Why Iranians are taking to Tehran’s streets during war
As bombs fall and millions are displaced, protests grow in Iran. Could this war be strengthening Iran’s resolve?
Water supply cut in Moldova after oil spill blamed on Russian strike in Ukraine
Moldova has imposed a 15-day state of alert in the Dniester river basin as a precaution.
Video: What we know about Israel’s assault on southern Lebanon
The Israeli military has launched waves of air raids across southern Lebanon.
Chile’s president begins building border barrier less than week into term
José Antonio Kast visited the ditch - a few feet wide and deep - on Monday, calling it a "milestone".
Chile’s president begins building border barrier less than week into term
José Antonio Kast visited the ditch - a few feet wide and deep - on Monday, calling it a "milestone".
Exclusive: US encourages Syrian action against Hezbollah, Damascus is hesitant, sources say – Reuters
- Exclusive: US encourages Syrian action against Hezbollah, Damascus is hesitant, sources say Reuters
- US denies report that it’s encouraging Syria to send troops to fight Hezbollah in Lebanon The Times of Israel
- Report: US urges Syria to move into Lebanon, help disarm Hezbollah ynetnews
- US pushes for Syria to send troops into Lebanon, Damascus hesitant: Report Middle East Eye
- US Pushes Syria to Send Troops Against Hezbollah, Damascus Reluctant Fine Day 102.3
Death of influential Ali Larijani may be bigger loss to Iran than Khamenei
Security chief had IRGC’s trust despite his differences with hardliners and had huge sway with likes of China and Russia
If confirmed, Israel’s assassination of Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s supreme national security council and one of the linchpins of Iranian politics, would be a devastating body blow to the country and probably a bigger reverse than the loss of the supreme leader Ali Khamenei at the outset of the war.
In any attempt to decapitate the Iranian leadership, Larijani would always be the prime target, largely because of his ability to straddle so many levels of Iranian politics and his huge personal influence not just in Iran but with foreign states including China and Russia.
Continue reading...French General Torches Trump’s Demands for Help With Scathing ‘Titanic’ Comparison – The Daily Beast
- French General Torches Trump’s Demands for Help With Scathing ‘Titanic’ Comparison The Daily Beast
- France ready to help U.S. secure Strait of Hormuz — but not while ships are under attack CNBC
- Macron says France could join Hormuz mission once situation 'calmer' Euronews.com
- France presses on with Hormuz ideas, no secret Iran talks, sources say Reuters
- France will never take part in operations to unblock Hormuz Strait amid hostilities, says Macron Reuters
Bentley to cut hundreds of UK jobs amid ‘challenging global market environment’
Carmaker reduces office-based roles and will not fill vacancies ‘to ensure long-term competitiveness of business’
Bentley is to cut 275 jobs in the UK as the carmaker faces a “challenging global market environment”.
The luxury brand, owned by Germany’s Volkswagen, is preparing to launch its first all-electric model but acknowledged it had some work to do to persuade consumers to switch away from internal combustion engine vehicles.
Continue reading...Burnt by an Iran setting the region ablaze, Gulf also blames Israel for starting the fire – The Times of Israel
- Burnt by an Iran setting the region ablaze, Gulf also blames Israel for starting the fire The Times of Israel
- Gulf States Want the U.S. to Cripple Iranian Regime Before Ending War WSJ
- Sucked Into War, Gulf Countries Face the Limits of U.S. Security Guarantees The New York Times
- Why Gulf states aren’t joining the war against Iran — despite attacks on their soil Fox News
- Gulf economies suffer brunt of Iran war as recession risk looms Al Jazeera
Man and woman charged with murder of Iranian activist in Canada
Charges follow discovery of body of Masood Masjoody, who was a critic of the Tehran regime and the exiled shah
Two people have been charged with the murder of an Iranian activist in Canada, in a case which has intensified fears over transnational repression of critics of the regime in Tehran.
Masood Masjoody, a former university maths teacher, went missing in early February in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia. He had been critical of Iran’s theocratic regime and the exiled family of the former shah.
Continue reading...Australia’s environment minister wants to ban fishers and drillers from more ocean – and avoid a culture war
Conservationists hope Murray Watt’s review of national marine parks will ‘right the wrongs’ of previous downgrade of protection
The federal environment minister, Murray Watt, has pledged to put an extra half a million square kilometres of Australia’s ocean out of reach of fishers and drillers in a step conservationists hope will “right the wrongs” of an Abbott-era downgrade of marine protection.
Watt confirmed last year Australia would put 30% of its ocean estate under a high level of protection that bans extractive industries as part of an international agreement to protect 30% of the planet’s oceans.
Continue reading...Aspiring female Zambian politicians were asked for sexual favours, official says
These reports harm attempts to close the wide gender representation gap in Zambia, activists say.
How Pakistan’s people-led solar boom is easing impact of Middle East energy crisis
Falling costs and government incentives make solar an attractive option for many, reducing need for gas
After prices of liquefied natural gas surged to record highs after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, millions of people in Pakistan were repeatedly left without electricity. An intense heatwave and gas shortages amid record-breaking prices resulted in power cuts across the country.
But people soon started to realise there was an alternative. The falling costs of solar panels and generous government incentives to feed excess power back to the grid made rooftop solar an attractive option.
Continue reading...Pakistan air strike kills at least 100 at Kabul drug rehab centre
Some of the bodies were injured beyond recognition, forensic laboratory sources told the BBC.
At least 23 people killed in suspected suicide attacks in north-eastern Nigeria
More than 100 others injured in bombings targeting post office, market areas and hospital in Maiduguri
At least 23 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured in multiple suspected suicide bombings in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, shattering its reputation as a relative oasis of calm in recent years as a long-running insurgency was pushed to the rural hinterlands.
Authorities said the explosions went off at the post office and market areas, as well as the entrance to the University of Maiduguri teaching hospital, on Monday evening during iftar, the breaking of fast in the month of Ramadan.
Continue reading...‘These connections are overlooked’: how British companies profited from slavery in Brazil long after abolition
Britons learn about the country’s involvement ‘almost as a self-congratulatory narrative’, says historian Joseph Mulhern
In 1845 British citizens and companies were already legally prohibited from owning or buying enslaved people overseas, yet that year 385 captives were “transferred” to a British mining company in Brazil named St John d’El Rey.
Despite a global campaign waged by the UK against slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, the move was not technically illegal because the enslaved people were not sold but “rented” – a practice permitted overseas under the 1843 Slave Trade Act.
Continue reading...Could the Iran war trigger a global recession?
Energy prices are surging as the Iran war disrupts supply, raising risks for the US, China and Europe.
Blood tech: The UK ambassador, the sex offender, Palantir, and Gaza
Despite its public objections to Israel’s actions, the UK is buying spyware developed and tested on Palestinians.
Israel says Iran’s security chief Larijani has been killed
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz says Ali Larijani, Iran’s security chief, has been killed in an Israeli strike.