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The exchange of fire on Friday came days after renewed strikes between the U.S. and Iran. According to the BBC, one person was killed and dozens injured in an Iranian drone strike on Kuwait’s international airport earlier this week, with the U.S. retaliating with what it called “self-defense” strikes on Iran. Iran has repeatedly targeted Kuwait and Bahrein, where U.S. bases are located. With talks between Iran and the U.S. stalling, navigation in the Strait of Hormuz remains sharply reduced, causing a lasting spike in oil prices. But even as hostilities continue between the two countries, Washington has granted visas…
Published on 06/06/2026 – 13:57 GMT+2 Iran’s football players have been granted US visas ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, although several senior officials and support staff are still awaiting clearance less than two weeks before the team’s opening match. The visa delays have complicated preparations for Iran’s tournament campaign and prompted concerns over the delegation’s ability to travel together for the competition, which is being co-hosted by the US, Mexico and Canada. A White House official confirmed that Iranian players had received visas to enter the US ahead of their first Group G fixture against New Zealand in…
At first glance it could look like a scene from a western: a man on horseback crossing the pastures to look after the livestock. Only we are not in Texas; we are in Canale Monterano, where the figure of the buttero tells the story and identity of the Maremma area of Lazio. Here, however, the horse is not a symbol of the past but a working tool and a direct link with a centuries-old tradition that still shapes the land, with practices handed down from generation to generation and protected above all by the Butteri di Canale Monterano association. Unlike…
Montenegro’s prime minister has told Euronews that his country joining the European Union successfully can revitalise the process for the rest of Balkan countries waiting to join the bloc after hosting a high-level political summit this week with EU leaders. “The momentum is definitely different from previous times, we definitely see that everybody is hopping on a boat called the unification of Europe,” Milojko Spajić said in an interview on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans summit held in Tivat on Friday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen echoed that sentiment, telling reporters that the country’s membership is now…
A statement from Downing Street late Friday said Nowak’s family “do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension.” Violent protests broke out earlier this week as details of Nowak’s death emerged and spurred claims the U.K. has a “two-tiered” justice system that is biased against white people. Digwa, a 23-year-old Sikh, who stabbed Nowak with a knife he claimed to be carrying for religious reasons, was sentenced to life in jail on Monday. In his post on Friday, Vance wrote that “Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by…
Residents of St. Petersburg were told not to leave their homes after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack that also targeted areas from the Black Sea to central Russia. Russia said it had intercepted hundreds of the drones, including those headed for Saint Petersburg, where it is hosting a major economic forum, as Ukraine reported at least three people killed by Russian strikes overnight. On Saturday morning, Russia’s defence ministry said it downed a total of 376 Ukrainian drones in locations along the border, including Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk and locations in Crimea and the Sea of Azov. Ukraine President Volodymyr…
Published on 06/06/2026 – 10:39 GMT+2•Updated 10:57 Under the motto ‘Lift up your eyes’, Leo XIV will travel nearly 2,500 kilometres between 6 and 12 June on his first apostolic journey to Spain since he was elected pope on 8 May 2025. The man who just over a year ago was still Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost arrived at Barajas from Rome’s Fiumicino airport, where he boarded at 8.00. Born on 14 September 1955 in Chicago, Leo XIV has deeply multicultural roots. His father was of French and Italian descent, while his mother came from a Creole family from Louisiana with…
Ein Tagestrip nach Montenegro an einen malerischen Yachthafen bildet für Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz den Abschluss einer außenpolitischen Woche, die er sich vermutlich anders vorgestellt hätte. Die historische Niederlage bei der Wahl um den Sitz im UN-Sicherheitsrat wirft Fragen auf: Wie konnte Deutschland das Rennen gegen Österreich und Portugal so deutlich verlieren und welche handwerklichen Fehler wurden im Vorfeld gemacht? Darüber sprechen Moderator Gordon Repinski und Marina Kormbaki, Redakteurin im Hauptstadtbüro des SPIEGEL und stellvertretende Ressortleiterin, direkt am Rande des EU-Westbalkan-Gipfels in Montenegro. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es jeden Morgen ab 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team liefern…
Published on 06/06/2026 – 9:19 GMT+2 New military exchanges between the United States and Iran have tested the fragile ceasefire, threatening efforts to stabilise the Middle East and restore shipping through the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. The latest escalation began on Friday when the US military said it intercepted four Iranian drones heading towards the Strait of Hormuz before carrying out strikes against Iranian coastal radar installations in Goruk and on Qeshm Island. According to US Central Command (CENTCOM), the drones posed an immediate threat to maritime traffic in the area and it “subsequently struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar…
Alyona Getmanchuk, Ukraine’s ambassador to NATO, told POLITICO that any new commitment should focus on Kyiv’s priorities such as air defense, investments in drone and missile production and extended-range ammunition. “Until effective security guarantees become available for Ukraine, we can rely only on the financial guarantees provided by our partners,” she said. After rejecting a suggestion by Rutte to devote 0.25 percent of their GDP to Ukraine last month, allies are now considering the German initiative. But the discussions remain in their early stages, three of the diplomats said. A meeting of NATO defense ministers later this month creates an…