Gaza fighting enters fourth day amid hopes for truce
The worst cross-border escalation in months has seen Egypt lead truce efforts, with hopes raised that a ceasefire may be imminent after talks failed earlier this week.
25 dead as Israel, Gaza militants trade fire for third day
Air strikes and missiles from Israel have killed 25 Palestinians, said Gaza officials – among them fighters and civilians, including several children.
Pakistan forces move in to try to rescue hostages from militants, sources say
According to a provincial government spokesman, the militants were demanding safe passage to Afghanistan.
Two militants sentenced to death for killing US blogger escape from Bangladesh court
Avijit Roy, an engineer of Bangladeshi origin, was hacked to death by machete-wielding assailants in February 2015 while returning home with his wife from a Dhaka book fair.
Prison chief killed in Indian Kashmir, militants claim responsibility
The body of Hemant Kumar Lohia, the region's director general of prisons, was found at his home in the Jammu region, police say.
IS militant gets life in US prison over killing of American hostages
El Shafee Elsheikh, who was found guilty on four counts of hostage-taking and four counts of conspiracy after a two-week trial, was sentenced to eight concurrent life sentences.
Israel tourism rebounds in July, still well below pre-Covid levels
Some 250,000 tourist entries were recorded last month, up from just 49,000 a year earlier when Israel's borders were not fully open.
Taliban assassinate head of Afghan govt media department
This comes days after the defence minister escaped an assassination attempt.
