Israel is considering closing its consulate in Istanbul, one of its first in the world, which was targeted in a shooting in April, an Israeli source told AFP on Wednesday. Israel’s embassy in Ankara will remain open, but still shorn of...
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Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Wednesday that forces were preparing a “forceful response” to potential renewed attacks by the United States and Israel. “We must strengthen our preparations for an...
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Wednesday praised Donald Trump’s decision to “give diplomacy a chance” after the US president announced earlier that he had called off planned strikes on Iran. The minister wrote...
Two Russian jets “repeatedly and dangerously” intercepted a British surveillance aircraft over the Black Sea last month, the defence ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. “This incident is another example of dangerous and...
Israel’s far-right national security minister posted a video on Wednesday showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla kneeling with their hands tied and foreheads on the ground, sparking condemnation and calls for their swift...
Yields on US Treasury bonds tumbled Wednesday after President Donald Trump said American negotiators were close to a potential peace accord with Iran. “We’re in the final stages of Iran, we’ll see what happens,” Trump told...
A high-stakes by-election which could determine the future of beleaguered Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the UK’s next leader will be held on June 18, the local council announced Wednesday. The special vote will take place after the...
Global oil prices fell more than five percent on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said the US is in the “final stages” of negotiations aimed at ending the Middle East war. Intertional benchmark, Brent North Sea crude, shed 5.2...
The family of a US doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo will also be admitted to a hospital in Germany, the health ministry said Wednesday without specifying whether they showed symptoms. “After a US citizen infected...
Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up a visit to Beijing on Wednesday, hot on the heels of his American counterpart Donald Trump, who travelled to the Chinese capital just days before. While both trips were similar in pomp, pageantry and...
French heavyweights including Orange, Iliad and EDF said Wednesday that they were banding together for a giant artificial intelligence infrastructure project. The firms, from sectors ranging from supercomputing to semiconductors and energy...
The spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo means the outbreak likely began a few months ago, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. “Investigations are ongoing and our priority is really to cut the transmission chain by by...
The deadly hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks show that while the response to declared public health crises has improved, awareness of pandemic risks still lags, a leading pandemic expert warned Tuesday. Over six years after the World Health...
US President Donald Trump tightened his grip on the Republican Party on Tuesday as Kentucky voters ousted one of the few conservative lawmakers willing to challenge him openly. Congressman Thomas Massie’s defeat, called by news networks...
British leader Keir Starmer defended Wednesday a contentious move to ease sanctions on imports of Russian jet fuel and diesel as the Middle East war causes prices to spiral. The trade licence, which allows the UK to import Russian crude oil refined...