The world’s largest underground copper mine, El Teniente in Chile, is set to resume operations on Sunday following a deadly cave-in that suspended work for over a week. Chile’s Mining Ministry ordered the suspension of activity at El Teniente on 1 August to facilitate rescue efforts for five miners trapped after a “seismic event” caused […]

The UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, and US Vice President, JD Vance, will convene a meeting on Saturday of national security advisers from Europe and the United States to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office announced. Downing Street described the meeting as “a vital forum to discuss progress towards securing […]

On Saturday, Greece joined other European Union countries in delivering food aid to Gaza by air, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced. Speaking on Facebook, Mitsotakis said, “This morning, two aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force dropped 8.5 tonnes of essential food supplies in areas of Gaza.” He added, “The operation was organised in collaboration with […]

The Lebanese army reported that a blast at a weapons depot near the Israeli border on Saturday resulted in the deaths of six soldiers. According to a military source, the troops were engaged in removing munitions from a Hezbollah facility at the time of the explosion. Under the terms of the truce that ended last […]

On Saturday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry publicly condemned Israel’s intention to take control of Gaza City, warning that such a move could exacerbate the already dire humanitarian crisis within the Gaza Strip. The ministry issued a statement expressing grave concerns, stating that implementing this plan “risks worsening the already dramatic situation in the Palestinian enclave, which […]

Colombian presidential hopeful Senator Miguel Uribe, 39, who was shot during a campaign event in June, has suffered a deterioration in his health due to a new cerebral haemorrhage, doctors reported on Saturday. Incident and Medical Update Uribe was addressing supporters in Bogotá, the capital, when an assailant fired multiple shots, hitting him twice in […]

French medical teams treated a group of Eritrean migrants for hypothermia on Saturday after they were discovered stowed away in a refrigerated lorry bound for the United Kingdom, officials told AFP. Discovery and Rescue The driver of the lorry, transporting frozen vegetables, heard cries for help from the migrants while stopping at a motorway rest […]

An international crew of four astronauts returned safely to Earth on Saturday after spending nearly five months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). They splashed down off the coast of California inside a SpaceX capsule. Crew Members and Splashdown Details The returning astronauts included US nationals Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan’s Takuya Onishi, and […]

The streets of Yerevan were almost deserted on Saturday due to the intense summer heat. Yet, in the shaded parks and near fountains, Armenians wrestled with the implications of the peace accord signed the previous day in Washington. Background: A Historic Peace Treaty The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan—two Caucasian nations long embroiled in territorial […]

On Saturday, tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Tel Aviv, calling for an end to the war in Gaza, just one day after the Israeli government announced plans to escalate the conflict and capture Gaza City. The Protest and Its Messages Protesters carried signs and held up photographs of hostages still […]