Palestinians across West Bank protest Gaza war

Palestinians across West Bank protest Gaza war

People hold a large Palestinian flag as they take part in a protest in solidarity with Gaza and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Thousands of Palestinians protested in the occupied West Bank’s major cities on Sunday (August 3, 2025) against the … Read more

Top Trump aide accuses India of financing Russia’s war in Ukraine

Top Trump aide accuses India of financing Russia's war in Ukraine

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller attends an interaction between U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Turnberry, Scotland, on July 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A top aide to U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (August 3, 2025) accused India of effectively financing Russia’s war in Ukraine … Read more

Philippines President Marcos Jr. to visit India as two sides deepen maritime cooperation

Philippines President Marcos Jr. to visit India as two sides deepen maritime cooperation

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. File | Photo Credit: Reuters NEW DELHI In a move aimed at deepening maritime cooperation with the southeast Asian region, India will host Philippines President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. during August 4-8. This will be the first visit by President Marcos Jr, son of the late President Ferdinand Marcos who … Read more

Saudi Arabia executes eight people related to drug charges

Saudi Arabia executes eight people related to drug charges

File photo of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior headquarters, responsible for policing, ideological security, civil defence, national security, narcotics control, corrections, naturalisation, customs and immigration matters. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Saudi Arabia has executed eight people in a single day, state media said, amid a surge in the use of the death penalty in … Read more

New U.K. law to target gangs pushing illegal immigration with social media advertisements

New U.K. law to target gangs pushing illegal immigration with social media advertisements

The U.K. on Sunday (August 3, 2025) unveiled plans for a new law that will crack down on criminal gangs behind social media advertisements promoting dangerous small boat crossings and other forms of illegal immigration into the country. Under a new amendment to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill currently going through the Parliament, … Read more

El Salvador’s Bukele defends ending term limit

El Salvador's Bukele defends ending term limit

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, 44, who has been president since 2019 and was re-elected in 2024 with 85% of the vote, now holds near-total control over the country’s institutions. File | Photo Credit: Reuters El Salvador’s president on Sunday (August 3, 2025) defended a constitutional reform granting him the right to seek indefinite re-election, … Read more

Israeli forces kill over 20 people seeking food in Gaza, say witnesses, health officials

Israeli forces kill over 20 people seeking food in Gaza, say witnesses, health officials

Israeli forces killed at least 23 Palestinians seeking food on Sunday (August 3, 2025) in the Gaza Strip, according to hospital officials and witnesses, who described facing gunfire as hungry crowds surged around aid sites as the malnutrition-related death toll surged. Desperation has gripped the Palestinian territory of more than 2 million, which experts … Read more

Armed groups attack security force personnel in Syria’s Sweida, killing one, state TV reports

Armed groups attack security force personnel in Syria's Sweida, killing one, state TV reports

Armed groups attacked personnel from Syria’s internal security forces in Sweida, killing one member and wounding others, and fired shells at several villages in the violence-hit southern province, state-run Ekhbariya TV reported on Sunday, August 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Armed groups attacked personnel from Syria’s internal security forces in Sweida, killing one member … Read more

Trump welcomes reports India may halt Russian oil imports, calls it a ‘good step’

Trump welcomes reports India may halt Russian oil imports, calls it a ‘good step’

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on his way to New Jersey from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., August 1, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (August 1, 2025) expressed cautious optimism over reports that India may be ending its purchases of Russian oil, calling it a “good step” … Read more