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Jul 30, 2026 - World

The provisional figure is almost double the total for the whole of the summer in 2025, which was 1,504, and represents "a substantial public health impact," the UKHSA government agency said.

Jul 30, 2026 - World

Liberian law enforcement agents have burned some 4.2 metric tons of cocaine worth about $336 million

Jul 30, 2026 - World

Central Command says strikes aimed at diminishing Iranian military while mediators say talks are continuingMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US struck Iran overnight and Tehran retaliated at US allies in the region, reigniting the low-intensity, tit-for-tat war as mediators struggled to pull the two countries back to the negotiating table.The US carried out overnight strikes on Iran – the first in more than five days – hours after Donald Trump vowed to hit the country “very hard” following Tehran’s targeting of a base in Jordan that hosts American troops. Continue reading...

Jul 30, 2026 - World

Government fears social discontent on ‘most important battlefield’ of economy and livelihoods as war takes its toll amid anti-state dissentMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesIran, in the middle of an escalating five-month war with the US, continues to stumble from one internal crisis to another – whether it is over public executions, the rising cost of living, the alleged bias of the state broadcaster or even the post-midnight destruction of pavements outside liberal-leaning Tehran cafes. Very little that happens in Iran, cultural or political, momentous or trivial, does so uncontested.But there is now a growing threat of a long diplomatic deadlock, forged by mutual distrust in which neither side believes the other will stick to any agreement. That impasse has occurred as the war broadens, drawing in Yemen, Iraq and now Egypt. In Iran, at least, the advocates of escalation are winning. As a result, a convergence of Iran’s conflicts, internal and external, becomes more likely. Continue reading...

Jul 30, 2026 - World

The images emerging from PoK are difficult to ignore: streets stained with blood, protesters lying motionless, grieving families searching for loved ones, and heavily armed security personnel confronting civilians.