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UK to recognize Palestinian state in September unless Israel acts
LONDON — The United Kingdom will formally recognize the State of Palestine in September unless Israel takes "substantive" steps to end the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Tuesday.At a news conference in London, Starmer said the UK's longstanding policy aims to realize the vision of a “safe and secure” Israel alongside a “viable and sovereign” Palestinian state.He stressed that the current situation in Gaza was "intolerable" and that the two-state solution is "receding."“This decision has been under consideration for some time as part of a broader peace plan,” Starmer said, reaffirming Labour’s enduring commitment to Palestinian statehood.Asked about the conditional nature of the move, Starmer...
July 29, 2025

UK to recognize Palestinian state in September unless Israel acts

Buildings at one of Zaporizhzhia's prisons were destroyed by an airstrike
Russia strikes prison in Ukraine, killing 17 and wounding dozens
KYIV — A Russian airstrike on a prison in a frontline region in southeastern Ukraine has killed 17 people and wounded 42 others, according to Ukrainian officials.The overnight attack in Zaporizhzhia also damaged surrounding homes, regional leader Ivan Fedorov said. Russian forces launched eight strikes using high-explosive aerial glide bombs, he added.The Ukrainian president's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, condemned the strikes as "another war crime" committed by Russia.Zaporizhzhia is one of four eastern regions in Ukraine that Russia claims to have annexed since 2022, although the region is largely under Ukrainian control.Ukraine's justice ministry said four bombs hit the Bilenke penitentiary, destroying the dining hall, administrative HQ and quarantine area and that...
July 29, 2025

Russia strikes prison in Ukraine, killing 17 and wounding dozens

This photo released by the European Union's Operation Aspides shows fires burning aboard the oil tanker Sounion in the Red Sea on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.
Yemen's Houthis vow to ramp up attacks on ships linked to Israel
SANAA — Yemen's Houthi rebels have vowed to target commercial ships belonging to any company that does business with Israeli ports, regardless of nationality, as part of what they say is a new phase of their military operations against Israel.After the Israel-Hamas war started in October 2023, the Iran-backed Houthis launched a campaign targeting ships in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea — in what they have called a show of solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.In a recent announcement, the Houthis said they had "decided to escalate their military support operations and begin implementing the fourth phase of the naval blockade" against Israel.They warned that they would target "all ships belonging to any company that deals with the ports of the...
July 29, 2025

Yemen's Houthis vow to ramp up attacks on ships linked to Israel

Riot police scuffle with pro-Palestinian protesters during the departure of a cruise ship carrying Israeli tourists on the southeastern Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, 28 July
Riot police scuffle with anti-war demonstrators on Rhodes during visit by Israeli cruise ship
RHODES — Scuffles broke out between riot police and demonstrators on the Greek island of Rhodes during a protest on Monday against the war in Gaza while an Israeli cruise ship was docked at the island, local media reported.Television footage showed a small number of protesters chanting "Freedom for Palestine" near the port, with riot police pushing them back and minor scuffles breaking out.The cruise ship passengers, who were mainly Israelis, disembarked in Rhodes without incident, Greek media said.Anti-war activists had called for demonstrations on the island during a scheduled stop by the Israeli cruise ship, the Crown Iris, which was reportedly carrying more than 600 tourists.But representatives of local businesses on the island had opposed the protest.Last week, the Crown...
July 29, 2025

Riot police scuffle with anti-war demonstrators on Rhodes during visit by Israeli cruise ship

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made the comments while addressing the Indian parliament
India denies it was pressured into ending conflict with Pakistan
KOCHI — India's defencs ministry has rejected US President Donald Trump's claim of ending its conflict with Pakistan in May, saying the country had not responded to pressure from anyone.Rajnath Singh was speaking at the opening of a parliamentary debate on the 22 April attack in Pahalgam, in Indian-administered Kashmir, which claimed the lives of 26 tourists.India blamed Pakistan for the attack - which it denied - and launched a series of strikes, named "Operation Sindoor", on its neighbour, leading to four days of intense military action from both sides.Trump has frequently claimed that the ceasefire between the two nuclear-armed neighbours was brokered by the US - which India has denied.On Monday, Singh reiterated that it was "completely incorrect and baseless to...
July 29, 2025

