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Bolsonaro rallies supporters amid coup plot trial
Facing serious legal jeopardy with potentially years of incarceration over an alleged coup plot being tried by the nation's Supreme...

Zelensky requests more IRIS-T air defence systems
Kiev [Ukraine], July 1: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked Germany to supply additional IRIS-T air-defence systems to counter heavy...

Iran sets conditions for returning to negotiating table...
Tehran [Iran], July 1: Yesterday (June 30), Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi stated the condition for his country to...

Russia enters Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine attacks Crimea bridge
Moscow [Russia], July 1: Russian news agency TASS and military bloggers reported on June 30 that the country's army had...

Trump issues tough directive on Cuba
Washington [US], July 1: US President Donald Trump on June 30 signed a directive imposing a tough US policy on...

Trump threatens to raise tariffs because Japan won't...
Washington [US], July 1: President Donald Trump expressed frustration with US-Japan trade talks, while the US Treasury Secretary warned that...

Philippines adopts 'one battlefield' concept in South China...
Manila [Philippines], July 1: Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on June 30 that military leaders are working to implement...

President Trump increases pressure on tax policy
Washington [US], July 1: Despite controversy over rising domestic inflation risks, US President Donald Trump is pressuring other economies to...

Europe hit by early heatwave: Thousands flee Turkey...
Firefighters battled wildfires in Turkey and France on Monday and more than 50,000 people were evacuated as an early summer...

Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump aides' emails
Tehran [Iran], July 1: Iran-linked hackers have threatened to disclose more emails stolen from U.S. President Donald Trump's circle, after...

Suspect in Idaho firefighters ambush identified
Idaho [US], July 1: The man who shot dead two firefighters and wounded a third after setting a blaze near...

935 people killed in Israeli strikes on Iran
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 1: Some 935 people were killed in Iran during the 12-day air war with Israel, based...

Musk will punish lawmakers who back Trump's spending...
Washington [US], July 1: Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday renewed his criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and...

Israel acknowledges Palestinian civilians harmed at Gaza aid...
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 1: The Israeli military acknowledged on Monday that Palestinian civilians were harmed at aid distribution centres...

Israel strikes pound Gaza
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 1: Israeli strikes killed at least 60 people across Gaza on Monday in some of the...

UAE launches 'Youth Social Missions Programme'
Osaka [Japan], July 1: The Federal Youth Authority (FYA) has launched the "Youth Social Missions Programme" to prepare Emirati youth...

UN chief calls on world leaders to close...
Sevilla [Spain], July 1: "We're here in Sevilla to change course," the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling...

UAE expresses solidarity with Tanzania, conveys condolences over...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 1: The United Arab Emirates has expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the United Republic...

Severe heatwave in southern Europe pushes temperatures above...
Washington [US], July 1: A heatwave continues to grip large parts of southern Europe, with authorities in many countries issuing...

Trump signs executive order ending Syria sanctions programme
Washington [US], July 1: US President Donald J. Trump signed on Monday a historic Executive Order terminating the Syria sanctions...

France's Cannes becomes latest famous destination to crack...
Paris [France], June 30: The French Riviera resort of Cannes has become the latest famous European destination to join the...

Hong Kong's last remaining pro-democracy party announces disbandment
Hong Kong, June 30: The League of Social Democrats (LSD), the last remaining active pro-democracy party in China-ruled Hong Kong,...

Iran aims to outlaw Musk's Starlink
Tehran [Iran], June 30: Iran's parliament has voted to ban the use of Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by...

Iran could resume uranium enrichment within months, says...
Tehran [Iran], June 30: Tehran could resume enriching uranium within months despite claims by US President Donald Trump that the...

At least 38 people killed in Tanzania bus...
Dodoma [Tanzania], June 30: Nearly 40 people have been killed after a bus and a minibus collided in Tanzania, sparking...

Over a third of Tuvalu seeks Australia's climate...
Funafuti [Tuvalu], June 30: More than one-third of the people in the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu, which scientists predict...

Thousands in Bangkok protest for Thai PM to...
Bangkok [Thailand], June 30: Thousands of protesters have gathered in the Thai capital Bangkok, calling for the resignation of Prime...