His wish list included Patriots, PAC-3 licenses, and more military support. None of them materialized Washington DC, July 29, 2026. On this day, a city accustomed to protocol visits and carefully orchestrated diplomatic spectacles welcomed a rather unexpected guest.
Full text: 15-point draft peace plan between Hamas and Israel in Gaza Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 07/31/2026 - 15:01 The Palestinian movement says it will relinquish its weapons to allow for a technocratic administration to run Gaza Hamas led the attacks on southern Israel on 7 October 2023 (File/Reuters) Off Hamas has formally agreed to a detailed framework for implementing the next phases of the Gaza ceasefire, which was drafted with US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace. The agreement forms part of the latest attempt to end Israel's campaign of killing in the besieged Palestinian territory. In a statement on X, the Board of Peace wrote: "The agreement concludes months of intensive, good faith negotiations to advance President Donald J.
ABU DHABI, 31st July, 2026 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the renewed Iranian hostile attack targeting the brotherly State of Kuwait with drones. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) affirmed that this hostile attack constitutes a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of Kuwait and a threat to its security and stability.
Hungary and Romania have cut nuclear power output as record-low river levels disrupted shipping and supply chains The disastrous heatwave and drought across Europe have pushed the Rhine and Danube rivers to historic water lows, forcing two EU countries into atomic energy power-downs while disrupting
Full text: 15 point draft peace plan between Hamas and Israel in Gaza President Donald Trump's Board of Peace has announced that Hamas officially agreed to a detailed framework for implementing the next phases of the Gaza ceasefire. The agreement forms part of the latest attempt to bring a halt to Israel's campaign of killing in the besieged Palestinian territory. In a statement on X, the Board of Peace wrote: "The agreement concludes months of intensive, good faith negotiations to advance President Donald J.
Ben Gvir says draft peace deal for Gaza 'unacceptable to Israel' Itamar Ben Gvir, the far-right Israeli minister of national security, has rejected a draft peace deal in Gaza as "unacceptable to Israel". He said in a statement on Telegram that any "commitment to stop the assassinations" of Hamas members is "tantamount to agreeing to Hamas organizing for the next massacre". He said that "assassinations in Gaza must continue", as should the "encouragement" of Palestinian "emigration" from the strip.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Several clues indicate that a recent drone attack on Egypt's Damietta Port was an Israeli false-flag operation aimed at implicating Iran, as the incident fits Tel Aviv's broader strategy of portraying the Islamic Republic as a threat to regional countries.
Energy prices have soared again since fighting between US and Iran resumed two weeks ago as conflict spreads across Middle East Middle East crisis live – latest updates Iran said it struck two tankers trying to pass through the strait of Hormuz under the escort of the US military, as Donald Trump gathered his cabinet at to discuss the stalling war and rising prices as midterm election in the US loom. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said they had hit two tankers trying to pass through the strait on Friday. Continue reading...
Gaza Board of Peace outlines latest roadmap The Gaza Board of Peace has outlined its latest road map for the territory. In a statement posted on X, the board affirmed that Israel "shall fully complete, without delay" all its commitments under the peace deal signed in October, “particularly the cessation of military operations”. It said Hamas and all other Palestinian factions had agreed that “all civilian governance and security functions in Gaza shall be handed over” to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG).
Hong Kong, July 31 (ANI): With President Donald Trump bogging the USA down in a perhaps unwinnable war against Iran, he has strengthened China's hand. Furthermore, Beijing continues to reinforce its influence on the world stage and to subtly support Russia in its own war with Ukraine and the West.
Israeli air strike in central Gaza kills one A Palestinian has been killed in an Israeli air strike in central Gaza, Al Jazeera reports, citing medical sources at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
The Kuwaiti military said that it had detected and destroyed multiple drones in its airspace since dawn. A U. S.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Affairs Authority (PGSA) said transit through the Strait of Hormuz remains suspended because of the continued military actions of the US in the region, adding that navigation requests will be processed once stability is restored.
