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Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine's White Angel police evacuation units have rescued more than 38,000 people, including over 10,000 children.

Large fires broke out at Wildberries logistics centres in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk following an overnight drone attack in southern Russia.
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The Trump administration plans to submit a Saudi nuclear pact to Congress within days, despite concerns over missing safeguards, Reuters reported.
Combat medics returning from military service will be able to continue saving lives by joining Ukraine's civilian healthcare system.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani releases a video statement calling for Israeli PM Netanyahu to face trial for war crimes.
By Michael Martina and Nestor Corrales MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for talks on Wednesday during a regional gathering led by the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN, where top diplomats voiced concern about renewed Middle East hostilities and tension in the South China Sea. The two are expected to discuss a possible U.S. summit between their leaders flagged for the end of September by President Donald Trump, with Rubio saying on Sun
By Jana Choukeir, Elwely Elwelly and Michael Martina DUBAI/MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that Iran is not serious about talks to end their war, as the widening conflict disrupted two of the world's most critical energy chokepoints. Four tankers carrying Saudi crude to Asia reversed course in the Red Sea on Wednesday, a day after three others had done so, following threats to block Saudi shipping from Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, who control th
By Michael Martina and Nestor Corrales MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Wednesday discussed a visit to the U.S. in September by Chinese President Xi Jinping during an Asian gathering where ministers voiced concern about the Iran war and South China Sea tensions. Rubio said he and Wang discussed at length the need to lay the groundwork for a "very positive visit" by Xi, and it was their job to manage the big differences between the
DUBAI/MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday the United States is still willing to negotiate an end to the Iran crisis but Tehran is not serious about talks, as the widening conflict disrupted two of the world's most critical energy chokepoints. Rubio made his comments in a meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers a day after three oil tankers carrying Saudi crude to Asia reversed course in the Red Sea, apparently in response to threats from Yemen's
By Michael Martina and Nestor Corrales MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday during aregional gathering led by the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN, where top diplomats voiced concern about renewed Middle East hostilities and tension in the South China Sea. The two are expected to discuss a possible U.S. summit between their leaders flagged for the end of September by President Donald Trump, with Rubio saying on Sunday i

Gaza mourns as families are buried after Israeli attacks leave dozens dead, including children and displaced families.

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 124 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia

[UN News] Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025 showing that progress is possible, but gains remain fragile and far too slow to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline.

[UN News] Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025 showing that progress is possible, but gains remain fragile and far too slow to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline.

[UN News] The UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) reports that 144 migrants attempting to reach Europe are dead or missing due to a series of "tragic maritime incidents" off the coast of Mauritania last week.

[UN News] The UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) reports that 144 migrants attempting to reach Europe are dead or missing due to a series of "tragic maritime incidents" off the coast of Mauritania last week.

[African Arguments] More than three years into Sudan's war, the battlefield has changed more than the peace process. The Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, recovered Khartoum and consolidated its hold over much of the north, east and centre. Fighting shifted towards Darfur, Kordofan and Blue Nile, while drone attacks reached areas once considered secure. Khartoum illustrates the danger of confusing territorial recovery with political restoration: more than 2 million displaced people have returned, b

[African Arguments] More than three years into Sudan's war, the battlefield has changed more than the peace process. The Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, recovered Khartoum and consolidated its hold over much of the north, east and centre. Fighting shifted towards Darfur, Kordofan and Blue Nile, while drone attacks reached areas once considered secure. Khartoum illustrates the danger of confusing territorial recovery with political restoration: more than 2 million displaced people have returned, b
Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi, whom President Volodymyr Zelensky has designated as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said he would carry out his duties with responsibility and respect for those defending the country.

Ukraine's General Staff has updated data on Russian losses: Russia lost 1,330 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day.
US soldier missing in Jordan likely killed in Iranian attack A 28-year-old missing US soldier is believed to be the third troop member killed during an Iranian strike last week on Muwaffaq Salti airbase in Jordan, the US Defense Department said. The status of the soldier has been changed from missing to "Duty Status–Whereabouts Unknown, believed deceased".

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Iran attacks US targets in Kuwait Iran targeted US military facilities situated in Camp Doha base in Kuwait with drone attacks, Tehran's state media reported.

Traffic almost came to a standstill 2km (1.2 miles) from the Shanghai Expo Centre on Friday, the first day of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC). With temperatures nearing 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), scores of attendees abandoned their taxis to walk the rest of the way under the hot sun. This year’s conference mirrored the weather: it was the hottest, most crowded WAIC in my six years covering the event and, I was told, the most vibrant since its inception in...

ISLAMABAD: At least 15 cases of threats against journalists have been reported from Punjab, out of a total of 22 such incidents reported between April and June 2026. According to a review released by the Freedom Network on Tuesday as part of its quarterly assessment of threats to media and journalists in Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa saw the number of documented cases in the province fall from five in the first to three in the second quarter of the year. Sindh and Balochistan recorded one case ea

Chinese Defence Attache You Jian thanked India's military for rescuing 12 crew members from a burning cargo ship off Kerala last year

KP’S petition before the Federal Constitutional Court, seeking Rs964bn as the province’s claimed share of tax revenues since the Fata merger in 2018, may well be a political move by the PTI-led government. Still, it raises larger constitutional and fiscal questions about Pakistan’s federal structure, a dysfunctional National Finance Commission and distribution of fiscal resources among the provinces. The core issue is whether constitutional and fiscal arrangements can be left frozen indefinitely

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THE decision to merge the Board of Investment (BOI) and the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) gives Pakistan an opportunity to rethink how it attracts investment. Whether this becomes genuine reform or merely another institutional reshuffle depends on one question: can any investment promotion agency succeed when the investment climate itself remains fragmented? Successful investment promotion agencies are remarkably similar, despite operating in very different economies. Singapore’

56 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles and 35 unmanned aviation control points were also destroyed
"The strikes are designed to continue degrading Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz," the US Central Command said in a statement on X.

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Iranian control of Hormus Strait Rubio sets 'dangerous precedent', Rubio warns US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz would set a "dangerous precedent" with repercussions beyond the Middle East. "If we create a precedent in the Middle East where a nation-state can decide to control an international waterway, charge a toll, and blow up your ships if you don't pay, we have created a very dangerous precedent that will repeat itself in other

A deadly attack near Anefis exposes the growing challenges facing Mali's military leaders.

WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of US senators has introduced legislation aimed at criminalising efforts by foreign governments to intimidate political opponents and activists living in the United States, amid growing concern in Washington over alleged cases of transnational repression involving India. The Stop Transnational Repression Act of 2026, sponsored by Democratic Senator Adam Schiff and Republican Senator John Curtis, would make transnational repression a specific federal crime for the f

Andrey Marochko says Ukrainian militants have abandoned some of their forward positions in the settlement as several strategic heights have come under Russia’s control