WORLD

Four Western nations have recognized a Palestinian state amid Israel’s ongoing offensive in Gaza, joining over 140 countries and reigniting debate over the two-state solution.

Israel’s unprecedented September 9 airstrike on Doha killed five Hamas members and a Qatari officer, bringing condemnation from the UN and sparking an emergency summit. The attack marks Israel’s sixth cross-border strike in its two-year campaign against Hamas, raising concerns about possible future strikes in Turkey.

Afghanistan’s September 1 earthquake killed 2,200 and injured over 3,600. Taliban restrictions on female aid workers have left women survivors without critical medical care amid a collapsing health system.

A powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan’s Kunar province near the Pakistan border on August 31, 2025, killing at least 622 people and injuring more than 1,300, with the toll expected to rise as rescue efforts continue.

An Israeli airstrike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza killed at least 19 people, including four journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters. The incident highlights the intensifying danger facing reporters covering the Israel-Gaza conflict.

US President Donald Trump will host Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and top European leaders at the White House on Monday, just days after his Alaska summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. The high-stakes meeting is set to focus on robust security guarantees and potential conditions for ending the war in Ukraine.

An Israeli airstrike outside Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital killed prominent Al Jazeera reporter Anas Al Sharif and four colleagues, a move condemned by press freedom advocates amid ongoing war.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has urged the International Committee of the Red Cross to help hostages in Gaza after disturbing videos showed two captives emaciated. Hamas says it will allow Red Cross access only if humanitarian corridors open for all of Gaza.

After five days of intense border battles, Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire starting at midnight, following high-level talks in Malaysia and mediation by ASEAN, the US, and China.

A Bangladesh Air Force F-7 BGI training jet crashed into Milestone School and College in Dhaka's Uttara neighborhood on July 21, 2025, killing at least 16 people—many of them students—and injuring more than 50, according to officials and local media.