International

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles at a US air base in Jordan. The military action was taken in retaliation for an alleged American strike near a children’s cancer facility in Iran. According to the IRGC, American troops utilized military facilities in Jordan to launch strikes against various Iranian targets, including the area near the hospital. In ...

The European Union and Britain on Tuesday signed a deal ending border checks between Spain and Gibraltar, six years after the UK officially left the bloc. EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic took part in the signing ceremony in Brussels alongside British and Spanish ministers as well as Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo. The easier crossings will start Wednesday.

European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave that engulfed the west of the continent in late June, official data showed. The vast majority — more than 9,000 — were among people aged 65 and above, according to data published by EuroMOMO, a network backed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the ...

US Senator Lindsey Graham, a key Republican who went from a vocal critic of Donald Trump to one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill after Trump became president, has died at age 71. The South Carolina lawmaker died after a “brief and sudden illness,” his office posted on X early on Sunday. US media said emergency personnel had ...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Sunday the Strait of Hormuz would be closed “until further notice” after they fired warning shots at a vessel they said used an unauthorised route, state media reported. The move threatens to further complicate efforts to salvage US-Iran negotiations after both sides exchanged strikes over the past few days and traded threats. News outlets Axios and ...

The current Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has spoken for the first time since the funeral of his father and former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A written statement from him was read out on Iranian state TV on Saturday (July 11). Mojtaba said in a written statement that the killing of his father’s killers and the people killed in the ...

The body of Iran’s former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has arrived in Iraq ahead of funeral ceremonies in the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala. According to Iran’s state-run Press TV, the aircraft carrying Khamenei’s coffin and the bodies of several family members landed at Najaf International Airport on Tuesday night. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Iraqi Prime Minister ...

Tens of thousands of demonstrators flooded a German city on Saturday, blocking major roads and disrupting public transport, but failed to halt a congress of the far-right AfD party. Many Alternative for Germany delegates arrived at the conference centre in Erfurt in the early hours, before protesters set up their blockades and the event opened on time. Protesters flocked from ...

A punishing heat wave threatened America’s July 4th celebrations, World Cup matches and power grids as near-record temperatures scorched the eastern United States on Friday. Around 160 million Americans were under either major or extreme heat warnings as the country prepared to mark the 250th anniversary of its independence, according to the National Weather Service. Celebrations on the National Mall ...

Thousands of mourners entered Tehran’s Grand Mosalla on Saturday for the funeral ceremonies of Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, AFP journalists witnessed, ahead of its official start. The main courtyard of the vast complex was filled with people as authorities imposed extensive traffic restrictions across the capital. Another AFP journalist saw mourners walking several kilometres to reach the ...