Gaza's civil defense agency and witnesses said Israeli strikes killed 12 people, including a family of six, in the Palestinian territory on Tuesday. A fragile ceasefire remains in place between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, but it has not halted the violence in the Gaza Strip, and ef»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Statements from the US that it might bomb Iran's nuclear facilities violate international law, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Wednesday. "The repeated US attacks and threats against Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities not only constitute a flagrant viola»»»

DUBAI: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Wednesday that lasting regional stability can only be achieved through diplomacy and sustainable political solutions, not military force, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Speaking via video link at the 16th Gulf Research Forum in Cambri»»»

RIYADH: Multilateral development banks, including the Islamic Development Bank, reached record levels of climate finance in 2025, reinforcing their role in supporting sustainable and climate-resilient economies. The findings, published in the “2025 Joint Summary on Climate Finance” by the MDBs, con»»»

At the invitation of Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Jeenbek Kulubaev, Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov is paying an official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic on July 22–23, 2026. On the first day of the visit, July 22, official talks were held between the heads of the two countries’ foreign »»»

RIYADH: The Saudi Cabinet on July 22 approved the unified rules for owners of jointly owned properties in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, a move aimed at strengthening the regulatory framework for jointly owned properties across the region. The decision was taken during a Cabinet session in»»»

RIYADH: A week ago, the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted the runway at Sanaa International Airport to prevent an aircraft operated by Iran’s Mahan Air from landing after departing Tehran. The legitimate government said the flight violated Yemen’s airspace by operating outside the state’s legal framewor»»»

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly issued threats to bomb an under-construction Iranian nuclear site buried deep under a mountain as the two nations exchange blows over the Strait of Hormuz. The site, known as Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La, or “Pickaxe Mountain,” lies on the south side of Iran’s Natanz»»»

Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs today summoned Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Totonchi to deliver a formal protest note over Iran's targeting of the Kuwaiti tanker Kaifan in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday evening, which resulted in injuries to several crew members. The move came as power generati»»»

Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the statements made by the Houthi group against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including threats to impose a maritime blockade on the kingdom. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) called on the international co»»»

NEW YORK: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said late Tuesday that the city would not be able to execute an arrest warrant issued by the world’s top war-crimes court for Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, but urged the federal government to do so. In the video Mamdani described the Israeli prime minister as »»»

ROME: Conflicts and disruptions to global energy markets could push millions more people into hunger by driving up fuel, fertilizer and food costs, the head of the Rome-based International Fund for Agricultural Development warned, as a new United Nations report showed global progress against hunger»»»

RIYADH: The UAE has condemned statements made by Yemen’s Houthi militia about Saudi Arabia, including the threat to impose a maritime blockade, the foreign ministry said early on Wednesday. The ministry called on the international community to “ensure the implementation of the relevant UN Security »»»

New York, July 21 (SANA) An Arria-formula meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday focused on transitional justice and missing persons in Syria, with Syrian officials outlining new national mechanisms and international partners voicing support for a victim centered process that upholds truth, »»»

QNA New York The State of Qatar has sent two identical letters to Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres and Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of July, Zenon Mukongo Ngay, rega»»»

LONDON: Antonio Guterres will become the first UN secretary-general to visit Syria since 2009 when he travels there this week for meetings with officials and to endorse the political changes in the country since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. “I’m pleased to inform the Security Coun»»»

The UN refugee agency said Tuesday that 144 people were reported dead or missing following "tragic maritime incidents" off the coast of Mauritania last week. Two children who were brought safely ashore from one of the sinking boats had lost all of their families during the journey from Gambia. The »»»

1 of 2 | Several Red Cross members attend to a migrant upon his arrival at the port of Arrecife on Lanzarote island in the Canary Islands, southwestern Spain, on July 14. Photo by Adriel Perdomo/EPA July 21 (UPI) -- The U.N. refugee agency announced Tuesday that 144 refugees and migrants have died »»»

Doha: The State of Qatar has strongly condemned renewed Iranian attacks against Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait, including the targeting of the Kuwaiti tanker Kaifan while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement on Tuesday, Qatar's Foreign Ministry said the attacks constituted a "flagrant violat»»»

Egypt is currently drafting its second five-year National Human Rights Strategy for the 2026-2031 period to consolidate the values of democracy, citizenship, and the rule of law, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty told a European Parliamen»»»

French lawmakers on Tuesday narrowly approved President Emmanuel Macron’s candidate to serve as Défenseur des droits (human rights ombdusman), despite vehement opposition from groups arguing that Senator François-Noël Buffet’s views run counter to the mission of defending the rights of the most vul»»»

New York, July 21 (SANA) The UN Security Council on Tuesday held a briefing on Syria’s political and humanitarian developments, with Syria’s Permanent Representative Ibrahim Olabi saying the country was moving from war and destruction toward institutional recovery, transitional justice and a more a»»»

New York: The State of Qatar has sent two identical letters to HE Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres and HE Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of July, Zenon Mukongo Ngay, r»»»

Cairo: The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earthen barrier separating the over 50% of the Gaza Strip it controls from the rest of the territory, according to satellite imagery, further entrenching the division of the tiny Palestinian enclave. More than 23 kilometers have be»»»

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have declared a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia, marking the biggest escalation between the two sides in years. The move came a week after forces loyal to Yemen’s Saudi-backed government bombed Sana’a International Airport in an attempt to prevent an Iranian plane c»»»

Qatar strongly condemned on Tuesday Houthi accusations that Saudi Arabia was imposing a siege on the Yemeni people and barring marine navigation. The Qatari Foreign Ministry underlined its “full solidarity with the Kingdom and support of the measures it takes to ensure its security and sovereignty.»»»

