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Zelenskyy proposes new round of peace talks with Russia next week
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that Kyiv has proposed a new round of peace talks with Russia to take place next week, stressing the need to accelerate negotiations aimed at ending the ongoing war.“NSDC (National Security and Defense Council) Secretary Rustem Umerov also reported that he has proposed another meeting with the Russian side for next week,” Zelenskyy said in a televised evening address.The president emphasized that the negotiation process must gain momentum and reiterated Ukraine’s readiness for a summit at the leaders’ level. “Ukraine is ready for such a meeting,” he said.Zelenskyy also noted that talks continue with Russia on the exchange of prisoners and the return of the remains of fallen soldiers, adding that both sides are...
July 20, 2025

Zelenskyy proposes new round of peace talks with Russia next week

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Syrian president affirms state’s sole authority over Suwayda, slams Israeli strikes
DAMASCUS — Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa reaffirmed Saturday that the Syrian state alone possesses the authority and capacity to restore order and preserve national sovereignty across all parts of the country, including the restive southern province of Suwayda."In the face of current unrest, only the Syrian state can uphold its sovereignty and dignity across its entire territory," Sharaa declared in a televised address, following a week of intense clashes between Bedouin Arab tribes and armed Druze groups in Suwayda.Sharaa, who confirmed a comprehensive ceasefire earlier in the day, condemned what he described as “blatant Israeli bombings” in southern Syria and Damascus, saying such strikes have only worsened instability and escalated tensions.He added that the temporary...
July 19, 2025

Syrian president affirms state’s sole authority over Suwayda, slams Israeli strikes

Israeli fire kills 32 Palestinians near US-backed food aid sites in Gaza
GAZA — Israeli troops opened fire Saturday on crowds of Palestinians approaching food distribution centers in southern Gaza, killing at least 32 people, according to witnesses and local health officials.The shootings occurred near aid hubs operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group attempting to replace the United Nations' traditional aid delivery system in the besieged enclave.The deadliest incident took place in the Teina area, about three kilometers east of Khan Younis, where hundreds of Palestinians had gathered at dawn, hoping to secure food.Eyewitnesses described a chaotic scene as troops, stationed at a distance, fired warning shots before launching what they called “indiscriminate fire.”“It was a massacre,” said Mahmoud...
July 19, 2025

Israeli fire kills 32 Palestinians near US-backed food aid sites in Gaza

South Korea’s ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol.
Ousted South Korean president Yoon indicted on new charges over martial law decree
SEOUL — South Korea’s ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted Saturday on new criminal charges tied to his controversial declaration of martial law, further intensifying the legal challenges facing the conservative former leader three months after his removal from office.The Seoul Central District Court confirmed that Yoon will remain in detention for up to six months as he awaits trial for his December 3 martial law order, which triggered mass protests and political upheaval across the country.The indictment follows the court’s recent approval of an arrest warrant requested by independent counsel Cho Eun-suk, who is leading the probe into Yoon’s presidency.According to senior investigator Park Ji-young, Yoon is now charged with abuse of power for deliberately bypassing several...
July 19, 2025

Ousted South Korean president Yoon indicted on new charges over martial law decree

Trump says five jets shot down during India-Pakistan conflict in May
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that at least five fighter jets were shot down during the latest round of hostilities between India and Pakistan in May, and insisted that it was the United States that “stopped the war” between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.“Planes were being shot out of the air ... I think five jets were shot down, actually,” Trump said during a dinner meeting with Republican lawmakers at the White House on Friday night. He did not clarify whether the jets were Indian or Pakistani.This marks the first time a head of state from a third country has confirmed the downing of jets in the four-day conflict that erupted in early May.The fighting followed the April 22 bombing at the Pahalgam tourist resort in Indian-administered Kashmir, which New...
July 19, 2025

