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Jul 30, 2026
Baghdad [Iraq] / Tehran [Iran], July 30: Iraq's presidency on Wednesday denounced US-Saudi airstrikes carried out against Iranian-backed militias on Iraqi soil, describing them as an unacceptable attack and a blatant violation of the country's sovereignty.
Death toll from Japan earthquake rises to 14 as search continues
Russian industrial sites on fire after Ukrainian drone attacks
EU crisis chief urges tougher climate action
Lindsey Graham remembered by Trump as 'giant of the US Senate'
France to tighten museum security after theft
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Ex-Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki forms new bloc amid power struggle
Warsaw [Poland], July 30: Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Wednesday that he had formed a new parliamentary group following a decisive split...
Russia allows anti-war party to contest election
Moscow [Russia], July 30: Russia's Central Election Commission has approved the opposition liberal party Yabloko to contest September's parliamentary elections, making it the only party...
Heat, wind threaten to intensify France fires
Paris [France], July 30: Firefighters battling a massive wildfire on France's south-western coast worked on Wednesday to prevent the blaze from spreading again as a...
UN calls for boosted response to 'fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever'
New York [US], July 30: UN experts on Wednesday called for a significant increase in humanitarian assistance to combat the rapidly worsening Ebola epidemic in...
Egypt says explosion and fire at Damietta port 'dealt with immediately'
Cairo [Egypt], July 30: Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said that an incident at Damietta port saw a fire break out on a...
Pakistan's military says 32 militants killed in nationwide operations
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30: Pakistan's military said on Wednesday it had killed 32 militants in nationwide operations amid a rise in attacks targeting security forces...
Trump pledges response to Iran attack on Jordan base
Washington [US], July 30: The US president has threatened sweeping retaliation after US forces in Jordan intercepted an overnight barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles.
GCC forces hold joint military drills in Bahrain amid regional tensions
Manama [Bahrain], July 30: Armed forces from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are taking part in a joint military exercise in Bahrain, the country's Defence...
Heat and wind hamper firefighting efforts in France, Spain & Portugal
Jul 29, 2026
Paris [France] / Madrid [Spain], July 29: Firefighters are using every available means to bring the wildfires raging along France's Atlantic coast under control as...
Trump holds 'positive' talks with Zelensky, Netanyahu
Washington [US], July 29: US President Donald Trump's back-to-back meetings in Washington with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday were "positive and productive," White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt wrote on X.
Guterres meets with both sides in push to re-unify Cyprus
Sixty Palestinians detained by Israel return to Gaza
Several dead in Japan after major earthquake causes blast at mall
US senators agree on new Russia sanctions
Russia reports 24 injuries in Ukrainian drone attack
UN's migration body says human trafficking for online fraud rising rapidly
Hungary launches anti-corruption body as former PM Orban's party cries foul
EU summons Russian envoy over Romanian airspace incursion
Gunmen kill top local official in Afghanistan
Oman presents Iran with plan for voluntary fees to use Hormuz
