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Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (LONDON) — As global concern over the hunger crisis in Gaza intensifies, Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, on Friday inspected the U.S. and Israel-backed aid distribution system there. “Special Envoy Witkoff and Ambassador Huckabee will be traveling into Gaza on Friday […]
Andriy Zhyhaylo/Oboz.ua/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — During his visit to the U.K. on Monday, President Donald Trump expressed further frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s continued long-range attacks on Ukraine. The president said he would shorten the 50-day window offered to Putin earlier this month in which to agree to […]
Hassan Jedi/Anadolu via Getty Images The Israel Defense Forces announced changes Saturday in humanitarian aid procedures in Gaza amid ongoing international pressure as the malnutrition crisis worsens. The IDF said in a statement that it was taking several actions, including dropping “seven pallets of aid containing flour, sugar, and canned food” at the behest of […]
Christian Mang/Getty Images (JERUSALEM) — France will officially recognize the state of Palestine, “true to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East,” French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday. “I will make the solemn announcement at the United Nations General Assembly” in September, Macron said in a statement. “There […]
El Salvador Press Presidency Office/Anadolu via Getty Images (VENEZUELA) — The more than 200 Venezuelan migrants who were deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador’s mega-prison in March have left El Salvador to be sent to Venezuela as part of a prisoner swap that included Americans being held in Venezuela, El Salvador President Nayib […]
(LONDON) — An overnight fire at a shopping mall in Iraq has killed more than 60 people, according to the country’s interior ministry. The massive fire broke out early Thursday in the new, five-story shopping center in Kut, the capital of the Wasit province in eastern Iraq. Most of the 61 victims died from smoke […]
Abdulkarem Al-Mohammad/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces said it struck “the entrance” of Syria’s military headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday. At least one person was killed and 18 others were injured Wednesday in the Israeli airstrikes on the capital, Damascus, Syria’s Ministry of Health told the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency. […]
Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON )– The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) announced some changes at its Khan Younis aid distribution center on Monday, as Palestinians continue to report mass killings and chaos near aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip. The center will now use “a flag system” in place to indicate […]
Michael Sorrow/Anadolu via Getty Images (BUDAPEST) — President Donald Trump threatened “severe tariffs” against Russia if a ceasefire deal isn’t reached in 50 days over its war in Ukraine. “We’re very, very unhappy with them,” Trump said of Russia during remarks in the Oval Office alongside NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Monday. “Tariffs at about […]
Debris from a Russian drone lies inside damaged residential building after a Russian drones and missiles attack on July 10, 2025 in Kyiv/Yevhenii Zavhorodnii/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — At least two people were killed and 22 others were injured in Kyiv in an overnight Russian drone and missile bombardment, Ukrainian President Volodymyr […]
