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21 Jul, 2025

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Aurora Wood

Bodies line the streets, marauding armed men raid homes and sniperfire: Inside battle for Sweida

Inside the centre of Sweida city, there were continuing fierce battles for most of the day, between Druze militia led by cleric Hikmat al Hajiri and the Arab fighters supporting ...

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21 Jul, 2025

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Hazel Richardson

D-Day veteran who became TikTok star dies aged 102

"Papa Jake" Larson survived German gunfire in the June 1944 landings, and then garnered 1.2 million followers sharing stories on TikTok. Sunday 20 July 2025 18:08, UK A D-Day veteran ...

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21 Jul, 2025

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Leah Cox

Who are the Druze, who are they fighting and why did latest Syrian clashes begin?

This is what you need to know about the Syrian clashes that has drawn Israeli intervention. Sunday 20 July 2025 15:59, UK Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible ...

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21 Jul, 2025

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Natalie Kelly

Teen boys shot at Gaza aid sites almost like “game”

 British surgeon, Dr. Nick Maynard, who recently returned from Gaza, has claimed that Israeli soldiers are shooting civilians at aid points, describing it as "almost like a game of target ...

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21 Jul, 2025

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Zoe Ramos

Homes burning after mass pillaging and 30,000 trapped in besieged city – as Syria’s fragile ceasefire holds

About 30,000 mostly Druze people are thought to be trapped inside the besieged city of Sweida and surrounding towns, with no electricity, little internet and dwindling supplies of food and ...

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21 Jul, 2025

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Stella Bailey

Shaky ceasefire takes hold in Syria after week of deadly clashes in Suwayda

Shaky ceasefire takes hold in Syria after week of deadly clashes in Suwayda A fragile ceasefire in Syria’s mainly Druze city of Suwayda appears to be holding after Syrian President ...

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21 Jul, 2025

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Ellie Cooper

Israel issues forced displacement order in central Gaza in new campaign

Thousands of leaflets dropped over Deir el-Balah, ordering Palestinians to move to a ‘safe zone’ Israel has repeatedly bombed. The Israeli military has issued a new forced evacuation warning for ...

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21 Jul, 2025

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Aubrey Ortiz

Dozens drown as tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam

A tourist boat named Wonder Sea capsized in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay on July 19, 2025, resulting in a tragic loss of life. The boat was carrying 48 passengers and 5 crew ...

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21 Jul, 2025

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Layla Rogers

Appeals and negotiations won’t make Israel stop starving Gaza

Sanctions would. On July 17, the Israeli armybombedthe sole Catholic church in Gaza, killing three people and injuring at least 10. The parish priest, Gabriele Romanelli, who used to have ...

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21 Jul, 2025

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Lily Murphy

Video: The DRC and M23 rebel group sign deal in Qatar to end fighting

The DRC and M23 rebel group sign deal in Qatar to end fighting Representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have signed a deal in ...