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July 31, 2025 8:56 PM

Trump’s envoy meets Netanyahu for Gaza aid, ceasefire push

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday in a bid to salvage Gaza truce talks and tackle a humanitarian crisis in the enclave, where a global hunger monitor has warned that famine is unfolding. Short...

July 31, 2025 7:49 PM

Iranian president says country is on brink of dire water crisis

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian warned against excessive water consumption which he said was untenable for the country and could leave Tehran facing severe shortages by September, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday. Faced with ...

July 31, 2025 7:44 PM

Trump tariffs face key test at US appeals court

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday will review President Donald Trump's power to impose tariffs, after a lower court said he exceeded his authority with sweeping levies on imported goods. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington...

July 31, 2025 7:48 PM

Myanmar forms interim government before election but top general still in charge

Myanmar's military on Thursday nominally transferred power to a civilian-led interim government ahead of a planned December election, with the junta chief remaining in charge of the war-torn country in his other role as acting president. An announce...

July 31, 2025 3:20 PM

At least 60 dead in north China following extreme rain, authorities say

Extreme weather killed at least 60 people in northern China over the past week, with 31 deaths in an elderly care home in Beijing's hilly Miyun district in one of the deadliest floods to have hit the Chinese capital in years. In Beijing, 44 people w...

July 31, 2025 2:48 PM

London’s Heathrow hit by more flight cancellations after air traffic failure

At least 16 flights to and from London's Heathrow Airport were cancelled on Thursday, a day after technical problems with Britain's air traffic control system caused widespread disruption across the country's airports. National Air Traffic Services ...

July 31, 2025 2:08 PM

Death toll rises in China’s north following extreme rain, state media says

Extreme weather killed at least eight people in the city of Chengde just outside the Chinese capital Beijing, with 18 still unaccounted for, as heavy rainfall pounded the hilly region over the past week. The deaths occurred in villages within the Xi...

July 31, 2025 2:31 PM

PM Modi, UAE President discuss bilateral ties, review progress across sectors in telephonic conversation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Wednesday discussed ways to strengthen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries. In a telephonic conversation, the two leaders reviewed the...

July 31, 2025 2:00 PM

UN says Congo rebels killed scores of farmers, M23 suggests ‘smear’

An M23 rebel attack on farmers and other civilians in east Democratic Republic of Congo killed 169 people earlier this month, a U.N. body told Reuters, in what would be one of the deadliest incidents since the Rwanda-backed group's resurgence. M23 l...

July 31, 2025 1:04 PM

Cambodia asks Thailand to release detained soldiers as truce holds

Cambodia accused Thailand on Thursday of detaining 20 of its soldiers and killing another in post-ceasefire incidents, as a fragile peace held for a third day along their disputed border. Five days of intense clashes between the Southeast Asian neig...

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