Trump says five jets shot down during India-Pakistan conflict in May

Syria declares nationwide ceasefire after Suwayda unrest, U.S. confirms Israel-Syria truce
DAMASCUS — The Syrian presidency announced a comprehensive and immediate nationwide ceasefire on Saturday, following a week of intense clashes between Bedouin Arab tribes and Druze armed groups in the southern province of Suwayda, and subsequent Israeli airstrikes on Syrian territory.In an official statement, the presidency called on all parties to “fully comply with this decision, immediately halt all combat operations, ensure the protection of civilians, and guarantee unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid.”The government warned that any violation of the ceasefire would be treated as a "blatant breach of national sovereignty" and responded to under constitutional law.The statement urged all sides to give Syrian state institutions and forces the space to implement the...
July 19, 2025

Syria declares nationwide ceasefire after Suwayda unrest, U.S. confirms Israel-Syria truce

Trump sues Wall Street Journal, Murdoch for $10B over Epstein birthday letter claim
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit on Friday against The Wall Street Journal, its parent company News Corp, and its owner Rupert Murdoch over a report that alleged he authored a lewd birthday letter to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.“We have just filed a POWERHOUSE Lawsuit against everyone involved in publishing the false, malicious, defamatory, FAKE NEWS 'article' in the useless 'rag' that is, The Wall Street Journal," Trump posted on Truth Social.The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Miami, targets WSJ reporters Khadeeja Safdar and Joseph Palazzolo — credited in the byline — as well as Dow Jones, News Corp executive Robert Thomson, and Rupert Murdoch personally.Trump accuses the defendants of “clear journalistic...
July 19, 2025

Trump sues Wall Street Journal, Murdoch for $10B over Epstein birthday letter claim

Hezbollah rejects US push for disarmament in Lebanon-Israel ceasefire framework
BEIRUT — Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said Friday that the United States is pressuring Lebanon to accept a new agreement with Israel that would begin with Hezbollah’s disarmament in exchange for a partial Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon.In a televised speech aired by Hezbollah’s Al-Manar channel during a ceremony honoring slain commander Ali Karaki, Qassem warned that disarmament would amount to facilitating Israeli expansion.“We fully implemented the ceasefire agreement in southern Lebanon, south of the Litani River,” he said. “Now the U.S. wants a new deal starting with disarming us for a partial withdrawal by Israel.”Qassem reiterated Hezbollah’s refusal to respond to any calls to hand over its weapons unless Israeli aggression on Lebanon stops.The...
July 19, 2025

Hezbollah rejects US push for disarmament in Lebanon-Israel ceasefire framework

The scale of destruction can be clearly seen in the city of Rafah, near the border with Egypt.
Israel leveling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions
JERUSALEM — Israel has demolished thousands of buildings across Gaza since it withdrew from a ceasefire with Hamas in March, with entire towns and suburbs — once home to tens of thousands of people — levelled in the past few weeks.Satellite images show massive amounts of destruction in several areas which Israel's military command claims to have under "operational control".Large swathes of it has been caused by planned demolitions, both to already damaged buildings and ones that appeared largely intact.Verified footage shows large explosions unleashing plumes of dust and debris, as Israeli forces carry out controlled demolitions on tower blocks, schools and other infrastructure.Multiple legal experts told BBC Verify that Israel may have committed war crimes under the...
July 18, 2025

Israel leveling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions

South Korea's raised the weather-related disaster alert to its highest level
Four dead, 1,300 evacuated as heavy rains hit South Korea
SEOUL — Four people have died and more than 1,300 evacuated as torrential rain pounds South Korea, with authorities warning that the unseasonal deluge will continue.Among those killed were two men in their 80s. Authorities believe one of them was trying to drain floodwaters from the basement of his home.A third victim was crushed when a wall collapsed onto his car. Moments before, he'd called his wife to say the vehicle was "being swept away", authorities say. The fourth victim died of a cardiac arrest."I couldn't understand how something like this could happen," says Kim Ha-min, a cafe owner in the city of Gwangju. She says this is the first time she has experienced such heavy rain.The record rainfall has prompted South Korea's government to raise the...
July 18, 2025

Four dead, 1,300 evacuated as heavy rains hit South Korea

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