Archives for August, 2025

FILE PHOTO: An Israeli tank is positioned on the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, March 18, 2025 REUTERS/Avi Ohayon/File Photo

Israel says it would reduce troops in Lebanon if Beirut takes steps to disarm Hezbollah

Reuters

In a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron Charles Kushner expressed his 'deep concern over the dramatic rise of antisemitism in France'

US backs ambassador to France in antisemitism row

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during a Ministerial formation of the government of the Syrian Arab Republic, in Damascus, Syria, March 29, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Syria’s Sharaa expected to address UN in New York in September

Reuters

AFP footage from the immediate aftermath of the attack showed smoke filling the air and debris from the blast on the floor outside the hospital

Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital

Agence France-Presse

Cook Islands registered oil tanker Eagle S is seen anchored near the Kilpilahti port in Porvoo, on the Gulf of Finland, January 13, 2025. Lehtikuva/Vesa Moilanen/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. FINLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN FINLAND.

Suspects in Baltic Sea cable breaches on trial for sabotage in Finland

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Turkey's Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu addresses the audience during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo

Crime and punishment for Turkey minister's fast lane folly

Reuters

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Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 15 people, including journalists

Reuters

Desert dream: Saudi Arabia was chosen to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at NEOM, an under-construction $500 billion futuristic megacity that planners say will feature a year-round winter sports complex

Olympic Council of Asia says Saudi Winter Games 'on schedule'

Agence France-Presse

Climate change is driving down the yield of jasmine farmers, who struggle to make a living in Egypt's precarious economy

Egyptian farmers behind world's perfumes face climate fight alone

Agence France-Presse

UN Security Council vote on embattled Lebanon peacekeepers delayed

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Charles Kushner at St. Vincent Ferrer Church, in New York City, U.S., July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

France summons US ambassador over antisemitism allegations

Reuters

The letter adds to the growing pressure on Macron over the issue

Row breaks out as US diplomat criticises France on antisemitism

Agence France-Presse

Most of the felled vegetation appeared to be olive trees

Israeli bulldozers uproot hundreds of trees in West Bank village

Agence France-Presse

The letter adds to the growing pressure on Macron over the issue

US envoy criticises France's lack of action over antisemitism

Agence France-Presse

Smoke billows from the site of Israeli air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen August 24, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Israel strikes Yemeni capital Sanaa

Reuters

Israel carried out air strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Sunday that the country's Huthi rebels said killed two people

Israeli strikes in Yemen's capital kill six, Huthis say

Agence France-Presse