Death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza surpasses 58,000, says health ministry – as it happened Gaza health ministry says more than half of the dead are women and children The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2025
What if Ukraine falls? This is no longer a hypothetical question – and it must be answered urgently Europe offers platitudes, Trump dithers, and Ukraine and its extraordinary people stand on the brink. Nato must step up, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2025
Inside the ghost museums of Ukraine: exhibits replaced by fragments of war and occupation The curators of shattered historical buildings near the eastern frontline are preserving wartime memories as they reconstruct their collections The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2025
Turkey's Kurdish Regions Not Yet Ready To Believe In Peace Process Southeast Turkey, where the army has battled Kurdish militants for decades, is not yet convinced that lasting peace is at hand. International Business Times · Jul 12, 2025
Iran Says Cooperation With UN Nuclear Watchdog Will Take 'New Form' Iran said Saturday its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency "will take on a new form", expressing a desire for a diplomatic solution to resolve concerns over its nuclear programme. International Business Times · Jul 12, 2025
Putin to make Trump look like a ‘muppet’ as he ‘plays him like a violin’ – and apparently, the president knows The Russian president has been playing the long game. We Got This Covered · Jul 12, 2025
Erdogan rejoices as Kurdish PKK fighters destroy weapons at disarmament ceremony Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday his country had achieved victory after Kurdish rebels destroyed their weapons, ending their decades-long armed struggle against Ankara. Radio France Internationale · Jul 12, 2025
Ukraine Says Four Killed In Massive Russian Drone, Missile Attack Russia fired more than 620 drones and long-range missiles overnight killing four people, Ukraine said Saturday, calling for fresh sanctions on Moscow to halt its record barrages. International Business Times · Jul 12, 2025
PKK disarmament opens ‘new page in history’ for Turkiye, Erdogan says After announcing they would disarm, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) began destroying their weapons in northern Iraq. Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2025
‘It’s blitz, blitz, blitz’: Kyiv’s shelters fill up as Russia intensifies aerial attacks People in Ukrainian capital are exhausted and struggling for normality amid a dramatic rise in bombardment The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2025
US State Department begins layoffs in Trump’s shake-up of diplomatic corps Mass layoff came days after the Supreme Court cleared the way for US president to gut entire government positions. Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2025
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,234 Here are the key events on day 1,234 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2025
PKK Militants Want To Enter Turkish Politics: Top Commander Kurdish militants want to return to Turkey and enter mainstream politics, one of the PKK's joint leaders told AFP on Friday after the group's fighters began destroying their arms at a ceremony in Iraq. International Business Times · Jul 11, 2025
The Guardian view on Starmer and Macron’s Channel crossings deal: safe routes hold the key to future progress Editorial: The government has hailed its “one in, one out” migrant returns deal as a breakthrough. But awkward questions over its implementation remain The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2025
International Business Times · Jul 11, 2025 Minister's Death Spooks Russian Elite Amid Corruption Clampdown The reported suicide of Russia's transport minister hours after he was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, sparking speculation he would be arrested on corruption charges, has shaken the country's elite.
Al Jazeera · Jul 11, 2025 Russia-Ukraine war: What are ‘frustrated’ Trump’s next options with Putin? Trump spoke about an agreement with NATO to arm Ukraine. A sanctions bill with bipartisan support also sits in Congress.
Radio France Internationale · Jul 11, 2025 Russia sees France as its 'chief enemy' in Europe, says head of French army Moscow has named France its “chief enemy in Europe”, the head of the French army, General Thierry Burkhard, said on Friday. He linked the move to Paris’s backing of Ukraine since Russia invaded in 2022.
The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025 UN refugee agency tries to help millions of displaced Ukrainians stay close to home The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has forced almost 10 million people to flee their homes, with about 3.8 million displaced within the country and 5.6 million abroad
The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025 Russian drones strike Ukraine's 2nd-largest city, damaging a maternity hospital Officials say a Russian drone barrage has targeted the center of Kharkiv, injuring nine people and damaging a maternity hospital in Ukraine’s second-largest city
International Business Times · Jul 11, 2025 EU Blasts Russia's Latest Ukraine Attacks, Threatens New Sanctions The EU's top diplomat on Friday slammed Russia's latest blitz on Ukraine as "unacceptable", saying the 27-nation bloc was pondering a new raft of sanctions against Moscow.
The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025 Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq begin laying down weapons as part of peace process with Turkey Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey have begun laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony Friday in northern Iraq, the first concrete step toward a promised disarmament as part of a peace process
The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025 Ukraine rejects accusation by Hungarian leader Orbán over the fatal beating of a dual citizen Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accused Ukrainian authorities of beating a Hungarian-Ukrainian dual citizen to death after his military conscription
Al Jazeera · Jul 11, 2025 PKK begins disarmament process after 40 years of armed struggle in Turkiye Fighters from PKK begin symbolic disarmament in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, ending decades-long battle with Turkiye.
Benzinga · Jul 11, 2025 Trump Says 'I Don't Know' Who Paused Ukraine Weapon Shipments—Hegseth Did Not Inform The White House: Report Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly authorized a pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine without informing the White House. The decision triggered internal confusion and required explanations to Congress and Ukrainian officials.
The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025 By day, the Ukrainian capital is alive and humming. By night, it’s a battleground By day, the Ukrainian capital hums with life