In Jordan, 12,000 refugee families did not receive monthly benefits in July, according to reports. The families – who are eligible for the benefits – did not receive them due to limited funding and have been put on a waiting list, Jordanian state media…
Wildfires in the US in size amid hot, windy conditions
Wildfires in California and Montana exploded in size overnight amid windy, hot conditions and were quickly encroaching on neighbourhoods, forcing evacuation orders for over 100 homes Saturday, while an Idaho blaze was spreading. In California’s Klamath…
Egypt releases seven, including journalist, researcher
Egypt released seven people on Saturday, including a journalist and a researcher serving prison sentences on terror-related charges, the latest steps by the government to reach out to the opposition amid a grinding economic crisis. President Abdel Fatt…
Video of fatal attack on Nigerian vendor shocks Italy
Police in Italy arrested an Italian man in the slaying of a Nigerian vendor whose brutal beating death on a busy beach town thoroughfare was filmed by onlookers without any apparent attempt to intervene physically. Video footage of the attack has circu…
Taliban say two died in Afghanistan cricket game explosion
The Taliban on Saturday raised the casualty toll from a hand grenade explosion during a cricket game in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul the previous day, saying two civilians at the stadium died from the blast. No one has so far claimed responsibility f…
Death toll in Iran floods rise to 59, several more missing
The death toll from floods in Iran rose to 59 on Saturday, with several people still missing. At least 60 cities, 140 districts and 516 villages were being flooded, secretary-General of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), Yaqub Soleimani, told the…
‘Mentally disabled’ Palestinian shot by Israel army dies
A Palestinian, described as mentally disabled by his family, died on Saturday four days after being shot by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint. Hussein Qawariq, 59, from the village of Awarta, was shot on Tuesday by Israeli forces manning a checkpoint in…
Sri Lanka president says IMF agreement delayed after unrest
Sri Lanka’s president said on Saturday that an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help pull the bankrupt nation out of its economic crisis has been pushed back to September because of unrest over the past weeks. President Ranil Wic…
Lebanon seizes ship carrying ‘stolen’ Ukrainian grain
A Lebanese prosecutor ordered the seizure Saturday of a Syrian-flagged ship that docked at a northern port with a cargo of Ukrainian grain Kyiv’s embassy in Beirut said was “illegal”. Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat instructed police to investigate the Laod…
SDF arrest 16 activists, media professionals in Raqqa
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have arrested 16 activists and media figures as part of a security campaign in Syria’s north-eastern Raqqa province, according to reports. The US-backed forces’ internal security service Asayish targeted t…