Iran-backed Houthi rebels have fired missiles at a US Navy destroyer off the coast of Yemen in a ‘significant escalation’ with American forces in the Middle East. The USS Mason had responded to a distress call on Sunday from an Israeli-linked chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden that had […]
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A British woman and her partner have been arrested by police investigating an assassination attempt on veteran Spanish politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras in Madrid. The couple were arrested in the town of Lanjaron, the gateway to the picture-postcard Alpujarras region, this morning after another man was arrested in the Costa Del Sol. Mr […]
Houthi rebels from Yemen have hijacked a cargo ship with up 22 crew members in the Red Sea in a ‘grave incident on a global level’. The Bahaman-flagged ‘Galaxy Leader’ was boarded by armed men as it travelled south past the Arabian peninsula on its way to India. The ship […]
Iran has warned that the expansion of the Israel-Hamas war across the Middle East is ‘inevitable’, claiming Tel-Aviv’s aggression in Gaza will be the catalyst for more widespread violence. ‘Due to the increasing intensity of the war against the civilian residents of Gaza, the expansion of the scope of the […]
Iran has been linked to the assassination attempt of a Spanish politician who was shot in the face in Madrid on Thursday. Spanish right-wing politician Alejandro Vidal-Quadras was recovering in a hospital today after the shooting in broad daylight on a central street in the Spanish capital. Police were ruling […]
The drought conditions that have roiled Syria, Iraq and Iran over the past three years would not have happened without climate change, a new analysis suggests. Scientists with the World Weather Attribution group analyzed three years of temperature and precipitation data and found that climate change contributed to extreme temperatures, […]
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis warned of a “ladder of escalation” between the U.S. and Iran Friday. “I would still assess the chances of an Iran-U.S. direct conflict as quite low,” Stavridis said in an interview on MSNBC. “Neither side wants it. The Iranians have significant internal turmoil […]
Since Hamas launched its ruthless attacks on Israeli towns and cities on October 7, Israel’s Defence Forces have been fighting a battle on two fronts. The IDF is conducting a non-stop bombardment of Hamas in the Gaza Strip as it masses troops and heavy armour ahead of a ground invasion to […]