Oil prices plunge as Iran says Strait ‘open’
Brent crude sinks 10% after Iran says the key waterway is completely open for commercial ships for the rest of the ceasefire.
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Mugabe’s son pleads guilty to pointing a gun in South Africa
Bellarmine Mugabe was arrested in February following the shooting of a 23-year-old man at his home in Johannesburg.
Continue ReadingPalestinians hand over suspect in 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris
The Rue des Rosiers attack was blamed on a Palestinian splinter group founded by notorious militant Abu Nidal, who was shot dead in Iraq in 2002. Nidal’s organisation broke away from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and was blamed for a string of deadly attacks that claimed 900 lives, mostly in the 1980s, including assassinations, […]
Continue Reading‘Tehran does not think it has lost this war’
President Donald Trump has said that talks between the US and Iran to end the war could resume as early as this weekend, with Washington and Tehran “very close” to making a deal. The BBC’s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet reports that whilst Iranians keen to end the enmity with the US, leaders do not […]
Continue ReadingAvengers reassemble and Top Gun flies back – Hollywood studios preview their new movies
Some of the most hotly anticipated new films of the next couple of years are previewed at CinemaCon.
Continue ReadingThree charged with arson on Persian media offices in London
Two teenagers and a 21-year-old man are due in court charged with arson with intent to endanger life.
Continue ReadingMoment wolf on the run in South Korea is found
A wolf that captured South Korea’s attention after escaping Daejeon O-World zoo, has now been captured himself. Neukgu, a two-year-old Korean wolf, was on the run for over a week before being found and shot with a tranquiliser gun. Efforts to find him included more than 300 firefighters, soldiers and police officers. Click here to […]
Continue ReadingSouth Korea’s runaway wolf finally captured after nine-day search
The search has been marked by twists and turns, gripping South Korea and even inspiring a meme coin.
Continue ReadingIranian footballers say Australia has given them ‘hope’ for safe future
The duo had sought aslyum after their football team did not sing the national anthem during a match.
Continue ReadingNoida protests: Workers in India demand hike in minimum wage
Most were non-unionised contract workers employed in small factories across industrial clusters, producing auto parts, electronics and garments, among other things. They earn between 10,000 rupees ($107; £79) and 15,000 rupees a month – wages that have remained largely unchanged for years. Many are migrant workers, living hand-to-mouth in cramped housing on the city’s outskirts.
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