UN's migration body says human trafficking for online fraud rising rapidly

Jul 29, 2026

Geneva [Switzerland], July 29: The United Nations' International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of people are being exploited by...

Hungary launches anti-corruption body as former PM Orban's party cries foul

Jul 29, 2026

Budapest [Hungary], July 29: Hungary's parliament has voted to establish a new agency to support law enforcement in the fight against corruption. The new National...

EU summons Russian envoy over Romanian airspace incursion

Jul 29, 2026

Brussels [Belgium], July 29: The European Union has summoned Moscow's diplomatic envoy to Brussels in response to a Russian drone entering Romanian airspace last week.

Gunmen kill top local official in Afghanistan

Jul 29, 2026

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29: Gunmen assassinated a senior Taliban government official in Afghanistan's north-eastern province of Badakhshan on Tuesday, the Afghan Ministry of Information and...

Oman presents Iran with plan for voluntary fees to use Hormuz

Jul 29, 2026

Muscat [Oman], July 29: Oman has presented Iran with a plan backed by Gulf states to manage the Strait of Hormuz, including collecting voluntary fees...

Israeli ex-generals urge Trump to push Netanyahu on 'settler terror'

Jul 29, 2026

Tel Aviv [Israel], July 29: Hundreds of former Israeli military, diplomatic, and intelligence officials are asking United States President Donald Trump to urge Israeli Prime...

UN troops find 4 tonnes of explosives in Lebanon

Jul 29, 2026

Beirut [Lebanon], July 29: The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Tuesday it had discovered nearly four metric tonnes of explosive material,...

Houthis want to copy Iran's Hormuz control in the Red Sea: Yemeni FM

Jul 29, 2026

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 29: Yemen's Houthi movement is aiming to replicate Iran's strategy in the Strait of Hormuz by controlling shipping flows in the...

Iran executes two more men over deadly protest violence in Isfahan

Jul 29, 2026

Tehran [Iran], July 29: Two men have been executed in Iran in connection with protests earlier this year, having been accused of involvement in the...