
Madrid [Spain], August 2: Spain said "virtually all" of the estimated 60,000 migrants who stormed its North African enclave of Ceuta by land and sea...
Iran warns against 'flames of war' amid US threats on energy sites
Tehran [Iran], August 2: Iran's authorities have promised retaliation in case of threatened attacks by the United States against critical energy infrastructure, while military strikes...
Israeli strikes kill four across Gaza, destroy medical supply warehouse
Gaza [Palestine], August 2: Israeli strikes across Gaza have killed at least four Palestinians, with separate attacks hitting medicine warehouses beside a hospital that officials...
Moroccan rapper El Youbi provisionally released from prison after 18 days
Casablanca [Morocco], August 2: The politically outspoken Moroccan rapper and filmmaker Mehdi El Youbi has been granted a provisional release from prison in Casablanca, Morocco,...
Aftershocks rattle Naples area after strongest quake in decades
Rome [Italy], August 2: A series of aftershocks rattled the area around the southern Italian city of Naples overnight after the strongest earthquake to hit...
Renowned mountaineer Purja dead in Pakistan avalanche
London [UK], August 2: The company co-founded by Nirmal Purja has confirmed that the world-renowned former British Army and Royal Marines soldier has died in...
'Russian ship sunk in Sea of Azov'
Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], August 2: A Russian ship has been sunk in the Sea of Azov following a Ukrainian attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
Ebola outbreak worsens in DR Congo and is now biggest ever, says...
Geneva [Switzerland], August 2: Despite weeks of efforts, the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa is not only not under control - it is worsening...
Massive fire near Bordeaux is under control, says France
Paris [France], August 2: France's largest wildfire of the season, near the Atlantic coast city of Bordeaux, is under control and no longer spreading, Interior...
Remains of 14 Afghan migrants recovered in western Afghanistan, says official
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 2: The bodies of 14 Afghan men who went missing while attempting to travel without documents to Iran have been recovered in...
Houthis say they forced eight Saudi oil tankers to change course
Cairo [Egypt], August 2: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said on Saturday they have forced eight Saudi oil tankers to change course, as part of a...
Athens region on highest wildfire alert as several blazes continue to spread
Athens [Greece], August 2: Strong winds continue to fan several major forest and wildfires in Greece as the country remained on high alert on Saturday.
UN chief warns of hot autumn as strong El Niño develops
Geneva [Switzerland] / New York [US], August 2: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of a climatically hot late summer and autumn in the Northern...
Approval for China's mega London embassy lawful: Court
London [UK], August 2: A British court has ruled that the planned construction of a new Chinese "mega" embassy in central London can go forward,...
Algerian bus plunges into ravine killing at least 27 people, injuring 39...
Algiers [Algeria], August 2: A passenger bus has crashed into a ravine in northern Algeria, killing at least 27 people and injuring 39 others, according...
Two ex-Sri Lanka officials sentenced to death over 2019 Easter bombings
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 2: A Sri Lankan court has sentenced a former police chief and a former Defence Ministry official to death after finding...
11 wounded by Colombia car bomb days before new president takes office
Cucuta [Colombia], August 2: At least 11 people have been wounded in a Colombian car bombing, days before right-wing President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella is...
Trump administration bans new Chinese humanoid robots, to protect US AI buildout
New York [US], August 1: The Trump administration on Tuesday unveiled bans that target imports of new Chinese robots and power inverters, seeking to...
Fiji has joined Australia in the world's largest Naval training exercise with...
Sydney [Australia], August 1: Australia has taken part in the world's largest naval training exercise with its Pacific neighbours, combining to curb the...
Thousands of children, sponsors arrested by ICE after tips from US child...
New York [US], August 1: Aurora's 6-year-old daughter arrived at the U.S. border alone and spent more than half a year in a child...