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Retaliatory strikes by US and Saudi fighter planes hit logistics and weapons sites in eastern Iraq belonging to "Iran-aligned terrorists", the US military says

Logistics and weapons sites

US, Saudi forces strike Iran-backed groups in Iraq

Japan's subtropical Okinawa region boasts some of the world's most biodiverse hubs of normally multicoloured coral

Ecological bootcamps

Japan coral protectors race to save reefs from heat 'bomb'

Hardik Singh (left) trains with the India squad in Bengaluru. "Every nation has a time and I believe India has arrived," says the 27-year-old

Aiming for former glory

Indian hockey back on 'road to gold' after years in the wilderness

The French fleet only has 12 water bombing aircraft and the soonest it can get more is 2028

Nine-year production gap

France needs more Canadair water bombers but building them is painfully slow

The Airbus A350-1000ULR flew direct from Melbourne, Australia to Tolouse, France in a 24-hour test flight

23 thousand kilometers

Airbus completes record 24-hour flight with plane to be used by Qantas

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky's charm offensive included pitching senators and a White House meeting with President Donald Trump

Amid Zelensky visit

Senate advances sweeping Russia sanctions bill

Cameroon's Emmanuel Eseme won the men's 100m final at the Commonwealth Games

Persistent downpours

Eseme, Hobbs shine in Glasgow rain to win 100m Commonwealth gold

Humanoid robots, such as those produced by China's Booster Robotics, were banned from being imported to the United States after a White House task force concluded they posed security risks

'Cybersecurity risk'

US government bans humanoid robots manufactured abroad

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the White House for talks with US President Donald Trump about the ongoing war against Iran

Amid signs of strain

Netanyahu holds first White House talks with Trump since Iran war began

At least two people have died in a mall badly damaged by an earthquake in southwestern Japan

Two dead in shopping mall hit by Japan quake

Deer run away from a wildfire in the Avila province, Spain, on July 27, 2026

Situation in France stable, 'positive night' in Spain

Fires in Europe: latest developments

The UNHCR's funding and workforce have been slashed

Fellow human beings'

UN sounds alarm on politicisation of refugees and asylum

South Korea's Kospi stocks index plunged almost 11 percent after a report of a breakthrough in China's chip industry compounded worries about the longevity of the AI boom

Taking a battering

Mixed day for global stocks but oil prices fall along with chip shares

Conditions are set to worsen this week across western Europe as France and Spain battle wildfires

Following flare-ups overnight

Spain lets wildfire evacuees return but France fears flames spreading

Peru's conservative President Keiko Fujimori will govern until 2031

Keiko Fujimori becomes Peru's ninth president in a decade

Protesters burst onto the stage at the opening of the 26th International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro

Amid game-changing breakthroughs

AIDS activists slam 'pharma greed' over breakthrough drug

A photograph taken from Zawtar al-Gharbiyah, where the Lebanese army recently deployed, shows smoke rising from the site of an Israeli-controlled explosion in the nearby village of al-Qantara

Occupied by Israel

In devastated south Lebanon village, residents count on army deployment

Nine years after the last peace talks collapsed, UN chief Antonio Guterres is in the divided island of Cyprus for talks with both sides

'Constructive meetings'

UN chief meets rival Cyprus leaders, mulls prospects for talks

Peru’s conservative President Keiko Fujimori will govern until 2031

Conservative 51-year-old

Keiko Fujimori sworn in as president of Peru

A Boeing 737 MAX 10 fuselage is pictured during the opening ceremony for the company's new North Line assembly line, which will produce 737 MAX aircraft, at the Boeing Everett Factory in Everett, Washington

Bigger-than-expected

Boeing reports loss on Air Force One but sees progress in turnaround

Illegal mining in Suriname is gravely damaging ecosystems on the border with French Guiana

Smashing mercury and arsenic limits

France pressures Suriname as illegal mining plagues border

Someone had placed a white sheet bearing the words 'thank you' on garden wall

Fire controlled, heatwave worries

'Not out of danger': Residents return to scorched French village

En Dënschdeg goufen eng 4.000 Touristen aus Lacanau evakuéiert.

Luxembourg seasonal worker experiences wildfire threats at French campsite

The meeting will be Fed chair Kevin Warsh's second in charge, and he will address a press conference after the decision is announced on Wednesday

Amid Iran concerns

US Fed begins meeting with markets expecting steady interest rates

Competitor to Starlink

Amazon plans satellite network for direct smartphone connections

Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally is on her first trip to Africa as leader of the world's Anglicans

Reparations for slavery

Anglican Church leader visits slave trade project on Africa tour

Roman Valerio Tuveri is waging a one-man campaign to get rid of Rome's ubiquitous graffiti.

Cleaning the city

In Rome, one man's crusade against graffiti

This photograph shows the French police seals affixed to the door of an appartment in Orange, southern France, on 28 July 2026, after the bodies of five deceased infants were discovered.

Gruesome discovery

France police find five dead babies in a home

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