China launches satellites to rival SpaceX’s Starlink in boost for its space ambitions

China has taken a major step forward in its bid

After Venezuela’s contested presidential vote, experts say government results are a ‘statistical improbability’

Iran mulls scrapping plans to take revenge on Israel in exchange for a Gaza ceasefire

The Middle East, and indeed much of the world, is

A columnist wrote Gaza made him feel the urge to stab ‘every Jew’ he meets. His publisher says it’s ‘bored’ by the backlash

Why Ukraine’s generals may have rolled the dice on an incursion into Russia

Kyiv needed a win, but not a gamble.

Residents of a frontline Israeli city feel Hezbollah’s war ‘getting closer’

In Israel’s northern city of Nahariya, a sense of anxiety

July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief

Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average

Kenyan youth call for ‘mother of all protests’ as president swears in new cabinet

Young protesters in Kenya returned to the capital’s streets for

ISIS-inspired suspect planned suicide attack at Taylor Swift concert, Austrian authorities say

Police in Austria have questioned three teenagers suspected of plotting