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Thousands flee wildfires in Europe

LEGE-CAP-FERRET, France, July 24 (Agencies): French authorities have ordered the evacuation of the entirety of the Cap Ferret peninsula on the south-west coast, with hundreds of people escaping the area by boat.Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from the tourism destination west of Bordeaux, as firefighters continue to...

Trump says Xi will visit US on Sept 24

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will discuss artificial intelligence with Chinese President Xi Jinping when he visits the United States on Sept 24.Xi's visit comes after the pair met during Trump's trip to China earlier this year. While in Beijing, Trump invited...

Two-thirds of Gaza may face acute hunger by year-end despite improvements

GAZA, July 24 (Agencies): More than two-thirds of Gazans could face acute hunger by the year-end as humanitarian agencies cut aid flows due to funding shortages, a global hunger monitor said on Wednesday.The latest assessment by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification found that acute malnutrition levels, particularly among children,...

UN rights chief Volker Turk faces opposition to new term

GENEVA, July 24 (Arab News): United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Turk, an outspoken critic of Russia's war in Ukraine and Israel's conduct in Gaza, faces opposition from both countries to a second four-year term ahead of a vote on Friday, diplomats told Reuters. Turk, a lawyer who has worked...

Militant attack kills 15 at check post in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, July 24 (Agencies): Militants rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security check post in north-western Pakistan overnight, killing 15 people including soldiers, police and government personnel, the military said on Friday."Fifteen brave sons of soil including twelve military, two policemen and a government official ex forest department rendered the...

Trump stuns Saudis by pinning nuclear deal to Israel ties

WASHINGTON, July 24 (AFP) : US President Donald Trump said Thursday that a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia depends on the kingdom recognizing Israel-throwing the agreement into turmoil just the day after it was signed.Riyadh has long resisted joining the so-called Abraham Accords with Israel, insisting especially after the Gaza...

17 killed in Russian, Ukrainian long-range strikes

KYIV (Ukraine), July 24 (AFP): At least 17 people were killed Friday in Russian and Ukrainian long-range strikes-including just outside Kyiv and hundreds of miles east of Moscow-as both sides intensify strikes with diplomacy in a deadlock.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian missile strike outside the Ukrainian capital killed...

24 killed in bandit attack in Nigeria

ZAMFARA, July 24 (Reuters): Armed bandits riding motorcycles killed at least 24 farmers and wounded several others in an attack on remote farming villages in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, residents told Reuters on Thursday.The attackers stormed communities in the Sauna district of the Talata Mafara local government area at about...