Five stories you may have missed amid US-Israeli war on Iran
Here are some news stories you might not have seen amid the United States-Israel war on Iran.
Aramco warns of oil market ‘catastrophe’ unless strait of Hormuz reopens soon
Saudi Arabian state oil firm calls crisis by far the biggest the region has seen but firm can reroute 70% of exports and tap crude held in storage
Saudi Arabia’s state oil company has warned of “catastrophic consequences” for the world’s oil markets if the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to block shipping in the strait of Hormuz.
The world’s biggest oil exporter expects to be able to supply the market with about 70% of its usual crude output despite the stranglehold on the vital trade artery, but its chief executive warned that there would still be “drastic” consequences for the world economy if the disruption continues.
Continue reading...Rapper Lil’ Kim to headline Melbourne’s 2026 Rising festival
‘Trailblazer’ rapper returns to Australia for first time in 15 years, with body horror performer and dance biennale also on lineup
The pioneering female rapper Lil’ Kim, the vomit-inducing performance artist Florentina Holzinger, and the first ever Australian Dance Biennale are among the lineup for the 2026 Rising festival, which is staged around Melbourne each winter.
Lil’ Kim, who last played in Australia in 2011, will perform at Melbourne’s Festival Hall to celebrate her landmark multiplatinum records Hard Core – which turns 30 this year – and The Notorious KIM.
Continue reading...‘America has no narrative for victory’
Andreas Krieg says the US is lacking a clear narrative for what victory in the war with Iran looks like.
Met accused of insulting black people with shake-up of anti-racism strategy
Academic Shereen Daniels says plan by Mark Rowley to absorb police’s race policies into broader anti-discrimination programme is backward step
The Metropolitan police has been accused of insulting black people and mocking the pain it has caused them after revealing it wants to absorb its anti-racism strategy into a broader anti-discrimination scheme.
The Met said the scheme, also including gender and sexual orientation, will increase its chance of success in better serving groups it has failed in the past.
Continue reading...Former IRA bomber says Gerry Adams was senior figure in organisation
Former Sinn Féin leader being sued by three men injured in IRA bombings in 1976 and 1996
A convicted IRA bomber has told a court that Gerry Adams was a senior figure in the organisation despite the former Sinn Féin leader’s claims to the contrary.
Adams, 77, is being sued for symbolic “vindicatory” damages of £1 each by John Clark, Jonathan Ganesh and Barry Laycock, who were injured respectively in the 1973 Old Bailey bombing, and the London Docklands and Manchester bombings in 1996.
Continue reading...Trump names Erika Kirk to key advisory board of US Air Force Academy
Widow of murdered rightwing activist Charlie Kirk replaces husband on 16-member panel of military training facility
Donald Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, the widow of murdered rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, to a key advisory board of the US Air Force Academy.
The 37-year-old joins a number of other loyalists to the president on the 16-member panel of the academy’s board of visitors, which according to its website “inquires into the morale, discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods and other matters” of the Colorado Springs military training facility.
Continue reading...Russian attack kills four in Ukraine’s Sloviansk as both sides claim gains
Ukrainian and Russian officials have claimed battlefield successes in the more than four-year war.
War expands to central Beirut as Israeli strike kills Iranians in luxury hotel
Israel's military says it targeted Quds Force operatives after a return to war with Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, but Iran says they were diplomats.
Moment ‘Hezbollah missile’ strikes Israeli radar station
Israel has released video it says shows the moment a missile fired by Hezbollah struck a satellite and radar station.
White House denies US military escorted tanker in Hormuz after deleted post
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has walked back a deleted social media claim from Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
Iranians living in UK tell Starmer that war will only strengthen Tehran regime
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe among more than 100 signatories to letter urging PM not to get drawn further into the conflict
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is among three of Iran’s former political prisoners and more than 100 Iranians living in the UK who have urged the British prime minister not to get drawn further into the Iran conflict.
They are all signatories in a letter to Keir Starmer saying the way the war is being conducted is strengthening the regime in Tehran.
Continue reading...Duterte’s drug war faces judgement at the ICC
Victims of the Philippines’ drug war finally see a path to justice in The Hague.
Russia’s deportation of Ukrainian children amounts to crime against humanity, UN says
Vladimir Putin's direct involvement in the forcible deportation of Ukrainian children has been visible from the outset, the UN says.
Russia’s deportation of Ukrainian children amounts to crime against humanity, UN says – BBC
- Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children amounts to crime against humanity, UN says BBC
- Russia's deportations of Ukrainian children amount to crimes against humanity, UN inquiry finds Reuters
- Russia Committed Crimes Against Humanity in Transferring Ukrainian Children, UN Inquiry Says The Moscow Times
- Putin’s child snatching is crime against humanity, UN says The Times
- Canada should spotlight abducted Ukrainian children in peace talks Policy Options
WHO warns of health risks from ‘black rain’ in Iran
The World Health Organization warned that “black rain” caused by strikes on Iran’s oil facilities pose health risks.
Search efforts suspended after deadly Indonesia landfill collapse
Search efforts have ended for those missing following a landslide at Indonesia’s largest landfill site.
Global airlines hike ticket prices as Iran war sends costs soaring
The war has sent oil prices surging, upending global travel and pushing airline ticket costs on some routes sky-high.
Israel denies women in Gaza ‘conditions to live’: Amnesty
The global rights group says erosion of health, safety in Gaza 'a deliberate act of war targeting women and girls'.
‘Our hearts were shaking’: Tehran residents endure heavy Israel-US bombing
The latest attacks come a day after bombing of fuel reserves created thick plumes of smoke that turned day into night.