Mapping Israeli strikes on Iran’s air defences
A look at how Israeli strikes on Iran's air defences paved the way for US bombers in their own operation.
Rwanda president unsure if DRC peace deal will hold, warns against ‘tricks’
Paul Kagame gives cautious welcome to US-brokered agreement, but says success depends on goodwill from warring parties.
‘The administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial’: Sotomayor singles out Alito and hurls invective at SCOTUS colleagues in third-country deportation case dissent – Law and Crime News
Kenyan leader to build huge church at presidential office
"The devil might be angry and can do what he wants," President William Ruto said in response to criticism.
China tells EU it can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine, official says – CNN
- China tells EU it can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine, official says CNN
- EU presses China on rare earths and Ukraine war Reuters
- China's foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine, media reports The Kyiv Independent
- Beijing fears Russia's defeat due to nuclear arsenal risks – Chinese expert Ukrinform
- Exclusive | China tells EU it does not want to see Russia lose its war in Ukraine: sources South China Morning Post
Suriname expected to elect first female president amid discovery of oil reserves
Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, 71, will run unopposed as one of the poorest countries in the region eyes billions of dollars
Suriname is expected to elect its first female president this Sunday, the congresswoman and physician Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, 71, who will run unopposed after the ruling party decided not to field a candidate.
Geerlings-Simons will succeed current president Chandrikapersad Santokhi, 66, who has been in office since 2020 and was eligible for re-election – but whose party failed to secure the two-thirds parliamentary majority required in the country’s indirect voting system.
Continue reading...Europe is scrambling to form a united front and regain relevance in the Iran crisis
Tehran now places little faith in the European countries who played a key role in brokering the Iranian nuclear deal
Exposed as divided and marginalised during the Iran crisis, European nations are scrambling to retrieve a place at the Middle East negotiating table, fearing an impulsive Donald Trump has diminishing interest in stabilising Iran or the wider region now he believes he has achieved his key objective of wiping out Tehran’s nuclear programme.
On Tuesday the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, was the latest senior European figure to phone the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, offering to be a facilitator and urging Tehran not to leave the crisis in a dangerous limbo by keeping UN weapons inspectors out of Iran.
Continue reading...Kyiv hit by barrage of drone strikes as Putin rejects Trump’s truce bid
Almost every district in the capital sustained damage after Russia fired a record 550 drones, Ukraine says.
‘It’s Groundhog Day’: Ukraine’s sky defenders stuck in relentless battle
Under fire of 100 drones a night, there's little talk of a ceasefire in the front-line city of Sumy.
Russia’s friends: Taliban and Pyongyang in, Azerbaijan and Armenia out – Euronews.com
- Russia's friends: Taliban and Pyongyang in, Azerbaijan and Armenia out Euronews.com
- Russia becomes first state to recognise Afghanistan's Taliban government BBC
- Taliban praise Russia’s ‘brave decision’ to recognise their rule in Afghanistan The Guardian
- Experts: Russia Recognizing Taliban Rule in Afghanistan Largely a Symbolic Move The Moscow Times
- Russia becomes first nation to recognize Taliban government of Afghanistan since 2021 takeover CNN
Egypt says Ethiopia’s completed power-generating dam lacks a legally binding agreement – AP News
- Egypt says Ethiopia’s completed power-generating dam lacks a legally binding agreement AP News
- Gerd: Ethiopia has finished building mega-dam, Abiy Ahmed says BBC
- Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed says mega dam GERD on the Nile ‘now complete’ Al Jazeera
- GERD Inauguration Scheduled For September 2025 The Reporter Ethiopia
- Ethiopia completes controversial Nile dam, escalating dispute with Egypt France 24
Review body refuses to refer Jeremy Bamber case back to court of appeal
CCRC says the four grounds his lawyers argue undermine safety of conviction for 1985 murders fail to meet threshold
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has refused to refer the case of Jeremy Bamber, who was convicted of murdering five members of his family in 1985, back to the court of appeal.
The CCRC, whose chair Helen Pitcher resigned in January and whose chief executive resigned this week after successive justice secretaries declared the miscarriage of justice review body unfit for purpose, has spent four years examining just four of the 10 grounds Bamber’s lawyers identified as undermining the safety of his conviction. It will continue to examine the other six.
