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Israel said ‘terrorist organisations’ were motivated to exact revenge on it due to its recent military campaigns against Iran and in Gaza.

Israel’s National Security Council (NSC) has sharpened its travel warnings for Israelis visiting and staying in the United Arab Emirates, citing a heightened risk of “terrorist organisations” carrying out attacks in the Gulf State.

In a statement published on Thursday, the NSC cited a growing threat from “terrorist organisations (The Iranians,…

US President Donald Trump set the following rates by region in his executive order on Thursday, titled “Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates”:

Africa

• Algeria 30%
• Angola 15%
• Botswana 15%
• Cameroon 15%
• Chad 15%
• Ivory Coast 15%
• Democratic Republic of the Congo 15%
• Equatorial Guinea 15%
• Ghana 15%
• Guyana 15%
• Lesotho 15%
• Libya 30%
• Madagascar 15%
• Malawi 15%
• Mauritius 15%
• Mozambique 15%
• Namibia 15%
• South Africa 30%
• Tunisia 25%
• Uganda 15%
• Zambia 15%
• Zimbabwe 15%

Asia Pacific

• Bangladesh…

US envoy Steve Witkoff to visit aid distribution sites in Gaza to assess ‘dire situation on the ground’: White House

United States President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will travel to Gaza to inspect aid distribution as pressure mounts on Israel over its starvation policy in the war-torn Palestinian territory.

Witkoff will travel to Gaza on Friday with US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, to inspect aid distribution as condemnation of Israel grows over famine in Gaza…

Here are the key events on day 1,254 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Friday, August 1:

Fighting

• Russia launched waves of missiles and drones at Kyiv before dawn on Thursday, killing 16 people, including two children, and wounding more than 100 others, officials in the Ukrainian capital said. Russia’s Ministry of Defence claimed it targeted and hit Ukrainian military airfields and ammunition depots as well as businesses linked to what it called Kyiv’s…

Trump imposed tariffs on dozens of countries ahead of his August 1 deadline to strike trade deals.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing new “reciprocal” tariffs ranging from 10 percent to 41 percent on US imports from dozens of countries and foreign locations.

The order, signed on Thursday, included a 25 percent rate for India’s US-bound exports, 20 percent for Taiwan and 30 percent for South Africa.

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