Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree on Thursday calling for legislative elections for November 28. If it happens, it would be the first such vote in the Palestinian territories since 2006. “The presidential order calls on the Palestinian people in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to participate in free and direct … Read more
NATO leaders received a vintage revolver, along with a box of ammunition, from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after Wednesday’s summit in Ankara. Source link
The United States and Iran are continuing to trade strikes on July 9 for a second straight day. after President Donald Trump said the ceasefire between the two countries was “dead”. According to Iran’s health ministry, the two days of US attacks have killed at least 14 people and injured more than 70. In response, … Read more
Tuareg separatists from the Azawad Liberation Front and their jihadist allies attacked a convoy of Russian soldiers and Malian troops Thursday as they were en route to reinforce a military camp in the northern town of Anefis. Source link
Ukraine was not involved in the 2022 explosions targeting the Nord Stream gas pipelines, deactivating them, the country’s Prosecutor General said on Thursday. The statement comes as a former Ukrainian soldier faces trial in Germany accused of being an accomplice to war crimes and plotting the bombings. The defendant, Serhiy K., denies the allegations. Berlin … Read more
The French president has once again been spotted wearing sunglasses indoors. On this edition of Entre Nous, we look at what’s behind the shades: why he wears them, what they reveal about France’s eyewear industry, and why another type of glasses – smart glasses – is having a moment too. Source link
Best known her power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart” that topped the charts in 1983, Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star has died. She was 75 and passed away in hospital in Portugal from an illness, after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in May. Her signature voice was actually the result of … Read more
On July 8, Russia imposed a ban on diesel exports in response to widespread domestic gasoline and diesel supply issues caused by ongoing attacks on energy infrastructure by kyiv. Ukraine has also been striking ships, as part of a new strategy to bring the war back to Russia by increasing the pain experienced across the … Read more
Russian strikes on Ukraine on July 8 killed at least seven people as Kyiv’s army said it had hit several Russian tankers, in fresh overnight attacks ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky at a NATO summit. During the meeting Trump said that the US will give a license … Read more
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Thursday restored Syria’s voting rights in the global chemical weapons watchdog, five years after it was stripped of such rights under ousted President Bashar Assad. In A statement on its websiteThe watchdog cited “significant changes in circumstances” since the fall of the Assad regime as … Read more