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IAEA inspectors depart Tehran after US-Israel-Iran conflict

The officials from the UN nuclear watchdog had remained in the capital throughout the recent 12 days of fighting.

Al Jazeera

More than 600 Gaza killings recorded at aid sites and humanitarian convoys, UN says

MORE than 600 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces at aid sites and near humanitarian convoys, figures from the United Nations have shown…

The National (Scotland)

Aid cuts leave a million facing starvation in Nigeria – as food supplies run out

Exclusive: Huge cuts to international aid – alongside intensifying conflict and the devastating impact of climate change – are creating a humanitarian crisis across Nigeria and its neighbours. Now, the UN’s food charity has warned that supplies of food are set to run out next month. Nick Ferris reports

The Independent UK

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UN says 613 Gaza killings recorded at aid sites, near humanitarian convoys

An OHCHR spokesperson says the figure is as of June 27, adding that more incidents have taken place since then.

Al Jazeera

Civilians in Sudanese city El Fasher 'at risk of mass killings and starvation'

Mass killings and starvation threaten hundreds of thousands of people trapped in El Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur, as fighting closes in, the charity Doctors Without Borders has warned its latest report.

Radio France Internationale

Germany seeks agreement with Taliban to take back convicted Afghan migrants, interior minister says

Germany does not recognise the Taliban government, which took control of Afghanistan in 2021, and maintains no official diplomatic ties with Kabul.

Euronews

Somalia at 65: what’s needed to address its dismal social development indicators

Somalia ranks among the lowest scoring countries in the United Nations Human Development Index. The index of 195 countries is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, years of schooling, and access to a decent standard of living. Ali A.…

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Mali’s promise of democracy fades as junta extends Assimi Goita’s rule

Five years after taking power by force, Mali's junta leader, General Assimi Goita, has abandoned his promise of a democratic transition, extending his military rule for at least five more years without an election.

Radio France Internationale

Rio To Host BRICS Summit Wary Of Trump

A summit of BRICS nations will convene in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday and Monday, with members hoping to weigh in on global crises while tiptoeing around US President Donald Trump's policies.

International Business Times

Hamas considers US ceasefire plan for Gaza – as it happened

Donald Trump said on Friday that Hamas’s decision should come within 24 hours

The Guardian - AU

UNAids chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by US cuts that will mean millions more deaths

Winnie Byanyima tells the Guardian she considered resigning when Donald Trump cancelled Pepfar funding

The Guardian - UK

Russia Becomes First Country To Recognise Taliban Govt

Afghanistan's government said on Thursday that Russia had become the first country to officially recognise its rule, calling it a "brave decision".

International Business Times

UN Says Gangs Now Have 'Near-Total Control' Of Haitian Capital: 'Closer To The Brink'

Haitian gangs now control 90% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, according to the latest UN update on the embattled country

Latin Times

UN Expert Says Firms 'Profiting' From 'Genocide' Of Palestinians

UN rights expert Francesca Albanese on Thursday denounced companies she said "profited from the Israeli economy of illegal occupation, apartheid, and now genocide", in a report that provoked a furious response from Israel.

International Business Times

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The Guardian - UK

How the global trade in donkey skins threatens the lives of women and girls

Letter: This cruel, largely unregulated industry in the global south undermines UN goals of gender equality and poverty reduction, writes Marianne Steele of The Donkey Sanctuary

The Conversation

Hope for a ceasefire in Gaza (but not much)

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The Guardian - UK

Israel steps up deadly bombardment of Gaza before ceasefire talks

Officials say about 90 people killed since Wednesday night as Israeli security cabinet prepares for meeting

The Independent UK

Somalia has relied on aid for decades – can it survive without it?

Somalia is struggling with hunger, security and the impact of the climate crisis, despite decades of aid money worth billions of dollars, writes Nick Ferris. As aid money gets cut, is this the time for countries to wean themselves off aid dependency – and can they do it?

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Euronews

US contractors claim colleagues fired live rounds at Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza

Two contractors employed by UG Solutions spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity as they were revealing their employers’ internal operations.

The Conversation

Military force may have delayed Iran’s nuclear ambitions – but history shows that diplomacy is the more effective nonproliferation strategy

While the U.S. military’s strikes on Iran on June 21, 2025, are believed to have damaged the country’s critical nuclear infrastructure, no evidence has yet emerged showing the program to have been completely destroyed. In fact, an early U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency assessment surmised that the attack merely delayed Iran’s…

The Independent UK

Fossils reveal why earth was extremely hot for millions of years

Almost all life on Earth was wiped out in the mass extinction event

Al Jazeera

UN expert calls on world to end trade with Israel’s ‘economy of genocide’

UN Special Rapporteur Albanese says dozens of companies play a role in ‘sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project’.

The Guardian - UK

Global firms ‘profiting from genocide’ in Gaza, says UN rapporteur

Report by Francesca Albanese singles out companies such as Palantir and calls for prosecutions

The Independent UK

Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq to hand over weapons in first step toward disarmament

A Kurdish militant group has announced plans to start disarming as part of a peace process with Turkey

The Independent UK

Three young children die in hot cars in four days after being left alone

Youngsters aged nine, four and just three months old perish in overheated vehicles in Texas over the course of four days amid sweltering heat

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