Medics have recorded more than 3,000 Ebola cases, including 1,354 deaths, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 17th outbreak, officials have said, after infections surged by around 1,000 in just 10 days.
Firefighters in France and Spain battled major wildfires on July 27 as forecasts of another heatwave in southwestern France threatened to hamper efforts to contain the blazes.
Iran and the United States maintained a pause in attacks on July 27, easing pressure on Gulf shipping and oil markets as Washington said President Donald Trump was allowing diplomatic efforts more time.
The race to become the next leader of the United Nations on July 25 added a seventh candidate: Uganda’s Olara Otunnu, a former opposition presidential candidate and onetime high-ranking U.N. official.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set to make a landmark visit to the divided island of Cyprus on July 27, as diplomatic efforts to revive negotiations on the island’s decades-old division gather pace.
Fire crews in France and Spain battling unchecked wildfires that have forced more than 300,000 people to flee were overwhelmed on July 26 as the unpredictable blazes advanced.
Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in the occupied West Bank overnight July 26, after this week's deadly clashes in the territory left six people dead.
On July 26, Iran said it had made progress in talks with Oman on management of the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway crucial for oil and gas trade that both countries border.
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said the situation around Syria's Golan Heights was unacceptable, as Syria's foreign minister urged Israeli forces to withdraw from a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone where they deployed in 2024.
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at "fake news media" and talked about serving a banned third term as he addressed a rescheduled White House correspondents dinner on July 24, three months after the event was disrupted by an assassination attempt.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Syria on July 25 for the first visit by a serving U.N. chief since 2009, with talks expected to focus on the country’s political transition following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad.
The United Nations General Assembly voted on July 24 to renew Volker Türk's mandate as high commissioner for human rights for four years despite strong opposition from the United States, Russia and Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on July 28, the Israeli leader's office said.
Russia struck an arms event near Kiev on July 24, killing multiple people and wounding dozens, Ukrainian prosecutors and defence industry representatives said.
Dubai has launched a new initiative encouraging the United Arab Emirates residents to invite friends and family to visit the emirate, as authorities seek to revive tourism following a sharp drop in visitor numbers linked to the regional conflict involving the U.S., Israel and Iran.
An estimated 1.4 million people in Gaza are expected to face “high levels of acute food insecurity” through December, up from 1.2 million from mid-April to June, despite improvements driven by humanitarian assistance, according to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis.
