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Washington DC (UPI) Aug 10, 2025 - The United Nations Security Council convened an emergency meeting Sunday to discuss Gaza and the Middle East, specifically Israel's plan announced Friday to seize control of Gaza City.
Aug 10, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Aug 10, 2025 - A senior Chinese diplomat considered a contender for future foreign minister has been detained by authorities for questioning, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
Aug 10, 2025
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Aug 10, 2025 - Malnutrition has killed 63 people, mostly women and children, in just one week in Sudan's besieged city of El-Fasher, a senior health official said Sunday, as fighting between the army and rival paramilitaries intensifies in the western region.
Aug 10, 2025
Rome (AFP) Aug 10, 2025 - Italian firefighters on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the volcano near Naples closed to tourists.
Aug 10, 2025
Karbala, Iraq (AFP) Aug 10, 2025 - More than 600 pilgrims in Iraq were briefly hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at a water treatment station, authorities said Sunday.
Aug 10, 2025
Geneva (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 - Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on what the proposed agreement should cover.
Aug 9, 2025
London (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 - Police in London arrested 466 people Saturday for supporting Palestine Action at the latest and largest protest backing the group since the government banned it last month under anti-terror laws.
Aug 9, 2025
Ankara (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 - Turkey recorded its hottest July in 55 years, the environment ministry said Saturday.
Aug 9, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 - The death toll from flash floods and mudslides in northwest China has risen to 13, state media said on Saturday, after the bodies of three people were found.
Aug 9, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 - Chinese tech financier Bao Fan has been released by Chinese authorities after vanishing from public view over two years ago while cooperating with an investigation, a former colleague told AFP Saturday.
Aug 9, 2025
Seysses, France (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 - Inmates at a prison in southwestern France are struggling to cope as a heatwave grips the region, with high temperatures set to persist through the weekend.
Aug 9, 2025
Washington (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 - President Donald Trump is moving to target Latin American drug cartels with the military, US media said Friday, after Washington designated several narcotics trafficking groups as terrorist organizations earlier this year.
Aug 9, 2025
Washington (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 - Armenia and Azerbaijan have committed to a lasting peace after decades of conflict, US President Donald Trump said after the South Caucasus rivals signed a deal welcomed on Saturday by Iran and Western nations.
Aug 9, 2025
Lisbon (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 - Portugal's Navy said Saturday it has increased patrols along the country's southern coast following the arrival of a migrant boat, a rare destination among migrant routes from North Africa to Europe.
Aug 9, 2025
New York Aug 9, 2025 - New York is waging a war on multiple fronts to combat the near ubiquitous rats that plague city streets and the subways, leaving some residents afraid to let their children walk on sidewalks.
Aug 9, 2025
Tehran (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 - Iran will not allow the creation under a US-brokered peace deal of a corridor near the Iranian border linking Azerbaijan to its Nakhichevan exclave, an adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday.
Aug 9, 2025
