U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent walks outside Rosenbad, ahead of the second day of trade talks between the U.S. and China in Stockholm, Sweden, July 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Chinese and U.S. trade officials arrived for a second day of meetings in the Swedish capital on Tuesday (July 29, 2025) to … Read more
Thailand has accused Cambodia of “deliberately” violating a ceasefire the two countries had agreed on Monday to end border clashes that have killed at least 33 people and displaced thousands. It’s a shaky start for the ceasefire, which was meant to bring an end to five days of bombardment and rocket attacks along their shared … Read more
This image shows New York Police officer Didarul Islam, who was shot and killed at a Manhattan office building, on July 28, 2025, in New York. New York Police Department via AP) | Photo Credit: New York Police Department via AP The New York police officer killed in a mass shooting in a Manhattan skyscraper … Read more
Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, speaks during a high-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State solution at United Nations Headquarters, on July 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP France on Monday (July 28, 2025) called on the European Union … Read more
David Gritten BBC News, Jerusalem Reuters Tom Fletcher, UN humanitarian chief, said most of the UN’s food lorries were looted by desperately hungry Palestinians after entering Gaza on Sunday There is “real starvation” in Gaza, Donald Trump has said, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted there was no such thing. Asked if he agreed … Read more
President Donald Trump has asked a US court to order a swift deposition of Rupert Murdoch in his lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, citing the media mogul’s advanced age. Trump sued the billionaire over an article in the Journal, which is owned by Murdoch’s News Corp, that alleged the president had written a “bawdy” … Read more
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said the authorities in Tehran were reviewing a draft espionage bill that would redefine “collaboration with hostile states”. File | Photo Credit: Keystone via AP The United Nations urged Iran on Monday (July 28, 2025) to stop using the death penalty, citing a “worrying surge in executions” … Read more
I’m disappointed with President Putin, Trump says Donald Trump has presented a new, shorter deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire over the war in Ukraine of “ten or 12 days” from Monday. The US president said there was “no reason” in waiting any longer as no progress towards peace had been made. Two … Read more
Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians killed in an overnight Israeli strike, according to medics, at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, July 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli strikes killed at least 34 Palestinians in multiple locations across Gaza on Monday (July 28, 2025), local health officials said, … Read more
Five people were killed in a mass shooting at a food market in Bangkok on Monday. The suspect in the attack at Or Tor Kor Market died after taking his own life, police in Thailand’s capital confirmed. Four of those killed were security guards and the fifth victim worked at the market. Two other market … Read more