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1.6 million exposed toacute food insecurity

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the Gaza Strip is facing a worsening humanitarian catastrophe, noting that 1.6 million people in the Strip are exposed to extreme levels of acute food insecurity.Guterres...

Palestinians gather to receive food portions at a charity kitchen in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday. — AFP

Calm returns to Syria after violence that killed 1,000

Members of Internal Security Forces hold guns at an Internal Security Forces' checkpoint, in Sweida. — Reuters

Israel issues new evacuation orders in central Gaza as hunger worsens

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Clashes rage in Druze region as 940 people killed

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Israeli fire kills Gazans near two aid centres

A woman caresses a child's head as Palestinians wait at a food distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp. — AFP

Six local officials detained over Iraq’s deadly mall fire

A cleaning operation starts outside the charred building, in Kut. — AFP

DR Congo, M23 armed group sign ceasefire deal

Sumbu Sita Mambu, a high representative of the head of state in the DRC (L), and armed group M23 executive secretary Benjamin Mbonimpa (R) exchange documents, in Doha. — AFP

US announces Syria-Israel truce

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UN: 80,000 displaced by south Syria violence

TOPSHOT - Heavy smoke rises from a burning building as fighters from Bedouin tribes gather in al-Mazraa village, in Syria's southern Sweida governorate on July 18, 2025. The southern province has been gripped by deadly sectarian bloodshed since July 13, with hundreds reportedly killed in clashes pitting Druze fighters against Sunni Bedouin tribes and the army and its allies. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

Top clerics visit Gaza after deadly church strike

Palestinians protest against hunger and high prices, amid the Israeli blockade and offensive, in Gaza. — Reuters

Oman decries Israel's aggression on Syria

A woman with children stands by a tent area, on land between Deraa and Sweida, after scores of people have been killed this week in violence in and around the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, pitting fighters from the Druze minority against government security forces and members of Bedouin tribes, in Deraa, Syria July 17, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Fire at Iraq mall kills 69, PM Sudani orders probe

A member of security forces stands guard near the wreckage of a shopping center, after a massive overnight fire killed dozens of people, in al-Kut, Wasit province, Iraq, July 17, 2025. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

Strike on Gaza church kills two, injures several

Father Carlos (C) from the Holy Family church in Gaza City assists casualties injured in an Israeli strike on the church at the city's Arab Ahli, hospital. - AFP

20 Gazans killed in aid point crush

People mourn Palestinians who were killed in an incident while seeking aid in Khan Younis on Wednesday. — Reuters

Israel hits Syria army HQ; over 300 dead in Sweida

Men walk among debris after powerful Israeli airstrikes shook Damascus on Wednesday, — Reuters

Crush at Gaza aid site kills at least 20, GHF blames armed agitators

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