Israeli military retrieves bodies of six hostages from Gaza
Israel retrieved the bodies of six hostages from the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza, the military said on Tuesday, as negotiations continued in an effort to bring back more ...
Taliban morality police dismiss over 280 men without beards from security forces
The Taliban’s morality ministry has dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and have detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for “immoral ...
Mpox is not the new Covid, says WHO official
A World Health Organization official stressed on Tuesday that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new COVID, as authorities know how to ...
After yacht sinks off Sicily, search continues for six missing
Rescue teams were getting ready in Sicily to resume a search for six missing people, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter, after a luxury yacht was struck ...
Biden hails Harris as DNC’s future in emotional farewell speech
President Joe Biden cemented the Democratic Party’s elevation of Kamala Harris to lead the fight for the White House against Republican Donald Trump with a convention speech on Monday ...
Ukraine repels fifth Russian missile attack on Kyiv in August
Russia launched its fifth missile attack on Kyiv this month, Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday, with preliminary data showing air defence systems were again successful in repelling the strikes.
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British home buyer interest grows after BoE rate cut
British estate agents have seen a pick-up in demand from buyers since the Bank of England’s decision on Aug. 1 to begin cutting interest rates from a 16-year high, property ...
Israeli strike targets Hezbollah site in Lebanon, Israeli military
An Israeli strike on Monday evening targeted a Hezbollah arms depot in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, the Israeli military said.
The strike did not result in any fatalities, two ...
Trump posts image of fake Taylor Swift endorsement
Former President Donald Trump has posted a fake social media image of pop superstar Taylor Swift asking people to vote for him in the November election.
A Sunday entry by ...
Prosecutors defer to judge on Trump bid to delay hush money sentencing
The prosecutors who secured Donald Trump’s historic criminal conviction on felony charges in May on Monday did not explicitly oppose the former US president’s bid to delay his ...
Phil Donahue, pioneer of the daytime talk show, dies at age 88
Phil Donahue, who changed the face of U.S. daytime television with a long-running syndicated talk show that highlighted topical and often provocative social and political issues, has died at ...
Russia says Ukraine has hit third bridge in assault on Kursk region
Moscow said on Monday Ukraine had struck a third bridge in an assault on Russia’s Kursk region which Kyiv says is aimed at carving out a buffer zone and ...
Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for bomb blast in Tel Aviv
The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast near a synagogue in Tel Aviv that Israeli police and the Shin Bet intelligence ...
Biden launches citizenship programme for immigrant spouses of US citizens
Miguel Aleman, a 39-year-old who was brought to the United States from Mexico at age 4, is among hundreds of thousands of immigrants hoping to find a path to citizenship through ...
As polio reemerges in Gaza, a mother fears for her child’s health
In Gaza, a mother worries that her month-old son, Mohammed, could be infected with polio after the Palestinian health ministry confirmed the first case in the enclave on Friday, ending ...
Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in US trial dies in UK road accident, lawyer says
Stephen Chamberlain, once Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in the U.S. fraud trial over the sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard, has died after a road accident left him critically injured, ...
China and Vietnam sign 14 deals from rail to crocodiles after leaders meet
By Liz Lee
China and Vietnam inked 14 documents spanning cross-border railways to crocodile exports on Monday, after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Vietnam’s new leader To Lam in ...
British entrepreneur Mike Lynch among missing after luxury yacht sinks off Sicily
One man died and six people were missing, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter, after a luxury yacht was struck by an unexpectedly violent storm and sank ...
Gaza Ceasefire
Blinken calls on Hamas to accept US proposal on ending Gaza war
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Hamas to accept a U.S. bridging proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal after what he said was a “...
Brewers tap growth of zero-alcohol beers in Middle East
Egyptian Mohannad Abdelazeem, 35, doesn’t drink alcohol. But he does consume three or four cans per day of Moussy and Fayrouz – alcohol-free beers.
Brewers including Carlsberg and Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI....
UK house prices rise by 2.7 per cent in 12 months to June
British house prices rose by 2.7 per cent in the 12 months to June to an average of 288,000 pounds ($370,000), according to a report from the Office for National Statistics.
June’s annual ...
Algeria to supply Lebanon with fuel for power stations
Algeria will immediately begin supplying Lebanon with fuel for its power plants, Algerian state radio said in a statement on Sunday, after Lebanon’s electricity company said the day before ...
Turkish firefighters bring wildfires in west and north under control, minister says
Firefighters in Turkey have brought under control two large forest fires that had been burning for three days, with several other wildfires across the country expected to be put out ...
Malaysia announces adopt-an-orangutan plan for palm oil importers
By Mandy Leong
Companies that import palm oil from Malaysia will be able to adopt orangutans but they will not be able to leave the country, the commodities minister said ...