She was again questioned by the police on Friday morning as part of an investigation into a social media post she wrote last week expressing solidarity with Japanese terrorist Kōzō Okamoto. Okamoto was convicted of a terrorist attack that killed 26 people at Ben Gurion International Airport in 1972. In her post on Friday, Hassan, […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Friday it had opened an investigation into French news channel CNews for possible hate speech after alleged racist comments about Bally Bagayoko, the […]
Continue ReadingSuspicion of oil pollution in the Baltic Sea: Sweden stops the tanker “Flora 1” off Ystad. The ship could be part of Russia’s shadow fleet. (symbol image)Image: Screenshot: YouTube April 3, 2026, 3:47 p.mApril 3, 2026, 3:47 p.m The Swedish coast guard has searched a tanker suspected of belonging to the Russian shadow fleet. The […]
Continue ReadingEmployers added 178,000 jobs, far more than had expected, the Labor Department says.
Continue ReadingThe Iran war has now lasted five weeks – and there is no end in sight.Image: keystone April 3, 2026, 3:33 p.mApril 3, 2026, 3:40 p.m Five weeks after the start of the Iran war, mutual attacks continue unabated and a negotiated solution is not in sight, despite violent threats from US President Donald Trump. […]
Continue ReadingLamerd, a town in southern Iran, came under attack on 28 February. CCTV footage published by Iranian state media – which was authenticated and geolocated by BBC Verify – showed a munition moments before it exploded above a residential area. Experts identified it as likely being a US missile, based on its appearance, the size […]
Continue ReadingThe freighter “Boracay”, which is part of Putin’s shadow fleet, in a photo from the online ship platform Vesselfinder. (archive image)Image: Screenshot: vesselfinder.com Russia’s shadow fleet is one of the Kremlin’s most valuable assets – and also a mystery. Now research has provided an insight into the black box. It’s about Starlink, crypto and Ukrainians […]
Continue ReadingEuropean lawmaker Bernd Lange, responsible for the European Parliament’s negotiations on the EU-U.S. trade deal, told POLITICO he believed the Trump administration’s announcement made a final deal more likely. Lange noted that the U.S. administration had scrapped 50 percent tariffs on many steel derived items, bringing some, like motorcycles, to the agreed 15 percent levels. […]
Continue ReadingThe four astronauts on Nasa’s Artemis II mission are the first humans since 1972 to leave Earth orbit. Commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are now on a looping path that will carry them around the far side of the Moon and back again. Their 10-day journey will ferry them up […]
Continue ReadingThe museum insisted no passwords or security maps were stolen and that the systems involved were closed-circuit and not accessible from outside, with “no information lost.” The transfer of items to the vaults, including Medici-era treasures, was unrelated to the cyberattack but due to ongoing renovations. The episode quickly turned political. Former Prime Minister and […]
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