20+ hour ago   (302+ words) A UKRAINIAN drone strike killed two civilians in Russia’s Tatarstan region today, while Ukrainian authorities reported Russian drone attacks on the Black Sea port of Odesa and a fire near a border crossing with Poland. The latest violence followed a…...

21+ hour, 15+ min ago   (339+ words) AN IRANIAN cargo vessel was struck early today off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said, as Tehran planned to brief countries in the region on its efforts to manage shipping traffic there. Today’s strike on…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (424+ words) THE United Nations atomic watchdog’s board on Wednesday reported Iran to the UN security council for the first time in 20 years, citing it for failure to co-operate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at undeclared sites....

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (435+ words) DISSENT is mounting among British Jews over leading communal organisations and figures who have attacked the government’s sanctions on illegal settlements in the Palestinian territories. Several organisations and senior rabbis have come out in support of the measures announced by…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (412+ words) A WAVE of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi-led forces on Saudi Arabia today wounded more than 70 people and ignited fires at several oil facilities and utilities in the kingdom’s southern region, according to authorities. The attacks come after weeks of escalating…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (429+ words) NO TALKS are taking place with the United States despite the “genocidal” blockade, the Cuban government said on Monday. Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said that Havana and Washington are not negotiating and that there are no plans for future talks....

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (946+ words) RITA DI SANTO contemplates two films about journalism that opened this year’s festival GEOFF BOTTOMS applauds a world-class production King Lear that pits late feudalism against a rising bourgeoisie MARY CONWAY keeps up with the sheer pace of a drama…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (396+ words) ISRAEL’S air force carried out two air strikes on a southern Lebanese village early today, killing at least 12 people and wounding others, including women and children. The attack on Kfar Rumman came amid a new round of escalation between Israel…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (414+ words) UNITED STATES envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kiev on Sunday in a renewed push for peace in the conflict that has raged since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The trip by the US delegation follows a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (386+ words) BRITAIN’S terror laws are “not fit for purpose,” campaigners warned yesterday after official data found nearly half of all terror arrests since 9/11 have been in the past year. Of the 6,539 terrorism arrests in Britain since the 2001 attacks on the twin…...