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UNAIDS chief Winnie Byanyima called on Tuesday for “radical change” following global aid cuts, telling AFP that African governments must re-prioritise their own health spending.

The United Nations condemned on Tuesday, intensifying Israeli military attacks in Gaza that it said had killed at least 57 Palestinians, including six children, in the past week.

New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham took power on Monday, promising a 10-year plan to ease cost-of-living pressures and restore political stability, signalling a leftward tilt for his ruling Labour party.

Algeria and Germany agreed to deepen energy ties during President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s recent visit to Berlin. But Algiers is still grappling with tensions at home over Western Sahara and instability in the Sahel.

Iran targeted US radar and air defence installations in the Gulf, warning Washington of “more decisive and powerful” attacks to come as the conflict threatened to widen with a blockade of Saudi ports by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

US President Donald Trump said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not be arrested when he visits the US, after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was still considering the move.

From drugs to arms to poaching, unmarked boats sustain a criminal economy threatening coastal livelihoods and security, writes Willis Okumu in ISS Today.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Ottawa stands ready to deepen trade talks with the US, after US President Donald Trump ordered fresh tariffs targeting Canada.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said they would impose a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, opening a potential new front against the US in its war with Iran and raising the threat to global energy supplies and trade beyond the Gulf.

Radical social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested Saturday in Miami, the US Marshals Service told AFP, as Britain seeks their extradition to face new charges of rape, sex trafficking and assault.

Opposition to Iran’s clerical rulers has long simmered in the country’s impoverished south. But after bearing the brunt of US strikes this month, ‌many residents are directing their anger at President Donald Trump, and an air campaign they say has upended ⁠their lives.

Taiwan detected a sharp rise in the number of Chinese ships entering waters around the island democracy in June, a Taiwanese coast guard official said, as Beijing intensifies pressure on Taipei.

Britain’s King Charles III appointed Andy Burnham as Prime Minister after outgoing Keir Starmer officially tendered his resignation, the palace said.

Israeli settlers set fire overnight to a mosque in a village in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official said, as an AFP journalist saw the structure’s entrance scorched and Hebrew graffiti sprayed on its walls.

A year-long pause should end in stronger political backing, renewed legitimacy and broader ownership of transitional justice, writes Tadesse Simie Metekia in ISS Today.

Thousands of Israelis, including settlers and right-wing activists, marched toward the border with Gaza, calling on the government to re-establish Israeli settlements in the war-shattered Palestinian territory, an AFP journalist reported.

Andy Burnham will on Monday become Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade, with an in-tray overflowing with challenges that have trounced his predecessors and little time to make his mark.

US forces struck Iran for a ninth consecutive day as the number of confirmed American military deaths in the renewed fighting rose to three and concerns grew over shipping through the ‌Strait of Hormuz.

Spain is set to enter its third heatwave of the summer on Tuesday, with temperatures forecast to climb above 40°C across large parts of the country, the national weather office said.

Kenya temporarily shut down the presidency’s website on Saturday after what local media reported was a cyber attack that included a ransom demand.