24-07-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 10 Palestinians have died of forced starvation in the past 24 hours in Gaza, bringing the death toll from hunger to 111, including at least 80 children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry. Israeli forces continue bombarding Gaza as 109 aid groups call for action …
Read More »‘They shot patients in beds’
24-07-2025 Warning: This story contains descriptions of violence DAMASCUS/ SUWEIDA: Syrian government forces have been accused of carrying out a massacre at a hospital during sectarian clashes which erupted just over a week ago. The media has visited Suweida’s National Hospital, where staff claim patients were killed inside wards. The …
Read More »US has struck trade deal with Japan: Trump
24-07-2025 WASHINGTON/ TOKYO: President Donald Trump says the US has agreed to a “massive” trade deal with Japan, one of the country’s largest trading partners. Japan has agreed to invest $550bn (£407bn) in the US while its goods sold to America would be taxed at 15% when they reach the …
Read More »World court set to hear Vanuatu’s case on climate crisis
24-07-2025 VIENNA: When John Warmington first began diving the reefs outside his home in Vanuatu’s Havannah Harbour 10 years ago, the coral rose like a sunken forest – tall stands of staghorns branched into yellow antlers, plate corals layered like canopies, and clouds of darting fish wove through the labyrinth. …
Read More »Iran to continue nuclear enrichment despite US strikes
24-07-2025 TEHRAN: Iran has no plans to abandon its nuclear program including uranium enrichment despite the “severe” damage caused by US strikes to its facilities, the country’s foreign minister said ahead of renewed talks with European powers. Iran is scheduled to meet Britain, France and Germany in Istanbul on Friday, …
Read More »‘US government employee barred from leaving China’
24-07-2025 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: A United States government employee has been prevented from leaving China after visiting the country for personal reasons, Washington has said. The employee of the US Patent and Trademark Office, an agency within the US Department of Commerce, was subject to an “exit ban” while travelling in …
Read More »Iran says it will respond to re-imposition of UN sanctions
23-07-2025 TEHRAN: Iran could withhold security commitments if European states invoke a UN mechanism to re-impose international sanctions on the Islamic Republic, a member of Iran’s parliamentary national security commission said on Monday, according to Borna news. “We have many tools in our disposition. We can withhold our commitment to …
Read More »Israel sends tanks into Gaza’s Deir al-Balah
23-07-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: Israeli tanks pushed into southern and eastern districts of the Gazan city of Deir al-Balah for the first time on Monday, an area where Israeli sources said the military believes hostages may be held. The area is packed with Palestinians displaced during more than 21 months …
Read More »Trump’s renewed interest in Pakistan has India recalibrating China ties
23-07-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: U.S. President Donald Trump’s lunch meeting with Pakistan’s military chief prompted a private diplomatic protest from India in a warning to Washington about risks to their bilateral ties while New Delhi is recalibrating relations with China as a hedge, officials and analysts said. The meeting …
Read More »Philippines’ Marcos to meet Trump seeking trade deal
23-07-2025 MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will meet United States President Donald Trump this week, hoping Manila’s status as a key Asian ally will secure a more favorable trade deal. Marcos will be the first Southeast Asian leader to meet Trump during the US leader’s second term. Trump has …
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