- Iran Vows Not to Surrender After Week of War That’s Shaken World Bloomberg.com
- Live updates: Trump signals he will escalate war with Iran as Tehran apologises to neighbors for strikes CNN
- Iran war live: Trump vows ‘very hard’ strikes; Iran says will not surrender Al Jazeera
- Live updates: Fighting continues across the Middle East as plane carrying fallen U.S. troops arrives at Dover NBC News
- Live Updates: Trump warns Iran will be "hit very hard" as Iranian continues attacks on Gulf states CBS News
Bombing at nightclub in Peru injures 33 people, including minors
Explosion happened in pre-dawn hours at Dalí nightclub in the province of Trujillo along Peru’s northern coast
A bombing at a nightclub in Peru has injured 33 people, including minors, authorities said Saturday.
The explosion happened in the pre-dawn hours at the Dalí nightclub in the province of Trujillo along Peru’s northern coast, according to a statement from the local emergency operations center.
Continue reading...Smoke rises from a Dubai tower after attack
Video shows smoke rising from a Dubai tower after shrapnel damaged the residential building and set a car on fire.
Rapper-politician Balendra Shah unseats Nepal’s ex-PM as he heads for victory
Thursday's general election was the first since violent youth-led protests toppled the government in September.
Offer from Iran’s president not to attack neighbours provokes internal backlash
As Masoud Pezeshkian tries to de-escalate conflict, hardliners urge installation of new supreme leader to marginalise the president
The surprise offer by the president of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, not to attack countries in the neighbourhood so long as their airspace and US bases within their territories are not used to attack Iran has provoked a storm inside the country as the military appeared to contradict him, if not outright overrule him.
There were also calls for a new supreme leader to be installed as quickly as possible, as a means of marginalising the president. Attacks on facilities in Bahrain and elsewhere have continued, and there were unconfirmed reports that Bahrain had become the first Gulf country to fire back at Iran.
Continue reading...More than 30 injured in nightclub bombing in northern Peru
Peru has experienced an uptick in organised crime, including extortion, a trend analysts link to government corruption.
Dozens killed as Israeli special forces raid Lebanese village in search of 40-year-old remains
Overnight, one Israeli operation saw at least 41 people killed and 40 injured, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
Trump convenes ‘Shield of Americas’ summit with 12 Latin American leaders
In Miami, president calls for regional cooperation to counter Chinese economic and political interests
Donald Trump changed the channel from Iran to the western hemisphere on Saturday, convening a gathering of Latin American leaders at his Miami-area golf club to discuss regional interests and establishing what he called a “counter-cartel coalition”.
“Just as we formed a coalition to eradicate Isis, we now need a coalition to eradicate the cartels,” he told 12 regional leaders gathered at what the White House called the “Shield of the Americas” summit.
Continue reading...Trump encourages Latin American leaders to use military action to help US fight cartels – AP News
- Trump encourages Latin American leaders to use military action to help US fight cartels AP News
- Trump convenes ‘Shield of Americas’ summit with 12 Latin American leaders The Guardian
- Trump offers missile support to Latin American leaders to target drug cartels The Times of Israel
- Aggressive Trump launches Latin America cartel coalition Reuters
- Trump calls on regional leaders at 'Shield of the Americas' summit to use their militaries against drug cartels Fortune
‘They’re cancer’: Trump threatens cartels, Cuba at Latin American summit
The president offered to launch missiles in Latin America to combat criminal violence in a call to 'eradicate' cartels.
Iran Is Hitting the Radars That Underpin U.S. Missile Defenses – WSJ
- Iran Is Hitting the Radars That Underpin U.S. Missile Defenses WSJ
- Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, satellite images show CNN
- Iran Hits Key US Radar, Deepening Gulf Missile Defense Woes Bloomberg.com
- Iran Strikes U.S. Military Communication Infrastructure in Mideast The New York Times
- 'Our munitions are low': US loses key THAAD radar, Ukraine holds low-cost key against Iran's Shahed drones Hindustan Times
Israel launches raid in Lebanon searching for missing pilot
Israeli forces dug up graves during a raid in Lebanon, searching for a pilot that went missing 40 years ago.
Israel pounds Iran missile sites, airport as Tehran fires back repeated salvos, threatens Europe – The Times of Israel
- Israel pounds Iran missile sites, airport as Tehran fires back repeated salvos, threatens Europe The Times of Israel
- Day 7 of Middle East conflict — Trump says no deal with Iran until ‘unconditional surrender’ CNN
- New wave of strikes hit Tehran as Netanyahu vows 'many surprises' for next phase of Iran war PBS
- Israel struck 16 Quds Force aircraft at airport in Tehran, IDF says ایران اینترنشنال
- Iran Live Updates: Trump Demands Iran's 'Unconditional Surrender' as Israel Strikes Tehran The New York Times
Iranian ambassador warns UK to be ‘very careful’ about further involvement in war
Seyed Ali Mousavi says Iran has a "right to self-defence" if the UK directly joins US-Israeli attacks.
Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona 0-1: La Liga – as it happened
All the updates as Barca restore a four-point lead over Real Madrid with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao.
Iran rejects Trump’s demand for unconditional surrender as a ‘dream’
Masoud Pezeshkian issues rare apology to neighbouring Gulf states for Iranian strikes as war enters eighth day
The president of Iran has rejected Donald Trump’s call for the country’s unconditional surrender as a “dream”, while issuing a rare apology for Iranian attacks that hit neighbouring states, even as missiles and drones continued to strike Gulf countries.
In a prerecorded address broadcast on state television on Saturday, Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, said the country would never capitulate, responding to remarks by the US president, who said on Friday that only Iran’s total submission could bring the war to an end.
Continue reading...Four US bombers land at RAF base in UK after warning of surge in strikes on Iran
B-1 Lancers arrive at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire after Starmer allows US to use UK as a base for ‘defensive’ action
Four US bombers have landed at an RAF base in Britain to carry out “specific defensive operations” to stop Iran firing missiles into the Middle East, the Ministry of Defence has said.
The B-1 Lancers, which are 45 metres (146ft) long and capable of carrying 24 cruise missiles, arrived at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, one on Friday evening and three on Saturday morning, after Keir Starmer had granted permission for “defensive” US action against Iranian missile sites from UK bases.
Continue reading...Descendants of Zimbabwe resistance heroes urge UK to locate looted skulls
Relatives call on institutions to help them find remains of ancestors who led fight against British colonisers in 1890s
Descendants of freedom fighters executed and beheaded in southern Africa by colonial British forces have called on the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Cambridge to help them find their ancestors’ looted skulls.
Zimbabwean descendants of the first chimurenga heroes, who led an uprising against British colonisers in the 1890s, have long believed the museum and university hold several of the skulls.
Continue reading...What people in Gaza are saying about the closure of the Rafah crossing
Palestinians express how their families have been affected by the closure of the Rafah crossing.
Iranian ambassador warns UK to be ‘very careful’ about further involvement in war
Seyed Ali Mousavi says Iran has a "right to self-defence" if the UK directly joins US-Israeli attacks.