New US ambassador to South Africa summoned over ‘undiplomatic remarks’
Leo Brent Bozell apologises after weighing in on a dispute rooted in the country's apartheid past.
Displaced Lebanese families seek refuge in school shelter
Displaced families from southern Lebanon have taken refuge in a school in Sidon after fleeing Israeli attacks.
Why does Iran war pose more dilemmas for Europe?
Europe faces stiff competition with Asia for energy supplies as Russia profits.
Twenty questions (and expert answers) about the Iran war – Atlantic Council
- Twenty questions (and expert answers) about the Iran war Atlantic Council
- Analysis: Iran war becomes a contest of who can take the most pain AP News
- In War’s First Week, a Punishing Military Campaign With No Coherent Endgame The New York Times
- Iran crisis: Three ways this could end CNN
- 12 days: How 2025 Iran blueprint trapped US, Israel in longer war Al Jazeera
Chile turns right: Kast inaugurated as nation’s most conservative leader since Pinochet – NPR
- Chile turns right: Kast inaugurated as nation's most conservative leader since Pinochet NPR
- Chile’s New President Brings Back Tie in Vow to Restore Order Bloomberg
- José Antonio Kast, the Pinochet fan about to swerve Chile to the far right The Guardian
- Chile’s new president has praised Pinochet, a dictator. What does it mean? Al Jazeera
- Elected in an economic upswing, Chile's Kast takes office as global turmoil rattles markets Reuters
Mojtaba Khamenei’s Wound Reveals Who Really Rules Iran – Forbes
- Mojtaba Khamenei's Wound Reveals Who Really Rules Iran Forbes
- Source: New Iranian supreme leader had fractured foot and face lacerations on first day of war CNN
- How Iran Is Building a Religious Mythology Around Its New Supreme Leader WSJ
- Mojtaba Khamenei was hurt in strike that killed his father, Iran’s Cyprus ambassador confirms The Guardian
- The Iranian Regime Doubles Down The Atlantic
Two killed as tornadoes sweep across US Midwest in latest extreme weather
'Supercell' thunderstorms hit Illinois and Indiana, after eight people killed by tornadoes in US Midwest last week.
UN’s failure to stop Iranian attacks sending ‘dangerous signal’: Qatar
Qatar's envoy to UN condemns Iranian drone, missile strikes across the Gulf as 'clear violation of international law'.
Iran warns oil could hit $200 as it fires on merchant ships – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- Iran warns oil could hit $200 as it fires on merchant ships Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- Iran tells world to get ready for oil at $200 a barrel as it fires on merchant ships Reuters
- Not ‘a litre of oil’ to pass Strait of Hormuz, expect $200 price tag: Iran Al Jazeera
- Iran Threatens to Stop Oil From Leaving the Middle East Foreign Policy
- Iran Warns of $200 a Barrel Oil if Strikes on Its Infrastructure Don’t Stop WSJ
Three brothers arrested in Norway over bomb attack on US embassy in Oslo
Three Norwegian citizens with Iraqi heritage arrested as investigators probe possible foreign state involvement.
At least 17 killed after drone strikes school in Sudan
Strike in Shukeiri killed schoolgirls, teachers and healthcare workers in latest incident in three-year war
At least 17 people, most of them schoolgirls, were killed on Wednesday when an explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces struck a secondary school and a health care centre.
At least 10 people were wounded in the strike in the village of Shukeiri in the White Nile province, according to Dr Musa al-Majeri, director of Douiem hospital, the nearest major medical facility to the village.
Continue reading...Tracing the US military’s learning curve on fighting Iran’s drones: What to know – AP News
- Tracing the US military’s learning curve on fighting Iran’s drones: What to know AP News
- Iran’s drone swarms challenge US air defenses as troops in Middle East face rising threats Fox News
- Iran’s Cheap, Plentiful Weaponry Puts US Military Under Unprecedented Strain Bloomberg.com
- Drones Like Bicycles | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj Phenomenal World
- The high price of intercepting Iran’s low-cost drones The Globe and Mail
Six die in Swiss bus fire after man thought to have set himself alight
Fribourg canton's public prosecutor Raphael Bourquin said the man allegedly responsible for the fire likely died.
The hidden battlefield: Censorship in the Israel–Iran war
Missiles fly between Israel and Iran, but censorship and access limits mean much of the war remains hidden from view.
Billionaire Zara founder Amancio Ortega to receive €3.23bn dividend
Payment for Inditex founder, the world’s 15 richest person, tops last year’s dividend of €3.1bn
The billionaire founder of Zara is to receive a company record €3.23bn (£2.8bn) dividend this year from the world’s biggest fashion retailer.
Amancio Ortega, who still controls 59% of Spain’s Inditex and whose daughter Marta Ortega Pérez is now chair, will receive half his dividend in May and half in November – as will other shareholders.
Continue reading...Iran war has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil choke point. Reopening it is a big challenge – AP News
- Iran war has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil choke point. Reopening it is a big challenge AP News
- Why it's so hard to get oil through the Strait of Hormuz right now NBC News
- How the Strait of Hormuz closure affects global oil supply Reuters
- How Iran has used the strait of Hormuz to throttle oil and gas – a visual guide The Guardian
- Can America clear the Strait of Hormuz of Iran’s drones and mines? The Economist
Iran Has Fired Widely Banned Cluster Munitions at Israel – The New York Times
- Iran Has Fired Widely Banned Cluster Munitions at Israel The New York Times
- Sirens sound in Eilat, Arava region as IDF detects more Iran missile fire The Times of Israel
- Hezbollah, Iran unleash coordinated cluster bomb strikes on Israel in major escalation Fox News
- Sirens and strikes: Iran's missiles breach Israeli defenses Reuters
- Iran Says It Carried Out Heaviest Attacks Yet WSJ
Canadian PM Mark Carney inches closer to majority, as fourth MP defects to Liberals
Lori Idlout, formerly of the NDP, has become the latest lawmaker in the current parliament to cross the floor.
Three brothers arrested after explosion at US embassy in Oslo
Norway's police attorney says the authorities are investigating whether a foreign state actor was involved.
Ship crew film drone strike on oil facility at Oman’s Salalah port
Crew on-board a nearby vessel at Oman’s Salalah port filmed the moment a drone struck the oil facility.