Iraq condemns US-Saudi airstrikes on its territory
Baghdad [Iraq] / Tehran [Iran], July 30: Iraq's presidency on Wednesday denounced US-Saudi airstrikes carried out against Iranian-backed militias on Iraqi soil, describing them as...
Death toll from Japan earthquake rises to 14 as search continues
Tokyo [Japan], July 30: The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck south-western Japan has risen to at least 14, authorities reported on Wednesday.
Two Palestinians killed, 29 wounded in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], July 30: Two Palestinians have been killed and 29 others injured in Gaza over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on...
Russian industrial sites on fire after Ukrainian drone attacks
Moscow [Russia], July 30: Ukrainian drone attacks hit industrial facilities in Russia's western city of Ryazan, causing several to catch fire and forcing major retailer...
EU crisis chief urges tougher climate action
Brussels [Belgium], July 30: The European Union's crisis management commissioner says the bloc needs to invest more in tackling climate change and accelerate its response,...
Lindsey Graham remembered by Trump as 'giant of the US Senate'
Washington [US], July 30: President Donald Trump has remembered Lindsey Graham as a "giant of the United States Senate" at the late lawmaker's funeral in...
France to tighten museum security after theft
Paris [France], July 30: France's government plans to strengthen protection for some of the country's most vulnerable cultural treasures following the daytime theft of a...
Ex-Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki forms new bloc amid power struggle
Warsaw [Poland], July 30: Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Wednesday that he had formed a new parliamentary group following a decisive split...
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...