Lebanon fears dangerous new phase in Hezbollah-Israel fighting
Beirut [Lebanon], July 29: Since October, the near-daily cross-border attacks between Israel and Hezbollah, the powerful Iranian-backed militia and political movement in Lebanon, have killed...
Israel forces advance in south Gaza, displacing more people
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 29: Israel's army sent tanks deeper into southern Gaza as health officials said attacks killed 66 Palestinians, and injured 241 across...
Russia uses bombs and fighter jets in powerful attacks on east Ukraine
Kiev [Ukraine], July 29: The Russian Air Force deployed bombs and fighter jets in a powerful attack on the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine, according...
Iran closes banks due to overheating
Tehran [Iran], July 29: The Iranian government announced that all state agencies, organizations and banks will be closed on July 28 due to extreme hot...
Wildfires rage out of control in California
California [US], July 29: According to AFP yesterday, citing local authorities, a fire broke out fiercely in Northern California (USA), burning nearly 142,000 hectares of...
US strengthens ties with Asian allies
Washington [US], July 29: Yesterday, July 28, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had a security dialogue with Japanese...
Israeli Prime Minister, Defense Minister authorized to decide response to Hezbollah
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 29: Israel's security cabinet has authorized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to decide how and when to...
France investigates death threats against Israeli athletes at Paris Olympics
Paris [France], July 29: AFP news agency reported on July 28 that French police have opened an investigation after three Israeli athletes received death threats...
Italy 'restarts' relations with China
Rome [Italy], July 29: Italy and China signed a three-year economic cooperation agreement on July 28, following talks between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and...
Countdown 100 days to US election
Washington [US], July 29: Former US President Donald Trump continued to attack Vice President Kamala Harris yesterday after her late entry slowed his momentum.
Israel vows to strike back after rocket kills 12
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 29: Israel convened its security cabinet on Sunday to discuss responding to a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that...
Jordan's agricultural exports surge 25% in Jan-May 2024
Amman [Jordan], July 29: The Minister of Agriculture of Jordan, Khaled Hunaifat, announced on Sunday that the national agricultural exports have reached half a billion...
15 killed as rainstorms pound parts of China
Beijing [China], July 29: Torrential rain has triggered landslides and rising water levels in major rivers in many parts of China, killing 15 people and...
UAE Team Emirates' Hirschi takes overall Czech Tour title
Olomouc [Czechia], July 29: Marc Hirschi of UAE Team Emirates showed poise to take home the overall victory at the Czech Tour today on stage...
19 dead in boat accident in northern Ethiopia
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 29: Nineteen people have died after the boat carrying them capsized in a river in the Amhara region, Ethiopia.
NASA, SpaceX target Aug. 18 to launch crew rotation mission
New York [US], July 28: SpaceX and NASA said on Friday they planned to launch the SpaceX Crew-9 mission, a crew rotation mission to the...
Park Fire explodes in size, among largest in California's history
California [US], July 28: A massive wildfire torching Northern California, known as Park Fire, has quickly grown to nearly 1,400 square kilometers in just three...
Knife-armed man shot dead by police in Sydney's southwestern suburb
Sydney [Australia], July 28: A 34-year-old man armed with a knife was shot dead by police on Saturday night in Middleton Grange, a southwestern suburb...
Central Tokyo condo prices down 16 pct in Jan.-June
Tokyo [Japan], July 28: The average price of a new condominium in central Tokyo in the first half of 2024 dropped 16.3 percent from a...
11 injured after leisure fishing boat hits breakwater in western Japan
Tokyo [Japan], July 28: A leisure fishing boat in Tottori Prefecture in western Japan hit the breakwater on Sunday, with all 11 people injured including...
Coastguard says oil leak detected from sunken tanker in the Philippines
Manila [Philippines], July 28: The Philippine coastguard reported on Saturday that a portion of the 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil from a tanker...
Paris-Germany trains back on schedule after arson attacks
Paris [France], July 28: Train services between Paris and Germany have resumed their normal schedule following recent arson attacks on the high-speed railway in France,...
Eight dead as car hits pedestrians in central Chinese city of Changsha
Beijing [China], July 28: A car driver has ploughed into a crowd of people in the central Chinese city of Changsha, killing eight people,...
Former presidents looking to observe Venezuela election denied entry
Caracas [Venenzuela], July 28: A plane carrying four former Latin American presidents planning to observe Sunday's presidential election in Venezuela has not been allowed to...
President Zelensky says situation on Ukraine's eastern front is difficult
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 28: The Ukrainian armed forces are under heavy pressure from Russian attacks in the east of the country, President Volodymyr Zelensky said...
Bangladesh authorities detain protest leaders
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 28: Bangladeshi authorities have taken three student leaders, who helped coordinate rallies against government job quotas, from a hospital following days of...
Korean War victory anniversary
Pyongyang [North Korea], July 28: A photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un laying a...