USA step up attacks on Venezuela and undermine its authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro. Donald Trump refers to the "war on terror" and threatens with attacks that raise concerns about a larger conflict with the oil-rich country.
World politicsFurther 137 activists from the Gaza convoy Global Sumud Flotilla have been deported, Israel announces. Detained Greta Thunberg has in contact with the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs complained about dehydration and hunger, reports The Guardian. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs states that they have asked the Israeli authorities "to meet the needs of food and clean water".
WorldThe French former president Nicolas Sarkozy is sentenced to five years in prison for "criminal conspiracy" in a case where he has been accused of having received campaign funds from the former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The 70-year-old will appeal the verdict.
World”Where is the imam, Arab?" The words were scrawled on a wall outside journalist Kassem Hamadé's childhood home in central Beirut, where the civil war was raging. Now he is back in the same neighborhood – with an answer to the riddle that has haunted the Middle East for almost half a century. The longest investigation of my life, he says.
EntertainmentAt least 50 refugees from war-torn Sudan perished when the boat they were traveling in caught fire off the coast of Libya, according to the UN's migration organization IOM.
WorldThat Israel would enter Gaza city was expected, according to experts. But it is no less worrying, says the independent Middle East analyst Alexander Atarodi. In the long run, I am very worried about the consequences, what this means for the population but also for global security policy.
ConflictsAt least 26 people have been killed and around a dozen are missing after an accident involving two refugee boats off the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean, according to the UN's refugee agency UNHCR.
WorldToday, August 7, the United States' new tariffs come into effect, which means a hefty blow to many countries. Here are the tariff rates that apply right now.
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