US aid workers wounded, says Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
Ruth Comerford
A controversial aid operation for Gaza backed by Israel and the US says two of its workers have been injured in an attack while giving out relief.
Two militants threw grenades at the aid centre in Khan Younis, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said. It blamed Hamas for Saturday's incident.
The injured US workers are in a stable condition and are receiving medical treatment. No other aid workers or civilians were harmed, the group added.
‘It’s offensive’: voices from Iran as fans face 2026 World Cup travel ban
After Donald Trump banned Iranians from entering the US, one of the co-hosts, there are different views on what should be done
Sat 5 Jul 2025 08.00 BST
“It’s offensive for any football fan to be prevented from participating in the World Cup, not just Iranians,” Ali Rezaei of Tehran’s Borna news agency says. In March, the national team became the second to qualify for the 2026 World Cup that will be hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States. In June, Donald Trump authorised the dropping of bombs on Iran and hit the country with a travel ban. As things stand, while the national team will be able to enter the US next summer, fans – and perhaps media – will not.
Residents of Tehran and other cities may have had enough to deal with of late, but still, being barred from entry stings, even if Iranians have long found it difficult to get into the US. “If the US government has issues with the Iranian regime for any reason, it should not result in discrimination against Iranian citizens,” Behnam Jafarzadeh, a writer for the leading sports site Varzesh3, says. “If someone hasn’t committed any illegal activity, why should they be punished? It’s not just about the World Cup – the policy needs to change in general.”
Turkey arrests 3 mayors in crackdown on opposition
Turkey detained three more mayors from the main opposition party on Saturday, according to a prosecutor's statement and media reports.
Over the past few months, Turkish authorities have launched a major crackdown, arresting hundreds of members of the Republican People's Party (CHP), including 11 mayors.
The highest profile arrest was of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu — the main challenger of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 22-year rule.
South Africa's one million invisible children without birth certificates
An NGO has taken the South African government to court over a backlog of hundreds of thousands of applications for late birth registration, with some people waiting for seven years for a response from Home Affairs. Living without a birth certificate restricts access to healthcare and education in South Africa. On the continent, more than half of Africa's children under five lack any form of legal identity.
Qamani’s dream is to one day play for the Bafana Bafanas, South Africa’s national football team. But his coach says he can’t partake in local tournaments because he doesn’t have a birth certificate. The 15-year-old is among over one million children in the country without the document, which prevents them from accessing healthcare, education, employment, and in some cases, social activities.
“Sometimes I feel like I’m not a complete person,” Qamani said. “It feels like I’m not the same as other children.”
Authorities say latest quake not connected to viral manga prediction
Japan's weather agency said an earthquake that rattled small islands in the nation's southwest on Saturday was in no way connected to a manga author's disaster prediction that went viral on social media.
"It is absolutely a coincidence. There is no causal connection," Ayataka Ebita of the Japan Meteorological Agency told a press conference.
Earlier in the day, a temblor with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 struck off the Tokara island chain, the latest in a series of seismic events in the area.
‘End is near’: Will Kabul become first big city without water by 2030?
The city of six million people could soon run out water, amid climate change, sanctions and governance failures, say experts.
Kabul, a city of over six million people, could become the first modern city to run out of water in the next five years, a new report has warned.
Groundwater levels in the Afghan capital have dropped drastically due to over-extraction and the effects of climate change, according to a report published by nonprofit Mercy Corps.
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