Russia, Iran complete integration of national payment systems
Moscow [Russia], July 8: According to Farzin, Shetab cardholders will be able to use them at ATMs in Russia by the end of August. At...
Stories of people in the same boat in Africa
Niger [Africa], July 8: Specifically, the trio held their first summit since the military took power in a coup. They flatly declared that they would...
Hamas-Israel conflict enters 10th month
Gaza [Palestine], July 8: AFP quoted the Palestinian Red Crescent as saying on July 7 that the bodies of six people killed in the Israeli...
New far-right force emerges in European Parliament
Budapest [Hungary], July 8: Late on July 6, the political coalition movement led by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban gained recognition from the European Parliament...
France faces political deadlock after tense election
Paris [France], July 8: The French parliamentary election on July 7 is expected to result in a hung parliament, as no party won an absolute...
Hezbollah claims largest airstrike on Israeli base
Jerusalem [Israel], July 8: In an announcement of the "largest operation" carried out by its air defence forces, Hezbollah said its fighters launched multiple squadrons...
Kim Jong-un's sister reacts strongly to new South Korean military exercises
Pyongyang [North Korea], July 8: Ms. Kim Yo-jong condemned the above-mentioned South Korean drills as an obvious and unforgivable provocation, according to North Korea 's...
Heatwave over 53 degrees Celsius in the US kills motorcyclist
California [US], July 8: The Guardian reported on July 8 that a motorcyclist died from the heat, when the temperature reached 53.3 degrees Celsius in...
President Biden navigates the crisis
Washington DC [US], July 8: President Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail yesterday (July 7) in an effort to salvage his re-election campaign after...
France election: Voting underway as far right bids for power
Paris [France], July 8: Voting in the second round of the French parliamentary election opened on Sunday with the far-right looking to making major gains.
US: Four people killed, three others injured in mass shooting in Kentucky
Kentucky [US], July 8: Four people were killed and three others were injured in a mass shooting inside a home on Saturday. The people were...
How big is the risk of voter fraud in US elections?
Washington [US], July 8: Ahead of the US elections in November, some are sounding the alarm over possible voter fraud. DW takes a look at...
Scientists re-emerge after a year in Mars simulation project
Tallahassee (Florida) [US], July 8: After a year, four scientists in the United States on Saturday ended an experiment that simulated life on Mars.
Beryl to become hurricane again before hitting Texas
Austin (Texas) [US], July 8: Storm Beryl is expected to become a hurricane again as it moves across the warm waters of the Gulf...
5 journalists killed in Israel's Gaza attacks
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 7: At least five journalists were killed in attacks by Israeli forces in the last 24 hours in Gaza as bombings...
New UK leader Starmer declares Rwanda deportation plan 'dead and buried'
London [UK], July 7: Britain's new Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would scrap a controversial plan to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain...
Air strike leaves 100,000 without power in Ukraine
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 7: A Russian attack on a power facility in Ukraine has left 100,000 people without power in the north-western region of Sumy.
Trump seeks to disavow 'Project 2025' despite ties to conservative group
Washington [US], July 7: Former President Donald Trump tried to distance himself on Saturday from a conservative group's sweeping plans for the next Republican presidency,...
Hamas accepts US proposal on talks over Israeli hostages, Hamas source says
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 7: Hamas has accepted a U.S. proposal to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages, including soldiers and men, 16 days after...
China anchors 'monster ship' in South China Sea, Philippine coast guard says
Beijing [China], July 7: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday that China's largest coastguard vessel has anchored in Manila's exclusive economic zone (EEZ)...
At least 87 dead in migrant boat sinking off Mauritania
Nouakchott [Mauritania], July 7: Mauritanian authorities retrieved 87 bodies and rescued 36 people on Thursday after a boat carrying African migrants capsized off the country,...
Iran's new president pledges to 'extend hand of friendship'
Tehran [Iran], July 7: Reformist candidate and heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran's presidential election after beating his ultra-conservative rival Saeed Jalili in a...
Israeli attack on UNRWA-run school in central Gaza kills 13 people
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 7: Thirteen Palestinians, most of them children and women, have been killed after Israeli jets attacked a central Gaza school, where...
Gaza residents suffer from 'manufactured' humanitarian crisis: British doctor
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 7: Dr James Smith, an emergency physician from the UK who has worked in Gaza's hospital, has told Al Jazeera from...
Tough decisions lie ahead, says Britain's new premier
London [UK], July 7: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he will have to make "tough decisions" when asked about tax hikes as he vowed...
Stakes are high as voters in France's overseas territories begin nail-biter run-off
Paris [France], July 7: Voters in France's overseas territories were casting their ballots on Saturday in the second round of pivotal parliamentary elections in which...
Slovakia's PM Fico praises Orban in first public appearance after attack
Bratislava [Slovakia], July 7: Slovakian Prime Minster Robert Fico has made a public appearance for the first time since surviving an assassination attempt against him...