theguardian.comadded August 2026
World news | The Guardianby Peter Beaumont and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem19h ago
Violent Israeli settler attacks in the two areas of the occupied West Bank under direct Palestinian rule have almost doubled since 2025, as settlers pursue a self-proclaimed “great settlement...
World news | The Guardianby Krishani Dhanji, Josh Butler and Sarah Basford Canales20h ago
The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church has denied it secretly paid far-right influencers to stage stunts targeting Anthony Albanese and other politicians during an appearance at a parliamentary...
World news | The Guardianby Gavin Blair in Tokyo20h ago
Japan has criticised missile tests carried out by Russia’s navy around the disputed islands visited by Vladimir Putin last week amid continuing tensions between the two countries.
World news | The Guardianby Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent21h ago
The number of banknotes in circulation in the EU is increasing despite widespread smartphone payments, new data shows, with wildfires ripping through parts of Europe fuelling demand for an...
World news | The Guardianby Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad1d ago
Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was briefly taken to a hospital in the country’s capital on supreme court orders after weeks of uproar about his deteriorating health.
World news | The Guardianby Jason Burke1d ago
The Israeli military admitted on Wednesday its troops had opened fire on a car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab and six family members in Gaza in 2024, saying it had ordered a criminal...
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press1d ago
North Korea has launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea, South Korea’s military said, a day after Pyongyang shrugged off Donald Trump’s order to scale back US military...
World news | The Guardianby Jonathan Yerushalmy1d ago
Donald Trump has announced a new campaign to isolate Iran’s economy, threatening “tremendous economic consequences” on any country that helps or does business with Tehran, a move that could set up...
World news | The Guardianby Eromo Egbejule in Cotonou and news agencies2d ago
More than 100 people have died after an artisanal goldmine at a small village in western Central African Republic (CAR) caved in due to a landslide, local officials and aid workers said on...
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press2d ago
Seven people, including five Americans, were killed when a safari helicopter crashed on Wednesday morning in a remote part of northern Kenya, according to local police and the state department.
World news | The Guardianby Stephen Burgen in Barcelona2d ago
The Spanish government has U-turned and said it will allow 500 migrant children in Ceuta to relocate to the mainland.
World news | The Guardianby Tiago Rogero South America correspondent2d ago
A senior adviser to many of Latin America’s new wave of far-right leaders has been arrested for allegedly masterminding the attempted murder of his girlfriend.
World news | The Guardianby Tiago Rogero South America correspondent2d ago
In the week before Colombia’s presidential election, Beto Coral, a well-known activist living in the United States, travelled to Florida to persuade fellow Colombians not to vote for the far-right...
World news | The Guardianby Uwa Ede-Osifo2d ago
Canada has temporarily avoided a bruising 50% US tariff, reaching a Tuesday-evening agreement with Trump administration officials hours before a hike that would have affected $20bn worth of goods...
World news | The Guardianby William Christou3d ago
Syrians have protested over the death of a man who was arrested and allegedly beaten by security forces, sparking widespread anger at a practice thought to have ended with the fall of Bashar...
World news | The Guardianby Nadeem Badshah and Rachel Savage4d ago
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now the deadliest in the country’s history, with at least 2,325 people dead, according to government data, surpassing the toll from the...
World news | The Guardianby Tom Phillips in São Bernardo do Campo5d ago
Brazil’s leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has launched his campaign for a historic fourth term and vowed that as long as he lived he would not allow the “shameless” right to return to...
World news | The Guardianby Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent5d ago
A man has received threats from the Taliban after his work for the Afghan police was revealed by a Ministry of Defence leak and the UK refused his application for resettlement.
World news | The Guardianby Jason Burke6d ago
The Taliban in Afghanistan have launched a diplomatic effort to end their isolation as major regional and international powers show a readiness to engage more closely with the repressive regime...
World news | The Guardianby Geneva Abdul9d ago
Myanmar’s ousted ambassador to the UK has gone on trial on trespassing charges for refusing to leave a diplomatic residence after being unceremoniously locked out of the embassy in 2021.
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