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31.07.2024 18:30 At least four civilians were killed in Russian shelling of the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, where Moscow has been pressing an offensive in recent weeks, regional Governor Vadym Filashkin said on July 30.

31.07.2024 18:30 A potential meeting between Chinese and Ukrainian leaders comes to the forefront as Ukraine on Tuesday invited the Chinese foreign minister for bilateral talks.

31.07.2024 18:30 Shortly after Malian forces captured the Tuareg rebel stronghold of Kidal in November, mercenaries from Russia's Wagner Group, who backed the government troops, briefly hoisted their flag over the city for a photo op.

31.07.2024 18:30 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the Palestinian extremist group Hamas, designated a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union, was killed in Tehran in a raid it accused Israel of carrying out.

31.07.2024 18:30 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian takes the oath of office before Parliament , with dignitaries from more than 80 countries attending the inauguration ceremony.

31.07.2024 18:30 Masud Pezeshkian was sworn in as Iran's new president in parliament on July 30 after he won a snap presidential election earlier this month and inherited an economy hammered by mismanagement and sanctions and a society that has shown it will take to the streets to demand basic freedoms.

31.07.2024 18:30 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control is targeting five individuals and seven entities based in Iran, the People's Republic of China , and Hong Kong that have facilitated procurements on behalf of subordinates of Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics . Those designated today procure various components, including accelerometers and gyroscopes, which serve as key

31.07.2024 18:30 However, members of Students Against Discrimination , whose campaign against job quotas precipitated the unrest, said that the protests would continue until their latest set of demands is met.

31.07.2024 18:30 The United States on Tuesday announced an "unprecedented" $500 million infusion to help the Philippines defend its shores amid increasing territorial threats from China, as the American and Filipino defense and diplomatic chiefs met in Manila.

31.07.2024 18:30 Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo, Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr., Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III convened the fourth Philippines-United States 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in Manila on July 30, 2024 - the first to be held in Manila. The Secretaries discussed opportunities to further enhance

31.07.2024 18:30 The Israeli military said Tuesday evening that it carried out an attack in Beirut targeting the Hezbollah commander it claimed was responsible for the airstrike that killed 12 children and teenagers playing on a football field over the weekend in the Golan Heights.

31.07.2024 18:30 Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have announced that they are cutting ties with 14 Afghan diplomatic missions abroad and will cease to accept consular documents issued by those missions, in a move likely to cause further difficulties for Afghan citizens living abroad.

31.07.2024 18:30 The UN Security Council on Tuesday lifted the arms embargo on the Central African Republic government forces, while calling on all nations to take all necessary measures to prevent the direct or indirect supply of all types of weapons and related materiel to armed groups operating there.

31.07.2024 18:30 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has joined the Secretary-General in voicing concern over the situation in Venezuela following the recent presidential election.

31.07.2024 18:30 An international arbitration court has ruled in favor of the Georgian government in a high-profile case over the construction of the Caucasian country's first-ever deep-sea port on its Black Sea coast.