Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shaibani shake hands at the end of a joint press conference following their meeting in Moscow on July 31, 2025.

Russia, Syria to bolster ties, review agreements

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shaibani appeals for Russia’s support at talks in Moscow

Iran president warns dams may run dry within months

Nationally, the average reservoir level stands at just 44 percent

Diminished water levels are pictured in the reservoir behind the Amir Kabir dam along the Karaj river in Iran's northern Alborz mountain range on June 1, 2025.

US to refuse visas to Palestinian Authority officials

US accuses the body of seeking to “internationalise” the conflict with Israel

People inspect the damage after an Israeli settler attack at dawn that torched a house and nearby cars and led to the reported death of a Palestinian man by asphyxiation, in Silwad town northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on July 31, 2025.

Trump envoy arrives in Israel as Gaza criticism mounts

Dozens of Palestinians killed as Israeli forces open fire on crowd trying to block convoy

Palestinians mourn outside the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City on July 31, 2025, where bodies of people killed a day earlier while waiting for aid were brought.

Jordanian strangles wife 4 months after marriage

Body found three weeks later, suspect in custody for 15 days

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UAE extends lifeline to Gaza’s health sector

Through Operation Chivalrous Knight 3, UAE sustains Gaza’s health services

UAE extends lifeline to Gaza’s health sector, averting total collapse

Handprint found on 4,000-year-old Egyptian artifact

Handprint believed to have been unintentionally left by potter who handled the tray

A 4,000-year-old handprint has been discovered on an ancient Egyptian tomb, in a discovery that gives a rare glimpse of a human touch from the distant past.

Several Egyptians dead as boat sinks off Tobruk, Libya

Cairo dispatches team to recover remains, aid survivors and work with Libyan authorities

People walk along the decorated seaside corniche, in Libya's second-largest city of Benghazi.

Thousands of carpets sunbathe at Turkish resort

From June to September merchants bring their cargo to age in the sun

A worker holds an handwoven carpet laid out in an open field to soften its colours under sizzling sun in Dosemealti district in Antalya on July 22, 2025.

UN conference backs two-state solution

'New York Declaration' sets out a phased plan to end the nearly eight-decade conflict

Displaced Palestinians gather to receive aid from a GHF aid distribution point at the so-called "Netzarim corridor" in the central Gaza Strip on July 30, 2025.

Why is Britain recognising a Palestinian state?

Starmer’s announcement follows domestic pressure and harrowing images of suffering in Gaza

Palestinians carry humanitarian aid they received at the Rafah corridor as they walk in the Mawasi area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 30, 2025.

Veteran Egyptian actor Lotfy Labib dies

Labib left behind a legacy of over 100 films and 30 television series

Lotfy Labib

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