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Iran targeted Tel Aviv with missiles carrying cluster warheads in what it said was retaliation for Israel’s assassination of Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani, Iranian state television reported ​on Wednesday. The attack overnight on Tuesday killed two people in a neighbourhood close to densely populated Tel Aviv, where there are also key military facilities, bringing the death toll in Israel …

The U.S. President, Donald Trump, on Tuesday dismissed speculations raised by one of his advisers that Israel might resort to using nuclear weapons against Iran in any conflict. Speaking to reporters, Trump responded to remarks made by adviser David Sacks, who had suggested in a podcast that Israel might escalate a war to the point of considering nuclear options. ”Israel …

UN Secretary General António Guterres on Monday urged countries to “work together” and eradicate a rising tide of anti-Muslim hate, calling for a rejection of “the narratives of fear and exclusion”. As conflict and instability rage, “millions of Muslims around the world carry that pain with them,” Guterres said in an event marking the International Day to Combat Islamophobia in …

The British Government has announced a 53 million pounds support package to help vulnerable households cope with rising heating oil costs following a surge in global energy prices. The increase is linked to current tensions in the Middle East. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that the funding would be directed primarily at low-income households in rural areas, where heating oil …

HAVANA (AP) — Officials in Cuba report an island-wide blackout in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen. The Ministry of Energy and Mines on X notes a “complete disconnection” of the country’s electrical system and says it is investigating. President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday warned that the island had not received oil …

U.S.-Israeli strikes continued to bombard the Iranian capital as fears of a global energy crisis rose Monday. President Donald Trump told reporters Sunday night that even though Iran’s military has been “decimated” in the war, he was “still not declaring it over.” Iran kills 1 in UAE, a ‘serious escalation,’ Qatar says Qatar on Monday condemned Iran after it said …

Popular wins all round Frankenstein, which won three Oscars, and KPop Demon Hunters, which won two, are both Netflix films which had limited cinema releases, but, unlike so much streaming slop, millions of people saw them, loved them and wanted to see them bag some Academy Awards. Meanwhile, Amy Madigan won best supporting actress for playing the gloriously scary Aunt Gladys …

  US embassy in Baghdad targeted as Iran launches attacks during Operation Epic Fury A missile reportedly struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad early Saturday, as Iran continues to launch attacks around the Middle East in response to Operation Epic Fury. President Donald Trump said Saturday that “many Countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration this week stepped up its ambitious effort to replace about $1.6 trillion in lost tariff revenue that was eliminated by the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a range of the president’s import taxes. Recovering that lost revenue, which the White House was counting on to help offset the steep, multi-trillion dollar cost of …

  President Donald Trump’s war with Iran was only hours old, and already the plan had gone awry. Spurred by fresh intelligence that the country’s 86-year-old supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was meeting with his top officials on the morning of Feb. 28, the US and Israel had accelerated plans for an attack in hopes of wiping out the regime’s senior …