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A member of Japan's Self-Defence Forces hands a water container to a man at a water distribution station

Seven employees dead

Search ended at mall wrecked by Japan quake blast

Iranian pilgrims brought portraits of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei to Karbala in Iraq where they took part in the Arbaeen pilgrimage

Annual pilgrimage

Iranian pilgrims flood Iraq for first Arbaeen since war

Egypt's Mediterranean port of Damietta was struck by an unprecedented drone strike on two gas vessels

'A bomb waiting to explode'

Egypt captains recount scramble to stop disaster after drone strike

The drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and its surrounding walkways are seen empty and fenced in on the National Mall, amid the renovation woes

Olympian off the hook

US drops Reflecting Pool case, admits damage due to botched renovation

Disagreements over the Volyn massacres have long cast a shadow over ties between Warsaw and Kyiv.

Strained relations

Warsaw and Kyiv exhume Volyn victims at centre of diplomatic quarrel

A Cockroach Janta Party supporter holds a doctored picture of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in New Delhi on July 25. Modi said he wanted to "forgive" protesters who abused him

'Mischievous youngsters'

India PM Modi says he forgives protesters who abused him

Spain rushed troops, more police, drones, divers and boats to Ceuta

Estimated 60,000 crossings

EU grapples with migrant crisis in Spain's N. Africa enclave

Los Angeles County lifeguard Maximus Oberto gestures as he monitors swimmers in the Pacific Ocean in Manhattan Beach

'Nonstop from sunrise to sunset'

California lifeguards wiped out from extreme weather

Environmental activists hold placards during a demonstration against PFAS chemicals next to the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels in March 2026

'Swept under the rug'

Forever chemicals and pesticides under Trump: what to know

FIFA President Gianni Infantino says global football's governing body is scrapping a controverial proposal to allow private investment in marquee events

Bowing to pressure

FIFA scraps private investment plan after backlash: Infantino

Boaters make their way past bathtub rings, showing the height of the water level in the past, on Lake Powell, Arizona on June 18, 2024

Amid record-breaking droughts

US plans steep water cuts for southwest amid Colorado River crisis

The Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee voted to keep rates steady at its last meeting, but saw an unusual number of dissents -- all calling for a rate hike

'Too high for too long'

US Fed dissenters call for rate hikes over sustained inflation

Hamas officials told AFP a committee established by Trump's Board of Peace to govern Gaza would oversee the process of storing the Islamist movement's weapons

Deal to end war

Hamas agrees to disarm: what are the challenges ahead?

This April 18, 2017 file photo shows people viewing a Google Earth map of Paris, France at an event at New York's Whitney Museum of Art

Risk of disinformation

Google rolls back new satellite image AI tool after backlash

At least 200 homes were destroyed and two firemen killed in the fires

Amid reports of new fires

Fire-hit France region 'coming up for air' as main blaze calms

The nuclear plant in Paks provides around 40 percent of Hungary's annual electricity generation

Low water levels

Hungary to shut nuclear plant as heatwave hits central Europe

Hamas' isarmament has been one of the key sticking points in the advancement of a ceasefire deal that has been in place in Gaza since October

'Israel's very happy'

Hamas agrees to disarm under Trump plan

US oil giants are set to report huge profits but gasoline prices above $4 per gallon are testing the public's patience

War is good, for some

Oil giants report blowout profits on war, warn high gas prices could persist

Greek firefighters continued to battle a wildfire ravaging parts of the tourist island of Crete on Friday

'Near-zero visibility'

New blazes in Greece as strong winds hamper firefighting

An open fire hydrant delivers some relief on the west side of Chicago on July 2, 2026

Could shatter records

Strengthening El Nino 'adding fuel to a planet already on fire': UN chief

Dramatic images from the Spanish territory of Ceuta, on the Moroccan coast, are fueling far-right warnings over immigration

Trump and far-right seize on Spanish migration crisis

The police response became heavier as dozens of officers used water cannons and tear gas to push back those trying to leave Morocco

Perilous journey

A rumour, a rush: chaos at Morocco border with Spain's Ceuta

Many helping to keep French firefighters fed feel they owe them a debt of gratitude

Solidarity display

A side of oysters for France's flat-out firefighters

Véier Lëtzebuerger sinn aktuell op Ceuta an hunn d'Situatioun live materlieft.

Witnessing desperate escape

Young Luxembourgers experience mass exodus of migrants at Spanish border with Morocco

Hamas' isarmament has been one of the key sticking points in the advancement of a ceasefire deal that has been in place in Gaza since October

Hamas agrees to disarm under Trump plan

Some 60,000 migrants crossed into the territory from Morocco

'Like the pandemic'

Shops closed, businesses quiet as Spain's Ceuta faces migrant surge

Workers harvest Pinot Noir grapes at the Defilippi - I Gessi estate, northern Italy

French, Italian winegrowers face earliest ever harvest

The partially dried-up river bed of the Rhine pictured in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on July 28, 2026, following exceptionally hot weather

Consequences for Germany's industries

Alarm over climate-linked low level of German waterways

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