LONDON: Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank demolished a Palestinian house on Tuesday in the town of Sair, east of Hebron, after they claimed it was built without a permit. Military bulldozers demolished the two-story house, some 300 sq. meters in size, which had belonged to Fouad Jaradat»»»

GENEVA: The UN refugee ‌agency said on Tuesday that 144 people have been reported dead or missing off the coast of Mauritania in an effort to reach Europe. The toll comes after three rescue operations in Mauritania between July 14-18, the UN agency said, calling for more access to education and lab»»»

The first six months of 2026 saw a steep rise in the number of civilians killed or wounded in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the UN said Tuesday. Both Moscow and Kyiv have increased the number of air strikes targeting vital infrastructure as the Russian invasion grinds into its fifth year. The»»»

The cost of a healthy diet is up significantly since 2021 but the number of people unable to afford it declined to 2.69 billion, a drop of 280 million, the United Nations said in its global hunger report for 2025 published on Tuesday. Photo by Allison Dinner/EPA July 21 (UPI) -- The daily cost of a»»»

CAIRO: The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earthen barrier separating the over 50 percent of the Gaza Strip it controls from the rest of the territory, according to satellite imagery, further entrenching the division of the tiny Palestinian enclave. More than 23 kilometers »»»

LONDON: The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said on Monday that eight journalists were killed and 467 violations were committed against media workers in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip in the first half of 2026. The figures were presented at a news conference in Ramallah, where the union ac»»»

WASHINGTON, D.C.: When Bertha Nohra spotted Lebanon’s first lady wandering alone through a Virginia shopping mall over the weekend, carrying her own bags with no security detail in sight, the veteran journalist-turned-florist did a double take. “I had to look twice to make sure it was her,” said No»»»

GENEVA: The United Nations said Tuesday that civilian casualties in the war raging between Russia and Ukraine rose 37 percent in the first half of this year. “We documented 1,396 civilians killed (and) 7,978 injured... that amounts to a 37 percent increase from the same period in the previous year,»»»

The 12th cultural festival, dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the independence of the Kyrgyz Republic, was held in the village of Ulupamir in Van Province, Turkey. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. The event was attended by Ruslan Kazakbaev, Ambassador of the Kyrgy»»»

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) welcomes North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui (L) ahead of a meeting in Moscow on Monday. The two sides blamed the United States and its allies for tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Russia's Foreign Ministry said. Photo courtesy of Russian Foreign M»»»

Doha,Qatar: The State of Qatar has strongly condemned and denounced remarks by the Houthi military spokesman accusing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of imposing a blockade on the Yemeni people and enforcing a maritime embargo. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on»»»

Doha: Qatar, represented by its Youth Delegates to the United Nations, Munira Fahad Al-Attiyah and Ahmed Mohammed Al-Ansari, participated in the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The forum saw broad participation »»»

Iran has caused consternation after sending a civilian aircraft to collect and return Houthi officials for the funeral of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed on 28 February on the first day of the US-Israeli war again the Islamic Republic. The funeral ceremonies for Khamenei were on a scale»»»

Kyrgyzstan ranks 145th out of 224 countries and territories in the global ranking by prison population rate. According to the study, there are 112 inmates per 100,000 people in the country. The ranking was compiled by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck, University »»»

RIYADH: The UN said on Monday that renewed threats against Saudi Arabia and freedom of navigation were very concerning and called for immediate de-escalation. Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, told reporters: “We reiterate that Security Council resolution 27»»»

CHICAGO: In Middle East politics, peace is made not between friends but between enemies, suggesting the harshest foes have a better chance to achieve peace than those who claim to be friends. That pattern has shaped some of the region’s most consequential breakthroughs, from the 1979 Egypt-Israel p»»»

Dubai: Saudi Arabia has strongly rejected accusations by Yemen’s Houthi movement that it is blockading the Yemeni people and imposing restrictions on maritime navigation, emphasizing that such claims are false and that it will take all necessary measures to safeguard its vessels in accordance with »»»

The Senegalese government on Monday made a U-turn, announcing it would back former president Macky Sall’s candidacy to replace UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres when his term expires. The government had previously declined to throw its weight behind Sall, whom it accuses of deadly political rep»»»

GENEVA: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) called Monday for the immediate release of all Palestinian health care workers “arbitrarily detained” by Israel. “MSF is outraged by the treatment of health care workers, most of whom are being detained in dire conditions, without justification or cause,” it sa»»»

RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said on Monday that the Israel Prison Service has turned the use of rubber bullets against Palestinian detainees into a systematic punitive policy in recent months. The policy has affected dozens of prisoners whose cases have been documented by relevant »»»

LONDON: The official account of the Palestinian mission to the UN posted a message on social media platform X mocking Argentina and Israel after Spain beat the South Americans on Sunday to win the FIFA World Cup. Alongside a photo of the Spanish national team and the caption “Campeones del Mundo” (»»»

The number of extreme weather events is on the rise, and some states are taking advantage of these climate crises to spread disinformation. A report by France's Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS) says that climate disinformation has become a “tool for destabilisation”.   »»»