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Kuwait oil minister says OPEC monitoring market, Trump remarks on Russian oil

KUWAIT (Reuters) -Kuwait's Oil Minister Tariq Al-Roumi said on Thursday that OPEC is closely monitoring global oil supply, demand trends, and U.S. President Donald Trump's recent remarks on Russian oil.

"Through OPEC, we are monitoring the market in terms of supply and demand, and we are monitoring the U.S. President’s statements," Al-Roumi told reporters, adding that he expects oil prices to be below $72 per barrel.

The minister described the market as healthy, with demand growing at a moderate pace.

FILE PHOTO: People walk past an installation depicting barrel of oil with the logo of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the COP29 United Nations climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan November 19, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

Sudan's PM in Egypt on first foreign visit

Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris arrived in Cairo on Thursday morning for his first foreign visit since assuming office in May, as his country's army remains gripped by a brutal war with paramilitaries.

Idris, a career diplomat and former UN official, held talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, according to a statement from the Egyptian presidency.

During the meeting, Sisi reaffirmed "Egypt's steadfast position supporting the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Sudan", the statement said.

Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly meets with his counterpart from Sudan Kamil Idris upon his arrival in Egypt's capital Cairo
 Sudan's army-aligned prime minister arrived in Cairo on August 7 morning, for his first official foreign visit since assuming office in May, as his country remains gripped by a brutal war, now in its third year.

Senior EU official says Gaza crisis 'looks very much' like genocide

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -A senior member of the European Union's executive said the displacement and killing in Gaza looked very much like genocide, the first commissioner to level that accusation and publicly break with the body's position on the conflict.

"If it is not genocide, it looks very much like the definition used to express its meaning," Teresa Ribera - the European Commission's second-highest ranking official - told Politico in an interview published on Thursday.

Palestinians inspect the site surrounding an evacuated UNRWA clinic where displaced people were taking shelter, following an overnight Israeli strike, in Gaza City August 6, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Israeli army will 'take control' of Gaza City: PM's office

Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the military to "take control" of Gaza City, his office said in a statement Friday.

Under the plan to "defeat" Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army "will prepare to take control of Gaza City while distributing humanitarian assistance to the civilian population outside combat zones", it said.

A Palestinian woman at the site of Israeli bombardment on the Al-Mawasi area in the southern Gaza Strip

A journey to belong: migrants describe ten years in Europe

By Zohra Bensemra, Edward McAllister, Amina Ismail and Riham Alkousaa

(Reuters) -Ten years ago, one million migrants poured into Europe, fleeing conflict and poverty. Many had travelled for years in search of peace, prosperity or stability, and went on to find it in countries like Italy, Germany and Belgium.

But the journey to truly belong continues. A decade on, after receiving asylum, finding work, and learning new languages, four migrants who spoke to Reuters feel torn.

Nadia Feyzi, 32, an Afghan artist who fled conflict in her country and migrated to Germany, rereads a page of her manuscript that she has just finished writing while sitting in a cemetery that she goes to for inspiration in Bonn, Germany, July 15, 2025. Feyzi's book is inspired by the lives of Afghan women over generations and says, "I want to do something big here. This book will say it all.” REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Mind the gap: tourists drawn to Oman's giant sinkholes

Shrouded in fog in the lush mountains of southern Oman, a giant chasm plunges into the landscape, echoing with mysterious sounds that have spawned myths and legends among nearby tribes.

This enormous sinkhole is one of four that dot Dhofar governorate, including one of the world's biggest: the yawning Kahf Teiq, 211 metres (692 feet) deep and 150 metres wide.

At the Tawi Atair sinkhole, tourists potter around on concrete paths and stairways. Not all of the holes are so welcoming, however.

The sheer drop of the Sheeheet pit, one of four that dot Oman's Dhofar region, is ringed with slippery mud, prompting the authorities to put up a fence and warning signs.

Gaza father grieving loss of child to malnutrition scrambles to save siblings

GAZA (Reuters) -Ibrahim al-Najjar said he lost his five-year-old son Naim to malnutrition that is ravaging Gaza. One year later, he is still grieving while scrambling to make sure his other children don't suffer the same fate.

"This child will follow him," the Palestinian former taxi driver said, pointing to his 10-year-old son Farah. "For about a month he's been falling unconscious. This child was once double the size he is now."

Palestinian mother Amira Muteir holds her five-month-old baby Ammar, whom she says is wasting away from malnutrition, in Gaza City, August 5, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Indonesia readies island medical facility for 2,000 wounded Gazans

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia will convert a medical facility on its currently uninhabited island of Galang to treat about 2,000 wounded residents of Gaza, who will return home after recovery, a presidential spokesperson said on Thursday.

Muslim-majority Indonesia has sent humanitarian aid to Gaza after Israel started an offensive in October 2023 that Gaza health officials say has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians, whether fighters or non-combatants.

A man carries a wounded Palestinian as people walk past the rubble of houses and buildings destroyed during the war, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Al-Bureij in the central Gaza Strip January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Khamis Saeed/File Photo

EU assessment finds significant obstructive factors undermine humanitarian operations in Gaza

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to be very severe, an EU official told Reuters after the EU's foreign policy and humanitarian arms updated member countries late on Wednesday on the status of an agreement reached with Israel last month on boosting humanitarian access to Gaza.

The official said on Thursday that there were some positive developments regarding fuel delivery, the reopening of some routes, and an upward trend in the number of daily trucks entering the enclave and the repair of some vital infrastructure.

People walk next to trucks carrying humanitarian aid near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, August 6, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

UK pensioner, student arrested for backing Palestine Action

Pensioner Marji Mansfield never imagined she would end up suspected of terrorism for protesting against the banning of a pro-Palestinian group.

But the British grandmother was arrested on July 5 for joining a demonstration in support of Palestine Action just days after it was added to the UK government's list of proscribed organisations.

"It's a terrible shock to be accused of potentially being a terrorist," said Mansfield, 68, who described herself as a "proud grandmother" of seven.

Grandmother Marji Mansfield, 68, history student Zahra Ali, 18, and obstetrician Alice Clack, 49, are among those arrested for supporting Palestine Action