What we know on day five of US-Israeli attacks on Iran
Strikes have hit nuclear-related facilities in Tehran, while Iran has launched hundreds of missiles and drones.
IRGC says Iran in ‘complete control’ of Strait of Hormuz amid Trump threats
One-fifth of the global oil is shipped through the strait, which remains effectively closed amid US-Israeli war on Iran.
Trump says Iran leader alternatives mostly killed
Trump told reporters that most of the people he had considered as potential future leaders for Iran are now dead.
Israeli air attack targets hotel in Beirut
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from the site of an Israeli attack on a hotel in Beirut’s Hazmiyeh suburb.
How long can Israel sustain a military conflict with Iran?
Public support for Israel's war effort contrasts with doubts over its long-term military and economic sustainability.
There’s a ‘But’ to Carney’s Support for Iran Airstrikes – Newser
- There's a 'But' to Carney's Support for Iran Airstrikes Newser
- Carney says he supports Iran strikes 'with regret' BBC
- Canada PM Carney says Iran conflict a failure of the international order Reuters
- Carney Says Middle East War Shows Failure of Rules-Based Order Bloomberg
- Carney Says That Canada’s Support for Airstrikes Came ‘With Regret’ The New York Times
Destruction seen after attack on Iran’s Assembly of Experts building
Videos show the aftermath of an air attack on Iran’s Assembly of Experts building in the city of Qom.
Adelaide University cancels literary festival event with UN Gaza investigator Francesca Albanese
Festival organisers criticise the university for last-minute booking cancellation of event headlined by special rapporteur for Palestinian territories
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Another free speech row at a literary festival has erupted, with Adelaide University abruptly cancelling a high-profile event featuring UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese.
The move has prompted the festival’s organisers and speakers to accuse the 152 year-old institution of “crumbling in fear”.
Continue reading...China set to release new five-year plan at National People’s Congress
Beijing is expected to set a growth target of 4.5 to 5 percent cent for 2026 at this week's NPC.
The dark side of Holi
India’s festival of colour has become a day when women brace for harassment.
Video: Smoke seen rising after explosion near Baghdad airport
Video shared by Iraqi media shows the moment of an explosion near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq's capital.
Cuba charges six exiles with terrorism in wake of deadly speedboat attack
Detainees accused of coming from the US with intent to sow chaos and attack military units on Communist-ruled island
Cuban prosecutors have formally charged six people with crimes of terrorism after a US-flagged speedboat was involved in a deadly shootout with Cuba’s coast guard last week.
The US-based Cuban defendants are accused of packing a boat with weapons and heading toward Cuba in hopes of destabilising the government in Havana.
Continue reading...Israeli forces bomb hotel in Beirut, residential building in Lebanon’s east
Israel hits Comfort Hotel in greater Beirut without warning; more residents displaced across Lebanon.
Israel, Iran continue attacks as war enters its fifth day, engulfs region
Iranian retaliatory strikes continue with drone and missile attacks as conflict spreads through Gulf nations.
South Korea’s stock market suffers biggest drop in history amid US-Iran war
Benchmark index plummets as much as 12.2 percent, eclipsing single-day plunge after 9/11 attacks in 2001.
The Iran strikes could become a midterm reckoning – for Trump and Israel
Conservative dissent over the war is fracturing the GOP and testing the durability of US support for Israel.
Jordanian arrested for visa offences after alleged Bondi attackers visited his coffee shop during Philippines stay
Military used in arrest of Mohammad Odeh Saleh, owner of business allegedly visited by the Akrams before Australia’s deadliest terror attack
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A Jordanian national whose coffee shop was visited by the alleged gunmen behind December’s Bondi beach terrorist attack – and who frequently traveled to Australia and the Middle East – has been arrested in the Philippines for overstaying his visa.
Authorities investigating the gunmen’s month-long stay in Mindanao Island, in the country’s south, alleged that Mohammad Odeh Saleh, 65, had travelled to Australia in the years before his arrest in Pagadian City on Monday.
Continue reading...South Korea woman and doctors guilty of murder of newborn baby
The case has gripped South Korea, where there is no regulation on how far into pregnancy an abortion can take place.
South Korea woman and doctors guilty of murder of newborn baby
The case has gripped South Korea, where there is no regulation on how far into pregnancy an abortion can take place.
Live: Macron says he urged Netanyahu to ‘refrain from ground offensive’ in Lebanon – France 24
- Live: Macron says he urged Netanyahu to 'refrain from ground offensive' in Lebanon France 24
- Is Hezbollah Still a Threat? Foreign Affairs
- At least 11 killed as Israel escalates attacks across Lebanon Al Jazeera
- Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon into the war on Iran, but the militia is a shadow of the force it once was CNN
- Israel orders Lebanese to leave swathe of the south 'immediately' Reuters