Funeral for Gaza church attack after international condemnation
Palestinians gathered to mourn those killed in the Israeli attack on Gaza’s only Catholic church.
Day: July 18, 2025
Taiwan will ‘not provoke confrontation’ with China, the island’s vice president says
Taiwan will not provoke a confrontation with China, the self-ruled island’s vice president said Friday, lamenting Beijing’s “aggressive military posturing” against the island democracy that China claims as its own.
EU’s new Russia sanctions aim for more effective oil price cap – Reuters
EU’s new Russia sanctions aim for more effective oil price cap ReutersEU Targets Russia With Toughest Sanctions Package in Years The Wall Street JournalEU lowers price cap for Russian crude under new sanctions package C…
“Do Something Quickly”: Top Court Asks Centre To Find Russian Woman, Child
Victoria Basu, the Russian woman who is missing with her four-year-old child, has not left India through legal channels, the Central government informed the Supreme Court on Friday.
The 5 European countries under heatwave alert as 41C heat bomb furnaces Spain – full list
Parts of Europe will be hit with a new blistering heatwave that will see the mercury rise above 40C.
US Bombing of Iran and the Transition to a New International Legal Order
The choices made in response to the US action against Iran will determine whether power, not law, will define the contours of world politics in the 21st century.
U.S.-Russian woman arrested in Moscow, accused of smuggling gun
“The suitcase was found to contain an American Colt Commander, .45 caliber with three empty magazines,” Russian officials said.
Most US adults think the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor, AP-NORC poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll shows that while Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as a win for working Americans, everyday Americans broadly see it as a win for the wealthy.
Officials try to identify 18 bodies in deadly Iraq shopping mall fire
Officials struggled Friday to identify more than a dozen bodies pulled from a deadly shopping mall fire in Iraq, amid ongoing investigations into what caused the blaze.
Opinion: Opinion | Snapback To Reality: On Iran’s 45-Year Slog To Nowhere
Vietnam chose wisely. It invited its old enemy to build factories, sign defence pacts and invest in peace. Tehran must decide: does it want to be the next Vietnam – or the next North Korea?