Middle East war live: Trump warns Iran ‘better get smart soon’ as peace talks stall
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Iran did not know how to sign a non-nuclear deal “and better get smart soon” in a post on social media. The president claimed that Iran had been...
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Yemenis are ‘hanging by a thread’ top aid official warns Security Council
Yemen must not be drawn into the escalating conflict in the Middle East, the Security Council heard on Tuesday, stressing the need for de-escalation, political progress and urgent humanitarian...
Read full story →King Charles agrees with me on Iran nuclear weapon ban, claims Trump
Remarks by US president likely to cause embarrassment for aides of UK monarch, who usually remains neutralUK politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has said King Charles agrees with him that...
Read full story →Middle East war live: Trump warns Iran ‘better get smart soon’ as peace talks stall
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Iran did not know how to sign a non-nuclear deal “and better get smart soon” in a post on social media. The president claimed that Iran had been...
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Former US officials criticise Pentagon silence on deadly Iran school attack
In the two months since the deadly strike, the US defence department has said only that the incident is under investigation.
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America's special relationship 'probably Israel', says UK ambassador to US
The remarks, made in February and first reported by the Financial Times, came to light during the King's state visit.
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Middle East peace talks stall amid Hormuz tensions, ceasefire violations in Lebanon
Efforts to revive talks over the Middle East war have stalled as the US weighs Iran’s latest proposal on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route, while tensions in Lebanon continue to...
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UAE OPEC departure 'a manifestation of dissatisfaction vis à vis Saudi Arabia', expert says
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, expert in the geopolitics of energy Giacomo Luciani, Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, says...
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Continuing hostilities in Lebanon as 1.2 million displaced sink into despair
Despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, Israel has continued striking Lebanon and its troops are occupying a strip of the south, destroying homes they describe as Hezbollah infrastructure. Hezbollah,...
Read full story →Hezbollah drone strikes target Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon
Ceasefire frays further as Israel also carries out airstrikes and issues new displacement orders for south Lebanon Hezbollah launched several drones at Israeli soldiers in south Lebanon on...
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Faisal Islam: Why the UAE's exit from Opec is a big deal
It will have little effect on the current oil blockades, but it could change everything afterwards.
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'Israel destroyed houses, roads, even trees': People return to destruction in southern Lebanon
Many videos document the Israeli army’s destruction of houses and infrastructure in southern Lebanon, where it is creating a buffer zone along the border. Our Observers, many of whom wanted to...
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Life in Tehran since the ceasefire: How Iranian society is evolving
As the stalemate continues in the Strait of Hormuz and peace talks between Washington and Tehran appear to be stalled, life in Iran seems to have returned to normal since the ceasefire. Society is...
Read full story →Middle East crisis could cost world $1tn while oil firms make ‘obscene’ profit, analysis finds
Climate group calls for urgent windfall tax on excess fossil fuel profits, as delegates tell Colombia conference their nations are sufferingThe Middle East oil and gas crunch will impose as much...
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'Collective punishment': MSF says Israel is weaponising water access in Gaza
Israeli authorities are systematically depriving Palestinians in Gaza of access to clean water, medical charity Médecins sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors without Borders) said in a report issued...
Read full story →Middle East crisis: Iran’s foreign ministry condemns US seizure of Iranian-linked tankers as ‘piracy and armed robbery’ – as it happened
Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei says actions of the United States ‘strike at the heart of international law’ as blockade continues in strait of HormuzIran is proposing that shipping companies should...
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