#middle-east-conflict

#middle-east-conflict

The harvest season ends in the circular wheat fields of Altnova and Gozlu in the Kadnhan district.

A 32-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly assaulting staff and customers while shouting antisemitic abuse at a cafe in central London.

The Middle East conflict is likely to be a major focus in Ireland's presidential election due to the candidacy of Catherine Connolly, a known supporter of Palestine.

Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party have started the process of laying down their arms in northern Iraq after announcing the end of their armed struggle against Turkiye. This significant development follows decades of conflict and marks a shift towards democratic politics. The reactions from the Kurdish community are divided, with some perceiving this as a hopeful step towards peace, while others view it as a forced concession without tangible gains.

Iran faces even more pressure in the coming weeks because the E3 can snap back on our sanctions, and it's not just our sanctions, it's actually a UN mechanism that would impose dramatic sanctions on Iran across nearly every single front in its economy.

The IDF struck Houthi-held ports of Hodeida, Ras Isa and Salif as well as the Ras Kanatib power plant, used to transfer Iranian weapons.

Eight members of the OPEC+ alliance, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, plan to boost oil production by 548,000 barrels per day in August.

An Israeli drone attack has killed at least one person and injured three near Beirut, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, violating the ceasefire.

Domestic tourists visit the beach at Wonsan Kalma, a massive resort on the east coast of the country. A pet project of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, the resort is expected to welcome Russian guests later this month.

A midday airstrike in eastern Gaza City killed 11 people, whose bodies were taken to Al-Ahli Hospital. Another strike near the entrance of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza left two dead, according to Al-Awda Hospital.

"We will address several issues that must be tackled together to advance our common ambitions: to build a more competitive, safer and more autonomous Europe for our citizens, and to ensure that the European Union can be an effective, predictable and reliable global actor," Antonio Costa, President of the European Council, said in a statement.

Palestine Action, formed in July 2020, aims to disrupt companies associated with war crimes in Palestine by targeting their property directly.

American military and diplomatic outposts across the globe are on high alert after a U.S. bombing raid on Saturday struck three of Iran's most sensitive nuclear facilities, prompting vows of retaliation from Tehran and raising fears of a widening regional war. Already on Monday, Iran fired 14 ballistic missiles at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, one of the largest U.S. installations in the Middle East and a critical hub for U.S. air operations across the region.

"If you think it's hard to survive as a queer person in a repressive theocratic region, try doing it with bombs falling on your house and tanks shooting at you when you try to get food."