(Reuters) ABU DHABI, June 24 – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held talks with top United Arab Emirates officials on Wednesday on a Middle East tour, seeking to reassure Gulf allies who view a proposed Iran peace deal as too generous to a state that attacked them in the war. President Donald Trump’s deal, signed last […]
(Reuters) TAIPEI, June 24 – Britain, France and Germany raised the alarm on Wednesday over recent Chinese activities off the east coast of Taiwan, where China has mounted coast guard patrols, saying they threaten regional stability and freedom of navigation. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, earlier in June sent coast guard […]
BBC: A Ukrainian air attack on Russian-occupied Crimea has knocked out power in its largest city, Sevastopol, Moscow-installed governor Mikhail Razvozhayev says. Ukraine says its drones struck the city’s main power substation overnight on Tuesday. Razvozhayev warned some areas would be left without power until Wednesday evening. Kyiv has been intensifying attacks on power facilities […]
BBC: France is bracing for another day of exceptionally hot weather, with more than half the country remaining under a red heat alert on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of homes have been left without power in western Brittany, while a major wildfire was brought under control overnight in the Maine-et-Loire region. It comes after the […]
BBC: The Republican-controlled US Senate has approved a measure instructing President Donald Trump to halt the war in Iran or seek congressional approval before continuing military action. A handful of Republicans joined Democrats in Tuesday’s 50-48 vote. The same measure was passed by the US House of Representatives earlier this month. But the resolution is […]
BBC: Eight people who US prosecutors say have ties to Antifa have collectively been sentenced to 450 years in prison for their roles in a riot outside an immigration detention centre in Texas. A former US Marine Corps reservist, who was convicted of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, was sentenced to 100 years […]
BBC: German rail company Deutsche Bahn had to pause its train services across the country due to a nationwide IT disruption on Tuesday night. All its trains were held at stations following a malfunction with the country’s digital railway radio network, causing widespread disruption. Deutsche Bahn later said the disruption had been fixed after trains […]
BBC: At least 172 vessels have crossed through the Strait of Hormuz since the US and Iran signed a deal aimed at ending the war, including 42 ships on Saturday alone, according to new data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler. The number of vessels making the transit from 18 June, the day after the deal […]
BBC: A new species of spider which weaves a catapult-like silk trap to snare a single type of ant has been discovered in the remote rainforests of northern Australia. Researchers believe the nocturnal predator developed the unique hunting method to make meals of aggressive ants which are notoriously dangerous – and unusual – prey for […]
BBC: A midday shooting in the Canadian city of Montreal left a police officer, a civilian and the armed assailant dead on Monday. The unidentified male suspect, who is believed to have acted alone, was shot and killed right away, the city’s police chief said. One other police officer was severely injured and was reportedly […]
