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Iran's Khamenei leads funeral prayers for Hamas chief...
Tehran [Iran], August 2: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led funeral prayers at a memorial event for Hamas...

UN Security Council members fear all-out war
Washington [US], August 2: Countries of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have condemned the assassination of Hamas's political chief...

Response to Israeli assassination inevitable: Hezbollah
Beirut [Lebanon], August 2: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has said the war with Israel has "entered a new phase" as...

China launches new high-orbit internet-services satellite
Xichang [China], August 2: China sent a new high-orbit internet-services satellite into space on Thursday from the Xichang Satellite Launch...

Bank of England lowers its main interest rate...
London [UK], August 2: The Bank of England has cut interest rates for the first time since the onset of...

Earthquake shakes southern Italy, no initial reports of...
Rome [Italy], August 2: An earthquake of around magnitude 5.0 shook southern Italy on Thursday, Reuters reported, and was felt...

Tadweer Group promotes sustainability engaging 158,000 community members...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 2: Tadweer Group's Community Engagement team conducted clean-up campaigns in public areas, engaged with 49 schools,...

Iran leader orders direct attack on Israel after...
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 1: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered a direct attack on Israel following the...

Ukraine attacks Russian forces in Syria after Putin...
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 1: Kyiv Post reported on July 31 that it had obtained exclusive videos and images showing that...

Canadian warship passes through Taiwan Strait, China reacts
Canada says the HMCS Montreal's transit through the Taiwan Strait reaffirms Canada's commitment to a free and open Indo- Pacific...

Ceremony to welcome the President of Timor-Leste on...
On the morning of August 1, at the Presidential Palace, President To Lam chaired the official welcoming ceremony for President...

UK charges 17-year-old with murder in Southport killings...
London [UK], August 1: A 17-year-old male already in custody has been charged with murder for the deaths of three...

Trump questions Harris' identity at black journalists' convention
Washington [US], August 1: U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump falsely suggested to the country's largest annual gathering of...

Ukraine receives first F-16 jets, officials say
Kiev [Ukraine], August 1: The first batch of long-awaited F-16 jets have arrived in Ukraine, Lithuania's foreign minister and a...

Ex-BBC news presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to...
Washington [US], August 1: Former British TV presenter Huw Edwards, the long-time face of the BBC's flagship news programme, pleaded...

Ukraine says it repelled one of Russia's largest...
Kiev [Ukraine], August 1: Ukraine's air force said on yesterday it repelled one of Russia's largest long-range drone attacks of...

Killing of Hamas chief in Iran stirs fears...
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 1: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday morning,...

Myanmar armed groups take advantage of rainy season...
Yangon [Myanmar], August 1: The Arakan Army (AA), an ethnic armed group in Myanmar, is taking advantage of the monsoon...

Billionaire Elon Musk accepts to 'fight' with Venezuelan...
Washington [US], August 1: Forbes reported on July 31 that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro challenged billionaire Elon Musk to...

Colombian president calls for review of Venezuelan election...
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 1: Colombian President Gustavo Petro is calling for a review of the Venezuelan election results after...

Harris wipes out Trump's lead in US presidential...
Washington [US], August 1: United States Vice President Kamala Harris has erased former President Donald Trump's lead in the race...

Blinken says US not involved in Hamas leader...
Bangkok [Thailand], August 1: The United States was not involved in the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, US...

UN alleges 'deplorable conditions' of Palestinian detainees in...
Geneva [Switzerland], August 1: At least 10,000 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are being held in Israeli custody "under deplorable...

Al Jazeera journalist, cameraman killed in Israeli attack...
Gaza [Palestine], August 1: Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Refee have been killed in an...

Sudan's leader survives attack, rejects talks
Port Sudan [Sudan], August 1: Sudan's army leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, says the military will not join talks next...

Middle East: Assassinations drive fears of escalation
Beirut [Lebanon], August 1: The recent assassinations of two top leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas, militant groups that both receive...

Abdullah bin Zayed, Italian counterpart discuss strategic partnership,...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 1: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign...