Government And Politics
Iran enriches to 20% with new centrifuges at fortified site
Iran says it has begun enriching uranium up to 20% using sophisticated centrifuges at its underground Fordo nuclear plant, state TV reported, an escalation that comes amid a standoff with the West over its tattered atomic deal
EU asks breakaway Turkish Cypriots to curb migrant arrivals
A European Union official says the bloc has asked Turkish Cypriot authorities in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus to toughen measures aimed at reducing the rising number of migrants seeking asylum in the island nation’s internationally recognized south
Inflation pushed 71M people into poverty since Ukraine war
A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia’s war in Ukraine
Iran media: Revolutionary Guard accuses diplomats of spying
Iranian media reported on Wednesday that the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has accused the deputy ambassador of the United Kingdom and other foreigners of “espionage” and taking soil samples from prohibited military zones
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Mario Draghi
Sudan's doctors: 11 wounded in crackdown on anti-coup sit-in
A Sudanese medical group says 11 people were wounded when security forces descended on their sit in to try and disperse the anti-military protest in the capital, Khartoum
Yemen officials: Explosion at arms depot kills 3 people
Yemeni medical officials say an explosion at an arms depot has killed three people and wounded 18 in the southern province of Abyan
Data puts Turkey’s annual inflation at 78.6%, a 24-year high
Annual inflation in Turkey hit 78.62% in June, the highest rate since 1998
Israel shoots down Hezbollah drones over Mediterranean
The Israeli military says it has shot down three unmanned aircraft launched by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah that were heading toward an area where Israel recently installed an offshore gas platform
UN condemns protesters' storming of Libya's parliament
A senior U.N. official for Libya has condemned the storming of the parliament’s headquarters by angry demonstrators