The United States asked Ukraine for help to fend off Iranian drone attacks in the Middle East, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday, adding that he had ordered expert support to be given. During Russia’s four-year invasion...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that the Islamic republic was neither asking for a ceasefire nor negotiations with the US, adding that Iran had no plans to close the Strait of Hormuz for now. “We are not asking for a...
All holy sites in occupied east Jerusalem’s Old City will remain closed this weekend for security reasons, Israeli police said on Thursday, the sixth day of the Middle East war. Israel’s Home Front Command eased some war-related...
EU member states and lawmakers agreed Thursday to ban using meat-related terms such as “steak” and “bacon” to market plant-based foods — but spared veggie “burgers” and “sausage”. The decision...
US President Donald Trump on Thursday described Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky as the obstacle to a deal with Russia, whose leader Vladimir Putin he insisted was cooperative. “Zelensky, he has to get on the ball, and he has to get a...
Israel’s police and domestic intelligence agency on Thursday issued a warning over attempts by Iranian services to infiltrate and recruit Israelis online. Israel, in coordination with the United States, began striking Iran on Saturday, killing...
Finland said Thursday it planned to lift restrictions prohibiting nuclear weapons on its soil, in order to bring the country in line with NATO’s deterrence policy after joining the alliance in 2023. “The government proposal would make it...
US President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted he should have a role in picking Iran’s next supreme leader after the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose son he said he found unacceptable. “Khamenei’s son is a lightweight. I have to...
Sri Lanka evacuated 208 crew members of an Iranian navy vessel on Thursday, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said, a day after a US submarine struck and sank another Iranian frigate, killing dozens of sailors. Sri Lanka’s navy will also take...
Iran’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia Alireza Enayati said on Thursday his country remained appreciative of Saudi Arabia’s pledge to not allow its airspace or territory to be used during the ongoing war with the US and Israel. “We...
Benchmark US oil contract, West Texas Intermediate, soared more than five percent to $78.88 per barrel in trading Thursday, the highest level since January last year, as the Iran war threatens supplies. International benchmark, Brent North Sea...
An Iranian missile strike sparked a blaze at Bahrain’s main state-owned oil refinery on Thursday, which was later contained, the Gulf country’s communications centre said. “A fire broke out at a unit of the Bapco Energies refinery...
Thousands of German teenagers skipped school Thursday to join protests against a stepped-up military recruitment drive that many fear may in future involve a form of conscription. About 3,000 students gathered on Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz...
France, Italy and Greece will “coordinate the dispatch of military assets” to Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean after the outbreak of the Middle East war, a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s team said Thursday. Macron had...
A top Swedish intelligence official on Thursday warned of increased threats against American and Israeli interests, as well as Iranian dissidents, in Sweden because of the war in the Middle East. The Scandinavian country’s security, which had...
