Around 40 people were killed in new Israeli military attacks on the Gaza Strip, including a journalist crew from the Al Jazeera media outlet, as well as civilians trying to receive humanitarian aid, local health officials said today.
Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera reporter, was killed in an Israeli airstrike last night. This is a message he prepared for his family, and his appeal to the world not to forget Gaza..
US President Donald Trump will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on August 15 in Alaska, for the first time during his tenure at the helm of the White House. The war that Moscow started in Ukraine will be on the table, among other topics of interest to both sides, such as nuclear security, international trade, energy supplies and who knows what other issues the two leaders might share.
Vladimir Putin will try to deceive Donald Trump during the meeting of the Russian and American leaders in Alaska this Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last night.
A stronger earthquake hit southern Turkey, followed by two weaker earthquakes. According to initial reports, there are injuries and several buildings collapsed in the Sındırgı area of Balikesir province.
Israel aims to capture Hamas's two remaining strongholds in its new offensive on Gaza, which it hopes will be completed "fairly quickly" and end the war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by phone today with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron about the "diplomatic situation" regarding Ukraine ahead of a meeting between the US and Russian presidents scheduled for Friday.
Rabbi David Daniel Cohen, who speaks French and reportedly lives in Israel, sparked a storm of reactions after he made death threats to French President Emmanuel Macron in a video posted on YouTube on August 3. As a result, the Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation on Friday for "death threats against a head of state".
The Kremlin officially confirmed this morning that President Vladimir Putin will meet with US President Donald Trump on Friday, August 15, in the US state of Alaska, stating that the choice of location is "completely logical".
Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to take over the entire Gaza Strip could be given the "green light" by the Israeli cabinet today. Israeli media reports that in that case, the full occupation of the Gaza Strip would last four to five months, with the displacement of about a million Palestinians.
The European Commission (EC) has called on the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), including the institutions of Republika Srpska (RS), to respect the final court ruling and the decision of the Central Election Commission to terminate the mandate of the entity's president, Milorad Dodik.
The announced rally in support of the president of the Bosnian entity Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, who was sentenced last week to a year in prison and a six-year ban on political activity, was canceled without official notice, due to low membership turnout and apparent discord within the SNSD, while Dodik himself left BiH.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet with a small group of top ministers today to discuss plans for the military to take control of additional territory in Gaza, despite mounting criticism at home and abroad over the nearly two-year war.
The European Union’s top executive has said that the displacement and killings in Gaza are very similar to genocide, marking the first time a commissioner has made such a charge and publicly distanced herself from the EU’s official policy on the conflict.
Goran Bubić, lawyer for Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, today filed a request with the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina that his client pay a fine of around 18,700 euros instead of a one-year prison sentence.
The International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children has once again stressed its commitment to protecting the youngest children affected by the war in Ukraine, citing international humanitarian law and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
SNSD President Milorad Dodik addresses the public after the decision of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to revoke his mandate.
At a session of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik was stripped of the presidency of Republika Srpska. This decision was adopted unanimously.
Tense in Serbia tonight as well. Students and citizens, who gathered at a protest on Aviatičarski trg in Zemun for the pardon of Milica Stojanović, are currently in front of the SNS board on Džona Kenedija Street, where they were met by progressives. A group of citizens and SNS supporters in New Belgrade are being separated by a gendarmerie cordon, and there was even an incident when one of the progressives ran into a young man.
A Ukrainian drone attack overnight caused several fires, including at a substation, in Russia’s southern Rostov region, the region’s acting governor said on Monday.
A serious traffic accident happened in Italy, on the highway between Arezzo and Florence. The truck crashed into the motorcade, killing three people from the ambulance. Another person was seriously injured, and 15 of them were injured, Corriere Della Serra writes.
Luxembourg has issued a warning due to the presence of aflatoxins in soybean flour originating from Serbia, it was published on the online platform European Rapid Alert System for Food RASFF.
The session of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which will consider the procedure for determining the termination of the mandate of the President of the BiH entity Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, will most likely be held on Wednesday, Danas reports.
Saudi Arabia has executed eight convicts in one day, media reported today. The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said seven of the convicts, four Somalis and three Ethiopians, were executed for drug trafficking.
