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China lodged a formal diplomatic protest with New Zealand on Thursday after Foreign Minister Winston Peters told Chinese-born opposition lawmaker Lawrence Xu-Nan to go back to … Read more
Three Greek firefighters died on July 29, 2026, as violent winds whipped through uncontrollable wildfires across Crete and the Peloponnese. Thousands of residents and tourists fled … Read more
Energy major Reuters reported net profits of $9.84 billion for the April-to-June second quarter, more than doubling from $4.26 billion during the same period a year … Read more
Iran’s far-right Paydari Front accused President Masoud Pezeshkian and top officials of staging a soft coup by seizing power amid Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s prolonged absence. … Read more
Thousands of residents and vacationers evacuated the Greek island of Crete on Wednesday as a fast-moving wildfire threatened the resort village of Agia Galini, coming just … Read more
President Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 32 percent in a national Quinnipiac University poll released July 30, 2026, as growing majorities of American voters … Read more
British energy major Shell reported Thursday an adjusted second-quarter profit of $9.84 billion, more than doubling its earnings from a year earlier. The surge was driven … Read more
A drone strike caused a fire on two gas vessels at Egypt’s Damietta Port on July 29, 2026, marking the first such attack on the country … Read more
Iraq’s National Security Council condemned Wednesday’s joint Saudi-US airstrikes across seven provinces, calling the operation a flagrant violation of sovereignty. The strikes killed at least 20 … Read more
Russian ballistic missile strikes killed at least eight people across Ukraine early Thursday, hitting Kyiv, Lviv, and Kryvyi Rih. The barrage followed presidential warnings of a … Read more
The United Nations migration agency warned on Tuesday that criminal networks are trafficking hundreds of thousands of people into a booming, multibillion-dollar cyber scam industry across … Read more
The United States military carried out a new round of heavy strikes on Iran on Wednesday, following Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, … Read more