Israel’s far-right National Security Minister has drawn up a plan for the illegal and forcible expulsion of all Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, with the intention of sending them abroad. Speaking in the run-up to the disputed Israeli election, Itamar Ben-Gvir said the plan aimed to expel 250,000 Palestinians from Gaza in the first year, … Read more
Iran fired on Kuwait on Thursday as part of its retaliation for US bombings earlier in the week. Meanwhile, Israeli police said they arrested a settler allegedly involved in an attack on Palestinians last week. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and across the Middle East. Full coverage can be … Read more
A shootout between two of Ukraine’s top intelligence agencies has injured at least three security officials, highlighting internal divisions within kyiv’s security establishment. On Wednesday morning, a shootout broke out between the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine (HUR), a military arm that handles foreign intelligence, and the State Security Service (SBU), which focuses on domestic … Read more
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ROME (AP) — In a country where governments are famously short-lived, the perceived success of Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has often been attributed to her survival skills rather than her accomplishments.On Thursday, after 1,413 days — nearly four years — Meloni’s conservative administration became Italy’s longest-serving uninterrupted government since World War II, surpassing the record … Read more
Russia will close German cultural centers across the country, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday. The move comes after Berlin blamed Moscow for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle airport and announced the closure of both the Russian consulate in Bonn and the Russian House cultural center in the German capital. Germany’s Goethe-Institut would be … Read more
It said households in the north east of England had purchasing power 6.6% below the national average, equivalent to £1,542 less a year. The North West was £1,493 less, while Yorkshire and the Humber were worse off, with a comparative reduction in purchasing power of £1,917.
Iran attacked US allies in the Gulf for two consecutive nights, firing drones at Kuwait and Bahrain after a US airstrike against Iran on Wednesday. After a series of attacks on Wednesday, sirens sounded in Kuwait on Thursday morning, where air defenses were intercepting missile and drone attacks during a “flagrant Iranian aggression,” the country’s … Read more
While searching for his wife’s body in the mud, Dil Bahadur Shrestha lamented that he did not even have a shovel left. For now, he’s been using his hands to try to find her as he rummages through the ruins of his house. On Wednesday morning last week, Jamuna Shrestha, his wife of 50 years, … Read more
Lida Moniava, a prominent advocate for caring for critically ill children, has been accused of spreading false information about the military, her lawyer told Russian media on Wednesday. Moniava was arrested following a police search of her home in Moscow that same day and questioned by officials from the Investigative Committee, Russia’s main investigative body. … Read more