BBC: US President Donald Trump says the Board of Peace has reached an agreement for the “complete disarmament” of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. A senior Hamas official has told the BBC they have agreed to the Board of Peace’s plan to completely disarm in Gaza and that an official statement will be […]
BBC: “One day we will get our freedom back.” The 22-year-old has spent much of his adult life fighting for it. But now, after five years of civil war in Myanmar, he has had enough of war and political struggle. “I want to help our people as much as I can. But I choose another […]
BBC: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has branded a Russian missile attack that killed five members of the same family a “horrific crime”. Zelensky shared a picture of the Voronov family on social media, writing that parents Artem and Olena and three of their children – Mark, Azariah Ilay, and Emilia – had all been killed […]
BBC: There was a surprise slowdown in US economic growthin the three months to June despite an increase in consumer spending, according to official figures. The Commerce Department said the US economy grew at an annual rate of 1.5% in the second quarter, down from 2.1% seen in the first three months of the year. […]
BBC: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said an object that crashed into a field in eastern Poland in the early hours of Thursday was probably a Russian missile. The unidentified object caused a 10m-wide (33ft) crater a short distance from the village of Tarnawa Kolonia, about 100km (62 miles) from the border with Ukraine […]
(Reuters) WASHINGTON/CAIRO, July 30 – The U.S. military said it struck dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard targets in Iran, including military command centres and drone facilities, in a two-hour operation launched after Tehran fired ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in the Middle East. The operation began at 0000 GMT and ended at 0200 GMT on […]
(Reuters) July 30 – Russian air strikes killed at least 13 people in Ukraine on Thursday, including one in Kyiv, in attacks extending as far as the western city of Lviv, forcing neighbouring Poland to scramble fighter jets to secure its airspace. The attacks come as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy returns from the United States, where […]
BBC: The US military says it has begun launching strikes against Iran in retaliation for an attempted surprise attack on American forces in the Middle East. Centcom said on X the strikes were “a powerful response” to Tuesday’s firing by Iran on US bases in Jordan and at ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The […]
BBC: Three Greek firefighters have died tackling wildfires in Crete and in the Peloponnese. In Crete, gale-force winds whipped up flames prompting the evacuation of several villages, and two firefighters died after becoming trapped when the blaze swept through the Rethymno region, in the island’s west. Another firefighter died after being found unconscious near the […]
BBC: Saudi Arabia is facing a difficult dilemma. Ever since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran on 28 February, the Saudis have largely tried to stay out of it. But now, after being attacked from three sides, the Saudis have had enough. This week, they carried out joint strikes with the US on […]
