France to tighten museum security after theft

Jul 30, 2026

Paris [France], July 30: France's government plans to strengthen protection for some of the country's most vulnerable cultural treasures following the daytime theft of a...

Ex-Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki forms new bloc amid power struggle

Jul 30, 2026

Warsaw [Poland], July 30: Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Wednesday that he had formed a new parliamentary group following a decisive split...

Russia allows anti-war party to contest election

Jul 30, 2026

Moscow [Russia], July 30: Russia's Central Election Commission has approved the opposition liberal party Yabloko to contest September's parliamentary elections, making it the only party...

Heat, wind threaten to intensify France fires

Jul 30, 2026

Paris [France], July 30: Firefighters battling a massive wildfire on France's south-western coast worked on Wednesday to prevent the blaze from spreading again as a...

UN calls for boosted response to 'fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever'

Jul 30, 2026

New York [US], July 30: UN experts on Wednesday called for a significant increase in humanitarian assistance to combat the rapidly worsening Ebola epidemic in...

Egypt says explosion and fire at Damietta port 'dealt with immediately'

Jul 30, 2026

Cairo [Egypt], July 30: Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said that an incident at Damietta port saw a fire break out on a...

Pakistan's military says 32 militants killed in nationwide operations

Jul 30, 2026

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30: Pakistan's military said on Wednesday it had killed 32 militants in nationwide operations amid a rise in attacks targeting security forces...

Trump pledges response to Iran attack on Jordan base

Jul 30, 2026

Washington [US], July 30: The US president has threatened sweeping retaliation after US forces in Jordan intercepted an overnight barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles.

GCC forces hold joint military drills in Bahrain amid regional tensions

Jul 30, 2026

Manama [Bahrain], July 30: Armed forces from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are taking part in a joint military exercise in Bahrain, the country's Defence...