North Sea oil fields set to be reopened by Burnham would profit blacklisted Israeli company Submitted by Fleur Hargreaves on Thu, 07/30/2026 - 00:32 Rosebank oil field stakeholder Ithaca is majority owned by Israeli firm Delek, named by the UN for supporting West Bank settlements A man holds a placard against the Rosebank oil field project in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland during a protest outside the Department For Energy Security And Net Zero in London on 22 July 2026 (Justin Tallis/AFP) Off Campaigners say reopening North Sea oil and gas fields in the UK would be in breach of international law over a stakeholder company’s links to illegal West Bank settlements. Reports suggest that new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to “move quickly” to green light more oil and gas drilling as one of his first moves since taking office last week, despite concerns some of the profits would flow to a company blacklisted by the UN. The two oil and gas fields in question are Rosebank, off Shetland in the North Atlantic, and Jackdaw in the North Sea coast of Scotland, which were approved by the previous Conservative government in 2022 and 2023, but then overturned in 2025 after a legal challenge.
Turkey urges Iran to halt attacks on Kurdish groups Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Fri, 07/31/2026 - 12:07 Ankara fears further Iranian strikes could push Kurdish opposition groups closer to Israel and undermine Turkey’s peace process with the PKK Members of Komala, an Iranian Kurdish opposition party, attend the funeral of Peshmerga fighter Ghazal Moulai at Sheikh Ahmed Hindi cemetery in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, on 16 April 2026 (Shwan Mohammed/AFP) Off When Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz landed in Tehran earlier this month to attend the funeral of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, he received a warm welcome from officials of the Islamic Republic . Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian also hosted Yilmaz and his delegation during the visit. Pezeshkian thanked Turkey for helping to prevent an Israeli plan to foment an armed insurrection by Kurdish groups in western Iran, a source familiar with the visit told Middle East Eye.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow thanked Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei for his message, expressing hope for peace and security in the region and voicing support for closer religious and cultural cooperation between Iran and Russia.
Tehran [Iran], July 31 (ANI): The Iranian army has said that it carried out drone strikes against United States strategic centres at the Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait during the 27th stage of Operation Lightning.
Thousands make dramatic sea crossing into Ceuta from Morocco Submitted by Areeb Ullah on Fri, 07/31/2026 - 12:16 Spain says around 60,000 people entered the North African enclave by land and sea, including thousands of children People from Morocco arrive at the Spanish border in Ceuta on 31 July 2026, as thousands enter the enclave by land and sea (Reuters) Off Spain is scrambling to reinforce the borders of its North African enclave of Ceuta and prevent further mass crossings after thousands of people entered the Spanish territory from Morocco . The enclave's leader says approximately 60,000 people had crossed into Ceuta from Morocco. Madrid estimates that around 8,000 of them were children.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The representative of Hamas in Iran, Khaled Qaddoumi, stressed that the Palestinian resistance will never relinquish its weapons, insisting that the issue must not be included in any negotiations with the Israeli regime.
Israel uses sand walls to further encroach in Palestinian territory on Gaza as siege tightens Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 07/31/2026 - 11:26 Israel is expanding its area of control by displacing families and redrawing Gaza’s post-ceasefire boundary Palestinians run for cover as smoke and fire rise during an Israeli strike on the the Al-Muttaqin Mosque in Gaza City on 28 July (AFP/Omar Al Qattaa) Off Israel is pushing the so-called yellow line deeper into Gaza, displacing Palestinian families and tightening its siege by squeezing more than two million people into an increasingly small section of the devastated enclave. Residents of al-Tuffah in northern Gaza awoke on Monday to find concrete markers moved westwards into the middle of Salah al-Din Road, the territory’s main north-south route, the BBC reported. An Israeli flag had also been raised over a three-metre-high sand and earth barrier nearby.
