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Palestinian death toll from Israeli military offensive in Gaza surpasses 60,000

29 Jul 2025 29 Jul 2025

By Tala Ramadan JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s military offensive on the Gaza Strip has killed at least 60,000 Palestinians since Oct. 7, 2023, the enclave’s health ministry said, a conflict that has devastated the coastal territory and triggered a humanitarian crisis. Most of the Palestinians killed are civilians according to the enclave’s health authorities. The ministry …

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Houthis say they hold 10 crew from Greek-operated ship they sank off Yemen

29 Jul 2025 29 Jul 2025

CAIRO/ATHENS (Reuters) -Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they had rescued 10 seafarers from the Greek-operated cargo ship Eternity C, which they attacked and sank in the Red Sea earlier this month. The Liberia-flagged Eternity C was the second ship to sink off Yemen this month after repeated attacks by Houthi militants with sea drones …

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Poland says Russian secret service hired Colombian for arson attacks

29 Jul 2025 29 Jul 2025

WARSAW (Reuters) -A Colombian national acting on behalf of Russian intelligence carried out two arson attacks in Poland last year, before setting fire to a bus depot in the Czech Republic, the Polish Internal Security Agency (ABW) said on Tuesday. ABW said the 27-year-old suspect set fire to two construction supply depots in Poland in …

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New Zealand introduces law that makes it harder to vote

29 Jul 2025 29 Jul 2025

By Lucy Craymer and Alasdair Pal WELLINGTON (Reuters) -The New Zealand government on Tuesday introduced a law that will prevent people from enrolling to vote on election day and bar prisoners from casting their ballot while in jail, in a move critics say could reduce voter participation. The proposed law, which passed its first of …

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Ukrainian drone attacks leave one dead, spark fire at train station in Rostov, Russia says

29 Jul 2025 29 Jul 2025

(Reuters) -Multiple Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia’s southern Rostov region have left one person dead, sparked a fire and suspended train traffic at a railway station, Russian authorities said on Tuesday. Russia’s defence ministry, which reports only how many drones were destroyed, not how many Ukraine launched, said its defence units downed a total of …

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Floods in Romania kill three, hundreds evacuated

29 Jul 2025 29 Jul 2025

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Severe overnight floods in eastern Romania killed three elderly people and damaged thousands of homes, with hundreds of people evacuated and four helicopters searching for stranded villagers, officials said on Monday. Some 25 villages across nine counties were affected by heavy rain and high winds, which tore off roofs and uprooted trees, blocking …

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Two rights groups are first Israeli voices to accuse Israel of genocide

29 Jul 2025 29 Jul 2025

By Charlotte Greenfield and Emily Rose JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Two Israeli human rights organisations said on Monday Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the first major voices in Israeli society to level the strongest possible accusation against the state, which vehemently denies it. Rights group B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel released their …

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Exclusive-Trump team hears pitches on access to Myanmar’s rare earths

29 Jul 2025 29 Jul 2025

By Trevor Hunnicutt, David Brunnstrom, Devjyot Ghoshal and Poppy McPherson WASHINGTON/BANGKOK (Reuters) -The Trump administration has heard competing proposals that would significantly alter longstanding U.S. policy toward Myanmar, with the aim of diverting its vast supplies of rare earth minerals away from strategic rival China, four people with direct knowledge of the discussions said. Nothing …

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Russia’s Roscosmos, NASA to hold first in-person talks at heads level since 2018, Russia says

29 Jul 2025 29 Jul 2025

(Reuters) -The head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Bakanov, has arrived in Houston for talks with the interim head of NASA, Sean Duffy – the first in-person meeting at the agencies’ heads level since 2018, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday. Talks between Bakanov, the head of Roscosmos since February, and U.S. Transportation Secretary …

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Global hunger falls but conflict and climate threaten progress, UN says

28 Jul 2025 28 Jul 2025

(Corrects paragraph 13 to remove inaccurate reference to total number of Africans projected to be hungry in 2030) ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -The number of hungry people around the world fell for a third straight year in 2024, retreating from a COVID-era spike, even as conflict and climate shocks deepened malnutrition across much of Africa and …

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