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More than 18,000 people in lockdown as wildfire...
Barcelona [Catalonia], July 9: Spanish authorities ordered more than 18,000 residents of the northeastern Tarragona province to remain indoors on...

Gazans reject Trump's displacement plan
Gaza City [Gaza], July 9: Whenever Mansour Abu Al-Khaier stares across Gaza, all the 45-year-old Palestinian man sees is death...

Rescue teams find three more bodies after central...
Austin [Texas], July 9: The death toll in Kerr County crept up to 87 on Tuesday as search and rescue...

US envoy Barrack lauds Lebanon's response to disarming...
Beirut [Lebanon], July 8: US envoy Thomas Barrack expressed satisfaction on Monday with Lebanon's response to Washington's proposal to disarm...

Chinese national detained at Milan airport over US...
Rome [Italy], July 8: A Chinese national has been detained at a Milan airport over suspicion of espionage in the...

New Romanian premier Bolojan links austerity plans to...
Bucharest [Romania], July 8: New Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan has tied a vote of confidence in parliament to a...

Palestinian news agency says Israeli military arrested its...
Ramallah [Palestine], July 8: A Palestinian news agency on Monday said its editor-in-chief was arrested by the Israeli military in...

Netanyahu meets Trump at critical moment for Gaza
Washington [US] / Gaza [Palestine], July 8: US President Donald Trump was set to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Suriname elects first female president amid uncertainty
Paramaribo [Suriname], July 8: Suriname has elected Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as its first female president, with parliament backing the 71-year-old physician...

Wildfires erupt across Mediterranean as heatwave worsens
Rome [Italy], July 8: Countries across the Mediterranean are battling fast-spreading wildfires and soaring temperatures as a heatwave sweeps through...

Typhoon Danas weakens after causing deaths, damage in...
Taipei [Taiwan], July 8: Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm on Monday after killing two people and injuring more...

President Trump hits back at Elon Musk's 'ridiculous'...
Washington [US], July 8: US President Donald Trump has hit back at his former adviser, tech billionaire Elon Musk, over...

Trump delays tariffs on 14 countries until August
Washington DC [US], July 8: President Donald Trump says he has delayed imposing higher tariffs on goods entering the US...

Man killed after opening fire on Texas border...
Austin [Texas], July 8: A man with a rifle and tactical gear was shot dead by police after he opened...

Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Jerusalem [Israel], July 8: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday told President Donald Trump he had nominated him for...

BRICS tariff to be applied if they adopt...
Washington DC [US], July 8: The Trump administration will not immediately impose a new 10% tariff against members of the...

Blaze in Cairo disrupts communications, injures 22
Cairo [Egypt], July 8: At least 22 people were injured after a fire broke out on Monday in a key...

Texas search teams face more rain, death toll...
Austin [Texas], July 8: A Christian girls' summer camp in central Texas said on Monday that at least 27 campers...

Kenya anti-government protests leave 10 dead and dozens...
Nairobi [Kenya], July 8: Kenyan police fired to disperse demonstrators in Nairobi marking the 35th anniversary of pro-democracy rallies on...

Trump to end deportation protections for thousands of...
Washington DC [US], July 8: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will terminate deportation protections for thousands of Hondurans and...

Sacked Russian transport minister found dead in his...
Moscow [Russia], July 8: Russia's sacked transport minister has been found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot...

Polish officials will begin checks at German border...
Warsaw [Poland], July 7: Polish officials will begin checks on the border with Germany on Monday, focusing on vehicles with...

Texas floods killed 21 children, some still missing,...
Washington DC [US], July 7: Officials in Texas have confirmed that at least 21 children died when severe flash floods...

Ukrainian drones disrupt air traffic over Russia
Moscow [Russia], July 7: Ukrainian drones caused severe disruptions to Russian air traffic on Sunday, forcing authorities to suspend flights...

Five Turkish soldiers killed by methane gas in...
Turkey [Ankara], July 7: Five Turkish soldiers died in Iraq after being exposed to methane gas inside a cave, the...

Brazil's Lula condemns Gaza 'genocide'
BrasÃlia [Brazil], July 7: Brazil's president says the world must act to stop what he describes as an Israeli "genocide"...

Gunboats target cargo vessel in Red Sea
Washington DC [US], July 7: A commercial vessel in the Red Sea has come under attack after small boats fired...