Skip to main content

French holiday camp accuses Vueling of discrimination against Jewish teens

Holiday camp organisers vowed to file a legal complaint against Spanish airline Vueling over the expulsion of French Jewish teenagers from a Paris-bound flight, a lawyer said Thursday.

The airline said it had asked the children to leave the plane in the Spanish city of Valencia due to their "disruptive behaviour", but parents condemned what some of them described as an "antisemitic act".

Vueling said its decision was motivated only by concern for passenger safety

Senior Hamas source says Gaza truce deal possible despite Israeli stalling

BEIRUT (Reuters) -A senior Hamas source told Reuters on Thursday that there was still a chance of reaching a Gaza ceasefire agreement but it would take a few days because of what he called Israeli stalling.

The source said Hamas' response to the latest ceasefire proposal included requesting a clause that would prevent Israel from resuming the war if an agreement was not reached within the 60-day truce period.

(Reporting by Samia Nakhoul, Writing by Jana Choukeir; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

Palestinians seeking aid supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation travel in an animal-drawn cart, near Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 24, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

Netanyahu's office recalls Gaza talks team to Israel for consultations

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Thursday it was recalling its Gaza negotiating team to Israel for consultations, a day after the Palestinian group Hamas handed its response on a ceasefire proposal to mediators.

(Reporting by Emily Rose, Writing by Ahmed Elimam; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S. July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

Firefighters struggle to contain wildfires in Turkey and Cyprus amid heatwave

By Ayhan Uyanik and Michele Kambas

BILECIK, Turkey/NICOSIA (Reuters) -Firefighters across Turkey and Cyprus battled multiple wildfires on Thursday amid a searing Mediterranean heatwave that has scorched swathes of land and killed 10 firefighters in central Turkey.

At least six separate wildfires burned across Turkey and Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli warned that strong winds and scorching heat were creating extremely dangerous conditions.

A burnt car is seen, as a wildfire burns in the village of Souni, near Limassol, Cyprus July 24, 2025. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

Iran lays down conditions for resumption of nuclear talks with US

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran is ready to resume nuclear talks with the United States as long as some principles are respected, deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Thursday, a day before a meeting with European powers in Istanbul.

The Iranian diplomat said talks could resume as long as Tehran's rights under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are recognised, Washington builds trust with Tehran and guarantees that negotiations will not lead to renewed military action against Iran.

(Reporting by Dubai NewsroomEditing by Tomasz Janowski)

FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

How two families crossed the rubble of Gaza, fleeing war and hunger

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -The Bakrons and al-Bareems, two families from opposite ends of Gaza, have criss-crossed the rubble-strewn territory many times during 21 months of war, in search of food and shelter from Israeli attacks.

They've sought refuge in the homes of friends and relatives, in school classrooms and in tents, moving frequently as the Israeli military has ordered civilians from one zone to another.

A child lies in a classroom at an UNRWA school where displaced Palestinian Majed al-Bareem and his family shelter, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 4, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

Gaza today: under debris and in darkness

In 21 months of war in Gaza, the destruction and damage of 70 percent of buildings has buried the Palestinian territory under millions of tonnes of debris and plunged it into darkness, according to data from the UN and NASA analysed by AFP.

The Israeli army has relentlessly pounded the densely populated territory of 365 square kilometres (141 square miles) in retaliation for Hamas's 2023 attack, which sparked the war and resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people on the Israeli side, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.

A Palestinian woman clears debris from her home as he neighbour inspects the damage after an Israeli strike on the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 9, 2025

Greece to send salvage ship to Red Sea after latest Houthi attacks

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece will deploy a salvage vessel in the Red Sea to assist in maritime accidents and protect seafarers and global shipping, the shipping minister said on Thursday, following attacks on two Greek vessels by Yemen's Houthi militants this month.

Two Liberia-flagged, Greek-operated cargo ships, Magic Seas and Eternity C, sank off Yemen after repeated attacks by the Iran-aligned militant group.

Salvage vessel "Giant" is moored at the port of Piraeus, before sailing to the Red Sea to assist in maritime accidents and global shipping and protect seafarers, following the Houthi attacks revival, in Piraeus, Greece, July 24, 2025. Greek Shipping Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

Greece invites Libya to maritime zone talks to ease strained ties

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece has invited Libya's internationally recognised government in Tripoli to start talks on demarcating exclusive economic zones in the Mediterranean Sea, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said late on Wednesday.

The move is aimed at mending relations between the two neighbours, strained by a controversial maritime deal signed in 2019 between the Libyan government and Turkey, Greece's long-standing foe, which mapped out a sea area close to the Greek island of Crete.

FILE PHOTO: Children play by the tents, as recently arrived migrants shelter at the temporary migrants' camp staged on a soccer pitch in the region of Rethymno in Crete island, Greece, June 24, 2025. REUTERS/Stefanos Rapanis/File Photo

International media groups urge Israel to allow access to Gaza

International news agencies Agence France-Presse (AFP), Associated Press (AP) and Reuters as well as the BBC on Thursday called on Israel to allow journalists in and out of Gaza, which is subject to a strict blockade.

"We are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families," the media groups said in a joint statement.

They added that "journalists endure many deprivations and hardships in war zones. We are deeply alarmed that the threat of starvation is now one of them."

International criticism is growing over the plight of the more than two million Palestinian civilians in Gaza