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Israel strikes an air base in Syria to prevent Turkish troops from deploying
Israel struck an air base in northwest Syria early Tuesday, saying it aimed to prevent Turkish troops from deploying there. Turkey, which has close ties with the Syrian government and has been providing assistance to Syria’s military.
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UK inflation rises to 2.9% as Iran war fuels living costs squeeze
UK inflation rose to 2.9% in July, up from 2.6% in June, as the fallout from the Iran war pushed up energy costs and squeezed household finances again. The increase, in line with City forecasts, poses an early test for Andy Burnham’s government, which has pledged to give consumers “breathing space” from rising living costs,…
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Families’ agonising search for answers as thousands still missing in Gaza
Families across Gaza are enduring an agonising wait for news of missing relatives, with thousands unaccounted for more than a year on from the height of the conflict. Among them is Majdiya al Madhoun, whose 21-year-old son Ahmed, who has Down’s syndrome, vanished near Gaza City in May 2025 after going to a local shop…
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Nestory Irankunda says Pauline Hanson’s Socceroos monocultural claim made ‘us boys angry’
Socceroos forward Nestory Irankunda has revealed that Pauline Hanson’s claim the Australian men’s football team represented a “monocultural Australia” angered and upset players during this year’s World Cup. The One Nation leader made the remark after Australia beat Turkey in their opening group match, prompting criticism from squad members who felt her comments misrepresented the…
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Iranian academic writes of US detention ‘hell’ over link to 1979 hostage crisis
An Iranian-born academic detained by US immigration authorities in Texas has accused the government of “bloodline punishment” after her family’s green cards were revoked over her husband’s family ties to Iran’s 1979 hostage crisis. Maryam Tahmasebi, a psychology and statistics professor in Los Angeles, along with her husband Seyed Eissa Hashemi and their teenage son,…
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Israeli student wins gold at computer science olympiad in Uzbekistan then gets disqualified for flag
An Israeli high school student, Yotam Budnik, was removed from the official leaderboard of an international computer science olympiad held in Uzbekistan after he displayed an Israeli flag while receiving his medal. Budnik, a 12th-grade pupil from Rehovot, had won a gold medal at the 2026 competition before organisers erased his result, raising questions about…
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Pro-Israel moderate survives primary challenge by socialist insurgent
Democratic Representative Jared Moskowitz, a pro-Israel moderate, has defeated a primary challenge from Oliver Larkin, a candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), in Florida. The result is being framed as a significant setback for the party’s far-left wing in its ongoing struggle with the centrist establishment over the future direction of the…
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DOJ secures indictment of 17 Iranians accused of ‘massive’ cyber theft campaign
The Justice Department (DOJ) on Tuesday unsealed an indictment charging 17 Iranian nationals with targeting American and foreign institutions via a cyber theft campaign on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The 14-count indictment charges 17 members of the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based company that has allegedly conducted a “coordinated campaign of cyber…
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The Indian activist jailed after taking on a luxury hotel plan
Pranab Doley, a prominent activist in Assam, India, has been detained under the country’s National Security Act after taking part in a June protest against a planned luxury hotel near Kaziranga National Park, a Unesco World Heritage Site renowned for its rhinos, tigers and elephants. Although a court granted him bail on 29 July, the…
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Bolton: Trump’s foreign policy agenda ‘lost at sea’ amid Iran tensions
John Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser, on Tuesday criticized the president’s foreign policy strategy in the Iran war. During his Tuesday “State of Play” appearance, Bolton told MS NOW’s Peter Alexander that Trump’s new threat to Oman is “evidence that he’s lost at sea” and “doesn’t know what to do” in the midst…