(Reuters) CAIRO/GAZA July 15 – An Israeli airstrike killed a man, his wife and their six-year-old daughter in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian health officials said as talks to advance the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire deal faltered. The strike on an apartment building in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza killed Omar Abu Qassem, his wife, […]
BBC: US President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iran’s bridges and power plants next week if it did not return to talks. The comments in a Fox News interview aired as the two countries exchanged fire for the fourth day in a row. Trump earlier reversed a threat of a 20% fee on all Strait […]
BBC: China’s economic growth slowed sharply between the start of April and end of June as weak domestic demand and the Iran war’s impact on oil prices overshadowed the country’s strong exports. Official gross domestic product (GDP) figures showed the world’s second largest economy grew in the second quarter by 4.3%, below Beijing’s annual target, […]
BBC: Seven Britons were among those killed in the deadly wildfires in southern Spain, authorities have confirmed. Twelve of the 13 victims were foreign nationals, Spanish authorities said on Tuesday after completing post-mortem examinations, according to local media and Agence France Presse (AFP). The wildfires, which tore through Spain’s Almería province on Thursday, have become […]
BBC: Another record-breaking heatwave has hit parts of Canada and the US, bringing extreme temperatures and poor air quality. Extreme heat warnings have been in place across multiple Canadian provinces, including most of Ontario and part of Quebec, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories – affecting millions of people. The high temperatures are expected to continue […]
BBC: President Donald Trump has reversed his threat of a 20% fee on all Strait of Hormuz cargo shipping, as the US battles to break Iran’s hold on the waterway. Trump said the toll would be replaced by “massive” trade and investment deals with Gulf states, just hours before the US resumed its blockade of […]
BBC: A Singapore court has ordered Bloomberg and one of its reporters to pay S$460,000 to two ministers who had sued them for defamation over an article referencing their property transactions. Last year, the ministers, K Shanmugam and Tan See Leng, sued Bloomberg and reporter Low De Wei for a 2024 article titled “Singapore Mansion […]
CNN: Japan may have its first ever female prime minister, but her government’s attempts to avoid a royal succession crisis are making the chances of a woman taking the imperial throne ever slimmer. With just three eligible heirs to the Chrysanthemum throne – and two of them 60 or over – the imperial family is facing […]
(Reuters) CAIRO/DUBAI/WASHINGTON, July 13 – The U.S. military carried out a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran on Monday as President Donald Trump reinstated a blockade of Iranian shipping and proposed charging a 20% fee to guard the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command said it began strikes at Trump’s direction just after the […]
BBC: The UAE accused Iran of a “brazen” attack on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, killing one and wounding eight, as Donald Trump said the US would impose a 20% charge as part of a new blockade on the waterway. The US president said they were hitting Iran “very hard” as […]
