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Six killed in India’s Mumbai as rains wreak havoc, disrupt travel
At least six people including five children were killed when a group of buildings collapsed in the eastern suburbs of India’s Mumbai on Sunday, the latest casualties of heavy rains that have disrupted travel and shut down schools in the city. Two to three multi-storey houses in a slum collapsed in the Mankhurd area of…
In the West Bank, Israeli settlers take over Palestinian’s dream home
Jalud, West Bank Palestinian Mohammad Salameh was building a home for his family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where his recently engaged son was meant to start married life. Instead, before construction was complete, a group of Israeli settlers seized the property. Video filmed earlier in the week and verified by Reuters showed at least…
Husband of jailed Russian playwright keeps lonely vigil in exile
To the casual eye, there was nothing unusual about the bearded young Russian man sitting on a bench in the German city of Hamburg on a summer’s day two years ago. But Yury Shekhvatov had come there for a special reason: he was waiting for a piece of life-changing news. Some 1,750 kilometres away, a…
Deadly Russian strikes hit Ukraine’s capital ahead of key NATO meeting
The overnight attacks on Kyiv killed at least 11 people as Russia stepped up a new offensive. Ukraine’s president said NATO must do more to help his country intercept incoming missiles. Ukrainian firefighters evacuate an elderly woman from the scene of a Russian attack in the Ukrainian capital on Monday that included deadly overnight airstrikes.…
Russian strike kills 14 in Kyiv ahead of crucial NATO summit
Rescuers work on a multistorey residential building, damaged following a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on July 6, 2026, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Photo: AFP Russia fired missiles and drones into apartment buildings in Kyiv for the second time in a week on Monday, killing at least 14 people…
Trump touts ‘best fireworks show, EVER’ after 250th speech, weather delays
President Trump in a late night post praised Saturday’s fireworks show in Washington, D.C., describing the explosive display across the night sky as the “best” ever. “Best fireworks show, EVER,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post moments after he addressed the nation for Independence Day. Trump officials said it was the largest fireworks show in U.S. history, with more than 850,000…
New Iran Leader Absent As Other Sons Pay Respects To Khamenei
Ali Khamenei ruled the Islamic republic from 1989 until he was killed aged 86 in an airstrike on the first day of the US-Israeli war with Iran on February 28. This handout photograph provided by the Iranian supreme leader office (Khamenei. Prayers were held July 5 over the casket of Iran’s late supreme leader Ali…
Iranian officials standing next to the coffin of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.Credit…Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s absence has raised questions inside Iranian political circles about who is really running the country a Farnaz Fassihi has covered Iran for three decades living and traveling across the country. She was a war correspondent based in the Middle East for 15 years. When Iran’s leaders and senior military commanders paid tribute…
On July Fourth, Pope Leo urges U.S. to welcome, protect and assist immigrants
In Lampedusa, island gateway to Europe, the U.S.-born pope stressed human dignity and told America: “in every generation” immigrants “helped to shape the nation’s character.” Pope Leo XIV at a cemetery in Lampedusa, southern Italy, on Saturday, on his visit to an island that has become a symbol of the risks faced by migrants trying…
Mass Protests In Germany As Far-Right AfD Meets
About 20,000 people flocked to Erfurt, in Thuringia state, according to police, to protest against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party that tops national opinion polls. Protesters walk to wards the Messe Erfurt fairground in Erfurt, eastern Germany on July 4, 2026, where the party congress of far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is held. Thousands…
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