World News

Trump cuts WHO off from Gavi vaccine alliance funding 

29 July 2026

The United States has announced the release of $600m for Gavi, as it cut off the World Health Organization (WHO) from th...

Iraq calls Saudi-US attacks ‘flagrant violation of sovereignty’ 

29 July 2026

Iraq’s National Security Council has condemned Wednesday’s Saudi-US strikes against the Iran-backed Popular Mobilisa...

Trump appeals $83.3m E Jean Carroll civil verdict to US Supreme Court 

29 July 2026

Personal lawyers for United States President Donald Trump are appealing to the Supreme Court to reject an $83.3m defamat...

Israel slams Canada for statement opposing West Bank settlement expansion 

29 July 2026

The Canadian government has issued a statement reaffirming its opposition to Israeli expansion in the occupied West Bank...

Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega aims to bar ‘traitors’ from future elections 

29 July 2026

News|Politics Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega aims to exclude “traitors” and “coup-plotting” opposition membe...

Saudi Arabia seeks international coalition against Houthis in Red Sea 

29 July 2026

News|GCC Saudi Arabia is seeking to build an international coalition to protect shipping in the Red Sea from attacks by ...

Myanmar court sentences activists to 37 years over election protest 

29 July 2026

News|Prison Myanmar courts have sentenced nine activists to up to 37 years in prison for participating in a protest that...

New investigation shows how an Israeli settler escaped justice 

29 July 2026

Palestinian activist and father of three Awdah Hathaleen pulled out his mobile phone and started filming when an armed s...

James Comey’s lawyers say US government distorted details in seashell case 

29 July 2026

Lawyers for James Comey — a former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and longtime subject of President...

Trump’s attorney general pick faces possible Republican roadblock 

29 July 2026

Interim United States Attorney General Todd Blanche is facing a possible roadblock from within the Republican Party as h...