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Israel threatens to escalate involvement in Syria as ceasefire collapses

Syria's Defence Ministry blamed militias in Sweida for violating a ceasefire agreement that had been reached Tuesday, causing Syrian army soldiers to return fire

Nvidia CEO downplays role in lifting US ban on chip sales to China

He met US President Donald Trump before his trip and his company announced this week it had received assurances that sales to China would be approved

Russia launches attacks on four Ukrainian cities, at least 15 injured

No date has yet been publicly set for a possible third round of direct peace talks between delegations from Russia and Ukraine

Israel-backed aid organisation says 20 killed at distribution site in Gaza

The Gaza Humanitarian Fund said 19 people were trampled in a stampede and one person was fatally stabbed in the violence near a distribution hub in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis

US sends third-country deportees to small African kingdom of Eswatini

The US has already deported eight men to another African nation, South Sudan, after the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on sending people to countries where they have no ties

Democrats troll Trump and his loyal base over Jeffrey Epstein case

Conspiracy theories over Epstein's death in prison and potential evidence in his sex trafficking case, including an alleged client list, have been a fixation for the right, 1 egged on by Trump himself

Audit finds $21 mn financial irregularities in Pakistan Cricket Board

The auditors said providing security was the responsibility of governments, and disagreed with the PCB's explanation that visiting international teams were given extra safety guarantees

Atletico Madrid reaches deal to sign Argentina international Thiago Almada

Atletico Madrid has reached an agreement to sign Argentina international Thiago Almada from Brazilian club Botafogo.

US immigration flexes authority to expand detention without bond hearing

Todd Lyons, ICE's acting director, wrote employees on July 8 that the agency was revisiting its extraordinarily broad and equally complex authority to detain people, effective immediately

Russia may use 50-day window to wear down Ukraine, but quick gains unlikely

President Vladimir Putin has declared repeatedly that any peace deal should see Ukraine withdraw from the four regions that Russia illegally annexed in September 2022

Native American radio stations at risk as US looks to cut $1 bn funding

Fear is growing that most of the 59 tribal radio stations that receive the funding will go dark, depriving isolated populations of news, local events and critical weather alerts

Trump may use Fed's $2.5 bn renovation project to oust Jerome Powell

The push comes after a months-long campaign by Trump to try to rid himself of the politically independent central banker, who has resisted the president's calls to slash interest rates

Brazilian ex-President echoes Trump, calls coup plot trial 'witch hunt'

Brazil's Supreme Court president, Justice Lus Roberto Barroso, said that the US sanctions a reference to Trump's tariffs are based on an inaccurate understanding of events

Senate votes to move ahead with Trump's request for $9 bn in spending cuts

Some senators are worried that the cuts to public media could decimate many of the 1,500 local radio and television stations around the country that rely on some federal funding to operate

France, UK, Germany likely to restore UN sanctions on Iran next month

The UK, France and Germany are part of an agreement reached with Iran in 2015 to rein in its nuclear programme, from which President Donald Trump withdrew the US during his first term

Will place tariffs of over 10% on smaller countries, says Donald Trump

President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he plans to place tariffs of over 10 per cent on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean

Barca's Yamal criticised for reportedly hiring dwarfs at birthday party

Spain's Ministry of Social Rights has asked prosecutors to open a probe into the hiring and exposition of the entertainers

2 dead in New Jersey after flood carries away vehicle during heavy rains

Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, noted the deaths occurred in the northern New Jersey city of Plainfield where there were two storm-related deaths July 3.

Global views of China, Xi improve as US, Trump ratings decline: Pew

Released Tuesday, the survey shows that international views of the two superpowers and their leaders are closer than since 2020

Trump rules out sending long-range weapons as Ukraine awaits US aid

Trump on Tuesday offered a more cautious tone on what to expect after he threatened Russia a day earlier with steep tariffs