India denies it was pressured into ending conflict with Pakistan

The scene of the mass shooting in El Empalme
Seventeen killed as gunmen attack bar in Ecuador
QUITO — A 12-year-old boy was among 17 people killed as gunmen fired into a bar in Ecuador, the latest mass shooting in a country ravaged by drug violence.Ecuador's attorney general's office said 14 others were injured in the attack on Sunday night at La Clínica bar in El Empalme.Police Major Oscar Valencia said the gunmen travelled in two pickup vehicles and "opened fire on everyone" with "pistols and rifles", before firing on another group as they fled the scene.He said the child who was killed had ran for over a kilometre before collapsing and dying from gunshot wounds.Images from the scene published in local media showed several bodies on the street covered in white sheets.Investigators said they found at least 40 pieces of ballistic evidence at the...
July 29, 2025

Seventeen killed as gunmen attack bar in Ecuador

A woman, in a beige coat, holding a baby, who is wearing a white coat with turquoise trim and a white woollen hat, in a park in Fuyang, east China's Anhui province. Photo taken on 16 January, 2025.
China offers parents $1,500 in bid to boost births
SINGAPORE — Parents in China are being offered 3,600 yuan (£375; $500) a year for each of their children under the age of three in the government's first nationwide subsidy aimed at boosting birth rates.The country's birth rate has been falling even since the ruling Communist Party abolished its controversial one-child policy almost a decade ago.The handouts will help around 20 million families with the cost of raising children, according to state media.Several provinces across China have piloted some form of pay outs to encourage people to have more children as the world's second largest economy faces a looming demographic crisis.The scheme, which was announced on Monday, will offer parents a total of up to 10,800 yuan per child.The policy will be applied retroactively from...
July 29, 2025

China offers parents $1,500 in bid to boost births

Companies like TCS rely on cheap skilled labour to produce software for global clients at low costs
India's AI-driven tech firings could derail middle class dreams
MUMBAI — India's showpiece software industry is facing a moment of reckoning.The country's biggest private sector employer Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), also its largest IT services company, has announced it will cut more than 12,000 jobs at middle and senior management levels. This will reduce the firm's workforce by 2%.The Mumbai-headquartered software behemoth employs over half-a-million IT workers and is considered a bellwether for business sentiment across India's $283bn software industry. It forms the backbone of formal, white-collar employment in the country.The decision, TCS says, was taken to make the company "future ready" as it invests in new areas and deploys artificial intelligence at scale amid seismic disruptions in its traditional business...
July 29, 2025

India's AI-driven tech firings could derail middle class dreams

The suspect was seen on surveillance video entering the building
Police officer among four dead in shooting at New York City office building
NEW YORK — A New York City police officer is among four people killed in a shooting inside a Midtown Manhattan high-rise.Police said the gunman walked into the office building on Monday evening with an MR rifle in clear view before spraying bullets in the lobby and on an upper floor. He then took his own life.The shooting, in the center of the most populous US city, sent pedestrians running for cover as police warned of an active gunman around 1830 ET. Those inside the building cowered as gunfire echoed - some even piling couches and chairs against doors as they hid in offices.Police say the suspect, Shane Devon Tamura, 27, travelled from Las Vegas but a motive is unclear.Among those killed was New York City officer Didarul Islam, who was working security at the building at the time of...
July 29, 2025

Police officer among four dead in shooting at New York City office building

Caitlin Clark with her hands on her hips, wearing a jersey for her team
Stalker of US basketball player Caitlin Clark sentenced to more than 2 years in prison
HOUSTON — A Texas man who sent harassing online messages to basketball superstar Caitlin Clark has been sentenced to serve 2.5 years in prison.Michael Lewis, 55, was arrested in January in Indianapolis, only one mile away from where Clark's team, the Indiana Fever, play their matches.Authorities said that Lewis sent hundreds of threatening and sexually explicit messages to Clark over the course of a month. Clark told police she had to alter her appearance in public due to her fear of the threats.Lewis denied to police that the posts were threatening, saying that he was writing them for "just the same reason everybody makes posts". He also told police that he had "an imaginary relationship" with Clark.During a contentious court hearing on Monday, Lewis told the...
July 29, 2025

Stalker of US basketball player Caitlin Clark sentenced to more than 2 years in prison

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