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Footage from the scene showed a burnt‑out vehicle on Al‑Rashid Street, while mourners later gathered at Shifa and Al Aqsa hospitals before his burial. Al Jazeera and Palestinian health officials said Wishah died in the targeted strike on Wednesday, adding to growing concern over the safety of media workers in the war‑torn enclave, where journalists have continued reporting under fire. Israel’s military said Wishah had previously been identified as a member of Hamas, reviving allegations first made in 2024, while Al Jazeera rejected the claim and described his killing as a deliberate attack on the press. The Committee to Protect…
While the specific details of an Iran-US ceasefire agreement — or even a long-term deal — seem very much up in the air, a key demand from Tehran will likely be the return of Iranian assets frozen abroad. Both current reporting on the ongoing negotiations as well as a history of conditioning their approval with the release of funds stashed overseas suggest this demand will come on top of a broader request for the US to lift all primary and secondary sanctions imposed on Iran. The exact value of Iran’s frozen assets is unclear, but several estimates place the total…
She is due to stand trial on July 7 on charges that her post quoting Okamoto constitutes an apology for terrorism. French daily Le Parisien reported last week that “a few grams of synthetic drugs” had been found in Hassan’s handbag as she was being detained. The Paris prosecutor’s office said shortly after that a substance “resembling” 3-MMC — a common designer drug — had been identified, but that further tests were needed. Hassan has consistently pushed back against the allegations, saying she had only carried cannabidiol (CBD) products that were legally purchased in Brussels. CBD is a chemical that…
Published on 09/04/2026 – 15:07 GMT+2 The head of Iran’s nuclear energy agency ruled out any restrictions on the country’s enrichment of uranium on Thursday, saying the demand by the United States and Israel “will not come true.” “The claims and demands of our enemies to restrict Iran’s enrichment programme are merely wishes that will be buried,” Mohammad Eslami was quoted as saying by Iran’s ISNA news agency. His remarks came with talks set to take place at the end of the week between Iran and the United States under Pakistani mediation. “All the conspiracies and actions of our enemies,…
Martin rejected the protesters’ demands for a meeting, saying they did not represent any industry body and were trying to blackmail the government. It would set a dangerous precedent, he said, particularly given that the government last month already cut tax on petrol and diesel by 15 cents and 20 cents per liter, respectively. “The gun cannot be put to the head of government, any government, in this manner,” Martin said, noting how the protesters were refusing to reopen O’Connell Street unless they could gain access to his own Government Buildings office. “Everybody will be doing that every week,” he…
Pro-Tehran groups are using AI to create slick internet memes in English to try to shape the narrative during the Iran war in a bid to foster opposition to it, experts say. According to analysts, the memes appear to be coming from groups linked to the government in Tehran and are part of a strategy of leveraging its limited resources to inflict damage on the US, even indirectly. “This is a propaganda war for them,” Neil Lavie-Driver, an AI researcher at the University of Cambridge, said, referring to Tehran. “Their goal is to sow enough discontent with the conflict as…
The Solomon Islands, a small island nation in Oceania, recorded its best post-Covid tourism season so far in 2025. This is mainly due to increased promotional and marketing activity, as well as the country hosting key regional conferences last year, such as the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting and the Pacific Ministers Water and Wastewater Management Meeting. Tourist numbers from January to December last year surged by 13.6%, compared to 2024, according to the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office (SINSO), with a total of 28,548 visitors recorded in 2025. This is only 382 less than the record 28,930 tourists…
Bardella’s press team did not respond to a request for a comment. Bardella and de Bourbon have been romantically linked since they were caught on camera leaving a media event together and taking the same car in January. Asked if he was in a relationship with de Bourbon later that month, Bardella said he was a happy man and no longer single, but that “my private life belongs to me.” Scrutiny of Bardella’s private life is certain to increase as France gets closer to next year’s presidential election. He is set to run as the National Rally candidate if Marine…
The European Union has strongly condemned Israel’s fresh wave of strikes against Lebanon, warning that the military escalation threatens to unravel the fragile ceasefire deal struck between the United States and Iran to end the war. Pakistan, which brokered the deal, said the truce would cover Lebanon “effective immediately”. But Israel quickly contradicted that assertion and launched new action, killing at least 254 people on Wednesday, according to Lebanese authorities. The figure marked the highest single-day death toll in the yearslong war between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shiite militia. “Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into the war, but Israel’s right to…
Asked on France Inter whether the leaks had prompted Barrot to withhold certain pieces of information during meetings of European foreign ministers, the French minister responded that they had indeed “cast doubt on the integrity of our deliberations.” “We must remain united,” Barrot added. Last month, the European Commission called the leaks “greatly concerning.” Though there has not been a formal European response, the EU has limited the flow of confidential material to Hungary and leaders have been meeting in smaller groups as a consequence. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has long been one of Europe’s most pro-Russian leaders. Budapest and…