Lebanon’s Hezbollah gets $200m from Iran to help displaced
Hezbollah has received $200 million from Iran to help Lebanese displaced by this year’s war with Israel, two people with direct knowledge of the transfer said, the first significant aid ...
Irani says ‘illegal routes’ in Strait of Hormuz to soon be blocked
Transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz deemed illegal by Iran will soon be closed, an adviser to the Revolutionary Guards’ Commander told the semi-official Fars News Agency on Wednesday, ...
Tory leader pledges to abolish inheritance tax on family homes
The leader of Britain’s opposition Conservatives, Kemi Badenoch, pledged on Wednesday to abolish inheritance tax on family homes and let couples pass on an additional £1 million without incurring the ...
Man in court accused of trying to break into Reform leader Farage’s home
A man accused of murdering former British minister Ann Widdecombe appeared in court on Wednesday charged with a terrorism offence which includes trying to break into the home of Nigel ...
Israelis mark three years since October 7 as Palestinians mourn Gaza’s destruction
Israelis will on Wednesday mark three years since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, triggering a military assault that destroyed much of Gaza, where conditions remain dire despite a year-old ceasefire ...
Kremlin says France’s test nuclear launch is part of ‘dead end’ anti-Russia strategy
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that France’s test launch of a nuclear-capable missile showed that Europe was building its defence identity around confrontation with Russia, describing the strategy as ...
Mayor of Turkey’s secular stronghold Izmir joins Erdogan’s party
The mayor of Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city and a bastion of its secular opposition, joined President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party (AKP) on Wednesday, amid a crackdown on ...
US troops in Okinawa face curfew after Marine accused of killing woman
US soldiers stationed on Japan’s Okinawa have been given a month-long curfew and banned from drinking alcohol while they undergo discipline training after a Marine was alleged to have ...
Bulgaria halts rescue operation for crew of sunken ship
Bulgaria has halted its search for the missing crew of a ship that sank after being hit by a drone on Tuesday about 70 nautical miles (130 km) off its coast, Vice-Admiral ...
More unaccompanied children are taking dangerous crossings to Europe, UN says
More than two-thirds of refugee and migrant children who reached Europe via Mediterranean and Balkan routes last year were unaccompanied, and many experienced exploitation, a report by UN agencies showed ...
AI-assisted cyberattacks target South Korean megachurches
Two South Korean megachurches are investigating suspected cyberattacks that may have exposed the personal data of hundreds of thousands of congregants, with evidence suggesting AI tools may have been used ...
EU weighs broader corporate tax to capture US tech revenues
Brussels is considering taxing big US tech companies through a broad levy on large corporations in an effort to raise revenues for the EU while avoiding a backlash from the ...
Rubio in Athens for talks on defence, energy and regional security
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting Athens at a time of heightened geopolitical challenges, instability and shifting regional dynamics.
The agenda for his meetings is broad and includes ...
Tennessee death row inmate conscious after surviving execution attempt
Convicted killer Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s effort to execute her by lethal injection last week, foiling the state’s first attempt to put a woman to death in ...
Russia hits Ukraine with drones and missiles, killing at least eight
Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least eight people and damaging residential buildings, industrial facilities and infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said.
Two people ...
Houthis attack Aden airport as Saudi Arabia intercepts missiles
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Aden International Airport with ballistic missiles and explosive-laden drones early on Wednesday, Yemen’s Transport Ministry said, as fighting intensified across several fronts, while the ...
US appeals court weighs block on Kennedy’s vaccine panel appointments
A lawyer for the Trump administration told a federal appeals court on Tuesday that a judge had improperly hamstrung an influential vaccine advisory panel by blocking Health Secretary Robert F. ...
Yemeni government fighters recorded driving vehicles over Houthi opponents
Video posted by government forces in Yemen showed them driving armoured cars over opposing fighters as they recaptured areas around the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Iran-backed Houthis on Monday ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says intelligence shows Russia is preparing massive attack
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that the latest intelligence suggested Russia was preparing a “massive attack” on Ukraine.
“There is updated intelligence indicating that Russia is preparing a massive ...
EU envoys set to approve major new Russia sanctions on Wednesday
EU envoys are expected to approve about 1,650 new designations on Wednesday under the bloc’s sanctions regime for Russia, with the majority focused on the country’s military industrial complex, ...
Former German spy chief arrested on suspicion of attempted treason
Former German foreign intelligence chief August Hanning was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted treason for allegedly paying to access secret documents and using them to prepare an analysis ...
Drone sinks ship off Bulgaria; crew missing
The crew of a merchant ship was missing on Tuesday after the vessel sank in the Black Sea off NATO member Bulgaria following a drone strike that Prime Minister Rumen ...
UK police make further arrest over suspected Fairford airbase plot
British police said on Tuesday they had arrested a 22-year old British man in London on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts as part of their investigation into a suspected ...
‘Ghost particle’ hunter Halzen wins Nobel Physics Prize
Belgian-American particle physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for ground-breaking work creating an observatory to detect some of the universe’s most elusive particles, high-energy neutrinos, and ...
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