Archives for July, 2025

Two dozen protesters gathered in Paris

Syrians protest Sweida killings in London, Paris

Agence France-Presse

Kamil Idris, a former UN official, was appointed in May to lead war-torn Sudan's so-called 'government of hope'

Sudan PM vows to rebuild Khartoum on first visit to war-torn capital

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, look on during the visit to the town of Taybeh, a Christian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, following settler attacks, July 14, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman/File Photo

US says attack on West Bank Palestinian church was 'act of terror'

Reuters

A detained demonstrator sits inside a police van, following a protest in support of the Palestine Action group in Parliament Square in London, Britain, July 19, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

UK police arrest 55 at parliament rally for banned Palestine Action group

Reuters

Syrian tribal fighters have converged on Sweida to support the Bedouins, who have been clashing with Druze fighters since July 13

Clashes, homes torched in south Syria's Sweida despite ceasefire

Agence France-Presse

A mourner reacts next to bodies of Palestinians killed in an early morning Israeli strike, according to medics, during their funeral at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, July 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

At least 32 killed by Israeli fire while seeking aid in Gaza, hospital says

Reuters

A thick pall of smoke rises over the Syrian city of Sweida as armed Bedouin and their allies battle Druze fighters on the streets despite a ceasefire order from the president's office.

Syrian govt says fighting in Sweida halted after tribal forces pull out

Agence France-Presse

The deaths are the latest at food distribution points across Gaza

Gaza civil defence says Israeli fire kills 39 near two aid centres

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Members of the M23 rebel group ride on a pickup truck as they leave their position for patrols amid conflict between them and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, January 29, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Congo, M23 rebel group sign declaration of principles in Qatar to end fighting

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A military vehicle drives along a street, after clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida early on Wednesday, collapsing a ceasefire announced just hours earlier that aimed to put an end to days of deadly sectarian bloodshed, in Sweida, Syria July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri/File Photo

Syrian presidency says ceasefire in place, urges parties to respect it

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a nuclear cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony with Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (not pictured), at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo

Turkey's Fidan tells Rubio Syria conflict needs to end now

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A general view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 12, 2025. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo

Federal judge blocks enforcement of Trump's order on ICC

Reuters

This aerial view shows a guest house built in the shape of an aeroplane in the Palestinian town of Qaffin, in the northwest of the occupied West Bank

West Bank 'plane chalet' helps aviation dreams take off

Agence France-Presse

Bedouin fighters ride a car, following renewed fighting between Bedouin fighters and Druze gunmen, despite an announced truce, in Sweida, Syria July 18, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Exclusive-Syria believed it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweida

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A person walks on the beach, as a sign asks for the safe return of hostages held in Gaza since October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas, near the U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

Trump says more hostages to be released from Gaza shortly

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Palestinians react as they ask for food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City, July 14, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo

Israel will not renew visa of top UN humanitarian official

Reuters