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Following talks with Merz and Macron

UK 'taking forward' Gaza food airdrop plan

Evacuees displaced by the ongoing conflict between Thailand and Cambodia rest at a makeshift evacuation center inside a Buddhist temple in Thailand's Si Sa Ket province

'Relations used to be good'

'We are neighbours': fleeing Thais and Cambodians call for peace

Portugal in turmoil over immigration, family reunification laws

Interview with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Volker Türk: 'The world is facing radical upheaval'

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he would formally recognize the State of Palestine in September

142 states recognise both states

UN gathering eyes solution to deadlocked Palestinian question

US President Donald Trump has sought to distance himself from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges

Ghislaine Maxwell

Top US Justice official questions Epstein accomplice for 2nd day

Ongoing border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia left more than a dozen dead and damaged structures, including this pagoda in Cambodia

Emergency meeting

Cambodia calls for ceasefire with Thailand: envoy to UN

Trump talked to reporters in Washington before leaving for Scotland

Game to soften stance?

Trade on agenda as Trump lands in Scotland for diplomacy and golf

Mohammed al-Mutawaq, an 18-month-old Palestinian boy, inside a tent in the Al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City, on July 24, 2025

UN chief blasts 'lack of compassion' for Palestinians in Gaza

Aid and human rights groups warn 'mass starvation' is spreading in Gaza

Starmer, Macron and Merz call for ceasefire and full aid access in Gaza

European powers urge end to Gaza 'humanitarian catastrophe'

The United Nations and Doctors Without Borders have warned of growing numbers of malnourished children

Surging numbers

Trump says Hamas 'didn't want' Gaza deal as talks break down

The court however said the French investigation against Assad and others could continue

Could set legal precedent

France's top court annuls arrest warrant against Syria's Assad

President Emmanuel Macron's announcement sparked praise on the left, condemnation on the right, and mostly silence from government ministers

Amid international and domestic criticism

France defends move to recognise Palestinian state

The meeting in Istanbul was the first since Israel launched an attack on Iran last month

Renewed nuclear talks

Iran says it held 'frank' nuclear talks with European powers

Evacuees rest as they take shelter in a gymnasium on the grounds of Surindra Rajabhat University in the Thai border province of Surin on July 25, 2025.

Second day of clashes

Thailand declares martial law in eight districts bordering Cambodia

Websites and apps hosting potentially harmful content will be held responsible for UK age checks

Regulation 'milestone'

UK starts online checks to stop children accessing harmful content

Supporters of a Taiwan recall vote shout 'Great recall, great success' in Taipei on July 22, 2025, ahead of recall elections this month

Unprecedented elections

Taiwan's opposition protests ahead of recall vote

The Thai interior ministry said more than 100,000 people from four border provinces had been moved to nearly 300 temporary shelters

Fears of escalation into war

Thailand warns of war with Cambodia as 138,000 flee fighting

Political dissent in Hong Kong has been quashed since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in 2020

Hong Kong issues bounties for 19 overseas activists on subversion charges

Small aircraft crashes onto motorway in Italy

People who fled their homes near the Cambodia-Thailand border rest on the grounds of a pagoda in Oddar Meanchey province

Deadliest fighting in a decade

Cambodian evacuees sheltering in temple pray for end to Thai clashes

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's future is uncertain but an unlikely campaign for him to stay was growing online on Friday

Fears of far-right emergence

'#Ishiba Don't quit': unlikely support grows for Japan PM

British police moving in on a small group of protesters displaying signs supporting Palestine Action

'Disturbing' misuse

UN urges UK to repeal 'disproportionate' Palestine Action ban

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Luxembourg leaning towards recognising State of Palestine, says Xavier Bettel

Muslims offer a special prayer at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka for the victims of the plane crash

Death toll rises to 32

Day of prayers for victims after Bangladesh jet crash

Acetamiprid is banned in France, but authorised elsewhere in Europe

Frustration with political elites

French anger over bee-killing pesticide piles pressure on Macron

Thai seamstress Pornpan Sooksai did not hesitate to corral her quintet of cats to safety, even as the cross-border blasts from Cambodia rang out

Mass evacuation

Thai woman herds cats under fire in Cambodia clashes

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was facing a Senate trial that could have seen her barred permanently from public office

Violated a constitutional provision

Philippine Supreme Court blocks VP Duterte's impeachment trial

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