Al Jazeera: Oil prices have fallen sharply amid tentative hopes for a deal to end the US-Israel war on Iran. Brent crude, the primary benchmark for global oil prices, fell more than 5 percent on Sunday as US President Donald Trump gave mixed signals on the prospects for a permanent end to the conflict. Brent […]
BBC: US President Donald Trump says he has instructed negotiators “not to rush into a deal” with Iran, after earlier suggesting an agreement was close. The deal under discussion reportedly involves a 60-day ceasefire extension, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and a plan for further negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme. In a social media post, […]
BBC: In late April, India’s Sun Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $11.75bn (£8.59bn) to acquire New York-listed women’s health and biosimilars firm Organon & Co. It marked the biggest overseas acquisition by an Indian company in nearly two decades and followed a string of high-profile international deals by Indian firms in recent months. These include Tata […]
BBC: Around 20 people are feared to still be trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed early on Sunday morning in a city near the Philippine capital, Manila. A search operation has so far rescued 24 people from the site in Angeles and two from a nearby hotel that was struck by falling […]
BBC: Russia has launched a large-scale wave of strikes against Ukraine, firing hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv was the main target, but other areas were also hit, with at least 83 people injured. Four people were killed in the capital city and its surrounding areas, with explosions […]
BBC: Seven activists whose Gaza-bound aid flotilla was intercepted in international waters by Israeli forces have returned to the UK after being deported. They were among more than 422 people involved in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which aimed to break the maritime blockade of Gaza and deliver food and medical aid. The group, who […]
BBC: At least 20 people have been killed and 70 others injured in an explosion targeting a train transporting military personnel in Pakistan. The blast occurred while the train was travelling through Chaman Phatak station in Quetta, the capital of the western Balochistan region, on Sunday morning. Railway officials told BBC Urdu that three coaches […]
BBC: US President Donald Trump says an agreement with Iran has been “largely negotiated” and details will be announced soon. The deal would include the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, he said on Saturday, without giving further details. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei earlier told state television that US and Iranian positions had […]
BBC: The suspect in a shooting near the White House was killed in an exchange of fire with Secret Service agents on Saturday evening, officials have confirmed. BBC’s US media partner CBS has named the suspect as Nasire Best, a 21-year-old man who was known to the Secret Service and had a documented history of […]
CNN: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered retaliation to a deadly Ukrainian attack on what he said was a college dormitory in an occupied town which authorities say killed at least 18. Putin accused Ukraine of a “terrorist” act after Ukrainian drones struck the dormitory in Starobilsk, an occupied town in eastern Luhansk on Friday. The Russian […]
