Israel’s Netanyahu accuses Erdogan of ‘massacring Syrians and Kurds’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday rebuked Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, accusing him of massacring Syrians and Kurds after Erdogan strongly criticized Israel.
U.S risks ‘unimaginable, regrettable’ response from Iran: armed forces chief of staff
U.S. threats against Iran will draw a “strong, unimaginable and regrettable” response from Tehran, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri said Tuesday, according to the IRNA news agency.
Russia’s Putin to visit Uzbekistan in autumn: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Uzbekistan this autumn, and discussed the details with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev by phone on Tuesday, the Kremlin said.
Hundreds missing, several feared dead, after Laos dam collapse: media
Hundreds of people are missing and several are feared dead after a hydropower dam under construction in southern Laos collapsed, causing flash flooding which swept away homes, state media reported on Tuesday.
North Korean fuel prices drop, suggesting U.N. sanctions being undermined
Gasoline prices in North Korea have nearly halved since late March, market data analyzed by Reuters shows, adding weight to suspicions that fuel is finding its way into the isolated economy from China and elsewhere despite U.N. sanctions.
Wildfire kills at least 50 near Athens, flames trap families as they flee
A wildfire killed at least 50 people and injured scores more as it swept through a small resort town near Athens and trapped families with children behind walls of smoke and flames as they tried to flee to the beach.
Greek wildfire death toll exceeds 60: local mayor
At least 60 people have died in wildfires that broke out east of Athens on Monday, the mayor of Rafina, Evangelos Bournous, told Skai TV.
Multiple blasts reported as rockets hit Afghan capital Kabul
Multiple explosions hit the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, with two confirmed to have been caused by rockets that hit a residential area of the city, wounding at least four people, officials said.
China seeks Bhutan border cooperation after India spat
China and Bhutan should work together to ensure peace along their border and keep pushing talks on the issue, a senior Chinese diplomat said during a rare visit to the country, following an ugly spat with India last year over the frontier.
Erdogan says new Israeli law fascist, Hitler’s spirit re-emerging
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday an Israeli law declaring that only Jews have the right of self-determination legitimizes oppression and shows that Israel is a fascist and racist country where the spirit of Adolf Hitler has re-emerged….
