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Saudi crude tankers turn back from Red Sea

DUBAI: Two oil tankers carrying Saudi crude to Asia reversed course in the Red Sea on Tuesday after threats from Yemen's Ansar Allah, as a widening Middle East conflict disrupted shipping through two of the...

A cargo ship sails in Saudi waters near the Dammam Port in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. — Reuters

UN signals major rise in Ukraine-Russia war civilian deaths

Rescuers work at a site of an apartment building hit by Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. — Reuters

Burnham targets lower energy bills in first PM move

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham holds his first Cabinet meeting, in London. — Reuters

Spain celebrates both a soccer win and a sense of wider success

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Burnham becomes PM vowing 10-year plan for Britain

Britain's new PM Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France van Heel pose on the steps of 10 Downing Street. — AFP

Russian attack on corn ship off Ukraine's Odesa kills 10

Smoke rises from a vessel on fire in Odesa, Ukraine. — Reuters

Fire forces evacuations in south France town

A helicopter flies after dropping water on a burning forest during a wildfire in Taradeau, southeastern France. — AFP

Russia pounds Kyiv with dozen of ballistic missiles

People walk past damaged cars parked in a street following missile strikes in Kyiv. — AFP

Spanish authorities struggles as wildfire scorches 12,000 hectares

A helicopter flies amid wildfires affecting Farasdues, Spain. — Reuters

UK's Burnham drops digital ID scheme over cost of living

Andy Burnham waves as he leaves Labour’s 'Special Conference' in central London. — AFP

Ukrainian drones hit Russian logistics centre

Firefighters drive past the smoke of a fire at the Russian e-commerce firm Wildberries' logistics complexes in the town of Elektrostal. — AFP

Burnham takes Labour helm, vows to restore hope

Newly elected leader of Britain's Labour Party Andy Burnham gives a thumbs-up by Gravesend Town Pier as he leaves following his first engagement as leader, in Gravesend, Kent

Defence shake-up sparks rift at heart of Ukraine’s war effort

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer lay a wreath at a memorial wall to those who have fallen during Ukraine's conflicts, in Kyiv

Wildfires, drought and storms hound Europe even as heatwave recedes

Firefighting helicopters load water to battle wildfires affecting Zaragoza province, in Farasdues, Spain

Britain is about to get a new leader. Here’s how the transition works

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Italy court finds 32 people guilty over bridge collapse

Judge Paolo Lepri reads a verdict in the trial over the 2018 deadly collapse of the Morandi motorway bridge, in Genoa on Thursday. — Reuters
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