** News Highlights

* Turkey

- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan receives Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam in Istanbul.

* International

- Developments in Gulf tensions, a day after US strikes targeted several areas in Iran, while Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait came under Iranian attacks in response to the US bombings, amid calls from Gulf Cooperation Council states for de-escalation.

- Conclusion of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York, held from July 6 to 10, to discuss sustainable energy policies and the green economy at the UN level.

* Palestine

- Palestinians hold Friday prayers on lands threatened with seizure by Israel as part of settlement expansion in several occupied West Bank towns; Tel Aviv typically suppresses worshippers and disperses them with gunfire and tear gas.

- Humanitarian repercussions of Israel's ongoing ceasefire violations in Gaza, and near-daily assaults by the army and settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank.

* Lebanon

- Israel's ongoing ceasefire violations, which as of Wednesday evening, have raised the casualty toll to 4,321 dead and 12,204 wounded since March 2, 2026, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

* Morocco

- The Action Group for Palestine (NGO) organizes a vigil in front of parliament in the capital Rabat in support of the Palestinian cause.

* Tunisia

- The municipality of Sousse, eastern Tunisia, organizes a scientific symposium to officially announce the city's registration in the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities.

* Sudan

- Field and political developments after the European Parliament called for the Rapid Support Forces to be listed as a terrorist organization, holding them responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan.

* Yemen

- Developments in government accusations against the Houthi group of liquidating prominent politician Mohammed Qahtan, after the group handed over a body it claimed was his, following more than 10 years of his detention and enforced disappearance.

** Sports

* 2026 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals

- Spain / Belgium

* Wimbledon Open tennis semi-finals

- Arthur Fery / Alexander Zverev

- Jannik Sinner / Novak Djokovic

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** Special Reports

1- British academic: The logic of hostility towards Muslims leads to genocide (Interview)

An interview in which Professor Salman Sayyid, Chair of Postcolonial Thought at the Turkish University of Leeds, warns of the dimensions of political and institutional Islamophobia and ways to confront it, explaining that Islamophobia is not individual hatred but an institutional political project aimed at preventing Muslims from expressing their identity, and that its ultimate logic is genocide.

He explains that the phenomenon is a form of racism linked to ethnic nationalism and the neoliberal system, calling for confronting it by organizing community networks, considering that the struggle against Islamophobia is intertwined with the struggle for Palestine and the freedom of peoples. (Turkish Bulletin/Istanbul/Nisa Efendioglu/Video/900 words).

2- 'Returned from the dead': Gaza family embraces son after a year of enforced disappearance (Report)

The report traces the journey of Palestinian youth Hamada al-Bana, from his disappearance while heading to get food aid in northern Gaza, through his year-long detention in Israeli prisons, to his sudden return that dispelled his family's belief that he had been killed.

The report reviews his family's suffering in searching for him, and the loyalty of his fiancée who sold her gold jewelry to help hire a lawyer to defend him, in a story that reflects the ordeal of hundreds of Palestinian families who do not know the fate of their sons during the war. (Arabic Bulletin/Gaza/Ramzi Mahmoud/Video/900 words).

3- After 20 years: Can elections succeed in building the Palestinian political system? (Report)

A report that deals with the repercussions of the presidential decree issued by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas setting November 28, 2026, as the date for legislative elections, the first in nearly two decades, and the questions it raises about the chances of renewing legitimacy and rebuilding the Palestinian political system.

Experts who spoke to Anadolu considered the step an attempt to revive Palestinian institutions and respond to reform demands, but stressed that its success depends on removing obstacles related to East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, and achieving political consensus that ensures the participation of various Palestinian factions and the creation of elected institutions with broad popular legitimacy. (Arabic Bulletin/Ramallah/Qais Abu Samra/800 words).

4- Expert: 'El Niño' phenomenon increases fires by causing changes in weather patterns (Interview)

An interview conducted by Anadolu with Moroccan environmental expert Mustapha Benramel, in which he talks about the 'El Niño' phenomenon, which is one of the most prominent natural climate phenomena affecting the world's climate, arising from an unusual rise in surface water temperature in the Pacific Ocean, leading to increased risks of storms, droughts, and floods in wide areas of the world, necessitating heightened vigilance and strengthening early warning systems. (Arabic Bulletin/Rabat/Khalid Majdoub/820 words).

** Multimedia

- 'Returned from the dead': Gaza family embraces son after a year of enforced disappearance