Rubio says US can achieve Iran objectives without ground troops
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday the United States could achieve its objectives in Iran without the use of any ground troops and expected its operation to conclude ...
Chinese ships halt attempt to exit Hormuz despite Iran safe passage assurances
Two Chinese container ships turned backed after trying to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, ship-tracking data showed, despite assurances from Iran that Chinese vessels could ...
Italy’s top court bars separate hiring for abortion doctors in Sicily
Italy’s Constitutional Court has barred Sicily from advertising jobs reserved for health workers willing to perform abortions, but said on Friday the southern region could find alternative ways to ...
Mexico says 40,000 of country’s 130,000 disappeared people may be alive
Mexican authorities said on Friday they have potentially identified more than 40,000 people listed as disappeared who may be alive, by cross-referencing official databases such as tax records and marriage registries.
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Iranian players hold schoolbags in solidarity with slain girls
Iran’s men’s national soccer team wore black armbands and held schoolbags as their anthem played ahead of a match in Turkey on Friday in what a team official ...
US uses hundreds of Tomahawk missiles on Iran, alarming some at Pentagon, WaPo reports
The US military has fired over 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles in four weeks of war with Iran, burning through the precision weapons at a rate that has alarmed some Pentagon officials ...
Iran war could mean stagflation for EU, Dombrovskis says
The European Union economy is at risk of stagflation as a result of the surge in energy prices caused by the Iran war, European Economic Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said.
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UN rights chief urges US to conclude probe into deadly Iran school strike
The UN rights chief urged Washington to conclude its investigation into a fatal strike on a primary school in Iran at a UN Human Rights Council meeting on Friday, with ...
US can only confirm about a third of Iran’s missile arsenal destroyed, sources say
The United States can only determine with certainty that it has destroyed about a third of Iran’s vast missile arsenal as the US and Israeli war on the country ...
Ex-rapper Shah sworn in as Nepal prime minister after sweeping election win
Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah was sworn in as prime minister of Nepal on Friday, tasked with restoring political stability and creating jobs in the poor Himalayan nation long troubled by fragile ...
Hamas disarmament plan sees Gaza’s tunnels destroyed, arms given up in stages, text shows
Hamas would be required to allow the destruction of its vast Gaza tunnel network as it lays down its arms in stages under a disarmament plan that was presented to ...
UN says 1,700 killed in Syria’s Suweida violence, cites possible war crimes
More than 1,700 people were killed, nearly 200,000 displaced and multiple actors including Syrian government forces, tribal fighters and Druze armed groups committed acts that may amount to war crimes during a ...
Nasa’s Artemis astronauts enter final preparations for Moon mission
The four astronauts selected for Nasa’s Artemis II mission were due to arrive in Florida on Friday, entering the final phase of preparations for the first crewed journey toward ...
Kremlin denies Putin asked businessmen to fund Russian war effort
The Kremlin on Friday denied reports that President Vladimir Putinhad asked leading businessmen to donate money to stabilise Russia’s finances as it presses on with the war in Ukraine.
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Ukraine and Saudi Arabia sign deal on defence cooperation, Zelenskiy says
Ukraine and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement on defence cooperation that lays the foundation for future contracts, technological cooperation and investments, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.
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DEI is dead? Trump orders federal contractors to eliminate it
President Donald Trump signed an executive order asking federal contractors and their subcontractors to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices, the White House said.
Trump has cracked down on ...
Putin asks oligarchs to donate to Russia’s budget as cost of Ukraine war soars
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has asked oligarchs to donate to the country’s budget in a bid to stabilise the country’s finances as he presses on with his ...
Trump extends deadline for striking Iran’s energy plants to April 7
US President Donald Trump said he would again extend a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face the destruction of its energy plants, after Tehran earlier ...
Pentagon weighs diverting Ukraine military aid to Middle East, Washington Post reports
The Pentagon is weighing whether to redirect weapons originally meant for Ukraine to the Middle East, as the war in Iran strains supplies of some of the U.S. military’...
Dutch court rules against Grok over AI-generated ‘undressing’ images in rare legal rebuke
A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Elon Musk’s xAI and chatbot Grok not to generate and distribute images “undressing” adults or children, or showing them in sexualised poses with ...
U.S. judge questions block on Maduro’s use of Venezuelan funds for defense
A U.S. judge questioned on Thursday the U.S. government’s justification for blocking ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro from using the South American country’s funds to ...
Israeli plan for Lebanon ‘buffer zone’ follows long past of invasions, occupation
Israel has said it will seize a chunk of southern Lebanon to create a ‘buffer zone’ against Hezbollah militants, stoking fears among Lebanese of Israeli military occupation that could deepen ...
Yemen’s Houthis ready to join Iran war if needed, raising new shipping risk
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement, whose attacks on the Red Sea caused international shipping and trade chaos during the Gaza war, stands ready to strike the key waterway again in ...
Trump urges Iran to act quickly on ceasefire plan
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran on Thursday to “get serious” about a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, after its foreign minister said Tehran was reviewing ...