Continue reading...Exclusive: EU to offer five options over Israeli human rights breaches – Euronews.com
- Exclusive: EU to offer five options over Israeli human rights breaches Euronews.com
- From sanctions to embargo: The options Europe is considering against Israel Ynetnews
- Gaza war and Trump tariffs on EU agenda This WEEK EUobserver
- Prime Minister Golob expects EU action against Israel for human rights violations European Newsroom
- EU to propose options paper on Israel over Gaza next week Euractiv
Creative Australia chief executive facing mounting pressure to resign after Khaled Sabsabi controversy
Senior arts figure says board and CEO ‘didn’t seem to understand or at least trust the power and complexity of the visual arts’
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Creative Australia chief executive Adrian Collette is facing mounting pressure to resign after the body’s decision to reinstate Khaled Sabsabi as Australia’s 2026 Venice Biennale representative.
Senior arts figures have also criticised the Creative Australia board, as a former chair of the selection panel for the biennale said the board and Collette did not “understand or at least trust the power and complexity of the visual arts”.
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Continue reading...Trump has ‘good conversation’ with Zelenskyy after heavy bombardment of Ukraine by Russia
US munitions slated for Ukraine held up over shortage as Trump ‘disappointed’ by Putin’s refusal to make concessions
Donald Trump spoke with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Friday as the US president appears increasingly disheartened over his chances of fulfilling a campaign pledge to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
The call with Zelenskyy comes as Washington has halted its latest shipment of military aid to Ukraine including Patriot air defense missiles and other crucial munitions meant to support the country’s defenses.
Continue reading...Namibia halts all state funerals amid criticism of the high cost
There will be no state funerals until April 2026 - unless the president decides to make an exception.
Oasis in row with photo agencies over pictures from reunion shows
Exclusive: Band’s management tell agencies and publishers they can only use shots of first gig in Cardiff for a year
A row has broken out over restrictions imposed on how newspapers, magazines, TV broadcasters and digital publishers can use pictures taken at Oasis reunion gigs, as the band prepare to play the first night of what is expected to be the most profitable tour in UK history.
Photo agencies and publishers have been told they can use shots of the first concert, which takes place in Cardiff on Friday, for one year and then the rights revert back to the band and management.
Continue reading...Mourners gather in Portugal for Diogo Jota’s wake as Salah and Robertson pay tribute
Mourners gathered on Friday morning to honour Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota at a wake in Portugal
Mourners have gathered at a wake in Portugal to commemorate Diogo Jota and his brother, André Silva, following their deaths in a car accident.
Jota and his 25-year-old sibling died when the Lamborghini they were travelling in careered off a road in north-western Spain in the early hours of Thursday. The bodies of the two professional footballers were returned to Portugal later that day. Jota was 28 and had married his long-term partner, Rute Cardoso, 11 days before his death. They had three young children.
Continue reading...Ukraine accuses Putin of humiliating Trump with devastating attack on Kyiv
Russia launches record number of drones and ballistic missiles in seven-hour assault shortly after its leader spoke to US president
Ukraine has accused Vladimir Putin of “publicly humiliating” Donald Trump after Russia launched a devastating attack with a record number of drones and ballistic missiles on Kyiv, hours after the two leaders spoke by phone.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the seven-hour raid as a “deliberate act of terror” which “immediately followed the call between Washington and Moscow”. It was one of the most severe assaults of the entire war and a “clear interpretation of how Moscow interprets diplomacy”, he added.
Continue reading...A ceasefire in Gaza appears to be close. Here’s why it could happen now
A weakened Hamas plus Israel’s war with Iran have given Netanyahu a boost, raising hopes of a pause in fighting
After nearly 21 months of bloody war, it now appears a question of when rather than if a new ceasefire brings a pause to the fighting that has devastated Gaza, destabilised the region and horrified onlookers across the world.
On Friday, Donald Trump said he expected Hamas to agree within 24 hours to a deal that Israel has already accepted. Analysts predict a formal announcement after Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, arrives in Washington on Monday on his third visit to the White House since Trump began his current term.
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