G7 leaders urge ‘de-escalation’ but stop short of calling for Israel-Iran ceasefire
BBC : The leaders of G7 nations have urged a “de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza” – but stopped...
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Oil prices jump after Trump’s warning, stocks extend gains
AFP: Oil prices rallied Tuesday after Donald Trump urged Tehran residents to evacuate, stoking fresh fears of all-out war as Israel and Iran continued to pound each...
G7 urges Iran de-escalation as Trump makes hasty summit exit
AFP: G7 leaders on Monday called for “de-escalation” in the Middle East, starting with the Israel-Iran conflict, even as US President Donald Trump hastily left...
Israel orders evacuation of 300,000 in Tehran as Trump issues wrgent warning
AP: Israel has issued warnings for hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate central Tehran, as its aerial offensive on Iran enters its fourth day,...
Israel issues, then drops air raid alert for Tel Aviv
BSS: The Israeli army issued a brief air raid warning for Tel Aviv and Beersheva in the south early on Tuesday due to incoming Iranian...
Trump orders increase in migrant deportations
BBC : Trump’s latest order comes amid a new wave of protests against his immigration policiesUS President Donald Trump has ordered an expansion of the...
UK appoints first woman head of MI6 spy service
BBC : MI6 will be led by a woman for the first time in the foreign intelligence service’s 116-year history.Blaise Metreweli, who joined the Secret...
UN decries ‘horrifying’ suffering in Gaza
AP : The United Nations human rights chief has strongly criticized Israel’s military actions in Gaza, describing them as causing “horrifying, unconscionable suffering” for Palestinians....
Lanka new mass grave discovery reopens old wounds for Tamil
Al Jazeera : Less than 100 metres (328 ft) from a busy road, policemen stand on watch behind a pair of rust coloured gates that...
Trump suggests Iran, Israel need ‘to fight it out’ to reach deal
AFP: US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Iran and Israel — who are locked in an exchange of military strikes — to “make a...
Israel-Iran conflict: IRGC intelligence chief, two generals killed in Israeli strikes
Al Jazeera : Israel’s continued airstrikes on Iran have killed the intelligence chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) along with two other senior...
Israel-Iran conflict enters third day with escalating missile strikes, rising death tolls
AP: Israel and Iran continued exchanging missile strikes for a third consecutive day on Sunday, ignoring international appeals to end hostilities as the conflict intensified...