BBC: Israel and Lebanon’s ambassadors to the US have agreed in a first phone call to meet in Washington on Tuesday to seek an announcement on a ceasefire and a date to begin direct negotiations. The Lebanese presidency made the announcement. Earlier, a senior presidency official told the BBC negotiations could only happen with a […]
BBC: Nasa’s Artemis II mission has successfully sent four astronauts sweeping around the far side of the Moon and landed them safely back home. The Orion spacecraft performed admirably and the images the astronauts captured have delighted a whole new generation about the possibilities of space travel. But does this mean that the children enthralled […]
BBC: If and when a photograph is taken of US Vice President JD Vance standing next to Iran’s Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in Islamabad this weekend, it will make history. That moment would mark the highest-level face-to-face talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America since the 1979 Islamic […]
BBC: On the eve of Hungary’s bitterly fought and highly significant election, the two main rivals are taking their campaigns to the wire, as Péter Magyar attempts to end 16 years of continuous rule by Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party. “We’re at the gates of a two-thirds majority victory. Let’s gear up and push for the […]
BBC: A 27-year-old Sudanese man has been arrested on suspicion of endangering life after four people died trying to board a small boat to cross the Channel on Thursday, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. Two men and two women, whose identities have not yet been released, died when they tried to board a […]
BBC: Dutch police have issued a social media plea for victims of an alleged “international sextortion campaign” to come forward, warning that dozens of women and girls were coerced into degrading sexual acts on camera. Investigators say a 22-year-old Dutch man, posing online as a teenage girl, contacted victims on popular platforms and persuaded them […]
BBC: A protester has said they are willing to “close the country” to get fuel costs down in the Republic of Ireland. Kildare farmer John Dallon said the protests, which have come in response to high fuel prices caused by the US and Israeli war against Iran, could continue for “weeks”. Travel across parts of […]
BBC: A senior official in the Lebanese president’s office has told the BBC that Lebanon will participate in direct negotiations with Israel next week only if there is a ceasefire in place beforehand. It comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorised direct talks following what he said were “repeated requests from the Lebanese government”. […]
Al Jazeera: Israel has launched more than 50 strikes across Lebanon in the past 24 hours, raising fears that the escalating violence could unravel the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran, reigniting a broader regional conflict. Lebanon’s National News Agency said an Israeli air strike on the southern town of Hanawya killed one person and wounded another […]
CNN: The US has negotiated a fragile ceasefire that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but Asian allies that depend on the waterway are already being forced to rely on others for energy security– to the benefit of America’s top adversaries. After the initial airstrikes by the US and Israel in February, Iran effectively closed the Strait of […]