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Jul 30, 2026
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 openly campaigning against the country's war in Ukraine.
Heat, wind threaten to intensify France fires
Egypt says explosion and fire at Damietta port 'dealt with immediately'
Pakistan's military says 32 militants killed in nationwide operations
Trump pledges response to Iran attack on Jordan base
GCC forces hold joint military drills in Bahrain amid regional tensions
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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...
Guterres meets with both sides in push to re-unify Cyprus
Nicosia [Cyprus], July 29: The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reaffirmed his commitment to supporting renewed negotiations after separate meetings with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and...
Sixty Palestinians detained by Israel return to Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], July 29: Sixty Palestinians detained by Israel were returned to Gaza, arriving at a hospital in Khan Younis frail, injured and, in several...
Several dead in Japan after major earthquake causes blast at mall
Tokyo [Japan], July 29: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and causing...
US senators agree on new Russia sanctions
Washington [US], July 29: US senators agreed on Tuesday on legislation designed to put greater pressure on Russia through new sanctions, with newly published amendments...
Russia reports 24 injuries in Ukrainian drone attack
Moscow [Russia], July 29: A total of 24 people have been injured in Ukrainian drone attacks on two buses, Russian authorities reported on Tuesday.
UN's migration body says human trafficking for online fraud rising rapidly
Geneva [Switzerland], July 29: The United Nations' International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of people are being exploited by...
Hungary launches anti-corruption body as former PM Orban's party cries foul
Budapest [Hungary], July 29: Hungary's parliament has voted to establish a new agency to support law enforcement in the fight against corruption. The new National...
EU summons Russian envoy over Romanian airspace incursion
Brussels [Belgium], July 29: The European Union has summoned Moscow's diplomatic envoy to Brussels in response to a Russian drone entering Romanian airspace last week.
Gunmen kill top local official in Afghanistan
Oman presents Iran with plan for voluntary fees to use Hormuz
Israeli ex-generals urge Trump to push Netanyahu on 'settler terror'
UN troops find 4 tonnes of explosives in Lebanon
Houthis want to copy Iran's Hormuz control in the Red Sea: Yemeni FM
Iran executes two more men over deadly protest violence in Isfahan
Israel and Lebanon to meet for further talks in Rome: US State Department
Ceasefire in Iran is to allow for negotiations, says Trump
Jul 28, 2026
Iraqi PM orders investigation into Saudi allegations
Protests erupt in Libya's Tripoli as anger grows over prolonged power cuts, rates
