July 18, 2025

Reuters. Several explosions were seen and loud blasts heard over northern Gaza in the early morning on Friday (July 18).   The blasts came after Qatar, Egypt and the U.S. presented Israel and Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas with an updated Gaza ceasefire proposal, Axios reported on Thursday (July 17), citing sources.   Israeli and…

On July 17, the Verhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the appointment of Yulia Svyrydenko as Prime Minister of Ukraine, Ukrainian media report.   262 elected representatives voted for Svyrydenko’s appointment.   Yulia Svyrydenko became the 19th Prime Minister of Ukraine, and the second woman to hold the position.   On July 15, Denis Shmyhal resigned…