North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) formally reappointed Kim Jong-un as president of the State Affairs Commission during its first session of the 15th term held Sunday, according to state media. The decision marks Kim’s third consecutive term at the helm of the country’s highest policy guidance body since the commission was established in 2016, […]
Iran’s military renewed threats on Thursday to destroy the region’s energy infrastructure were its facilities to be attacked again during the US-Israel war with the Islamic republic. “We warn the enemy that you made a major mistake in attacking the energy infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the response is underway and not […]
China condemned on Thursday the killing of Iranian national security chief Ali Larijani by an Israeli air strike, calling it “unacceptable”. Beijing is a partner of Iran but has also criticised Tehran’s strikes against Gulf states housing US military bases. Larijani was the highest-profile Iranian killed since supreme leader Ali Khamenei and other senior figures […]
The repercussions of the war in the Middle East would be felt globally, Iran’s top diplomat said on Wednesday, suggesting more Western officials should push back against the conflict. “Wave of global repercussions has only begun and will hit all — regardless of wealth, faith, or race,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on X, […]
Britain and Rwanda crossed swords at an international court Wednesday, with Kigali seeking more than £100 million it says London still owes from a scrapped deal to deport migrants. Officials from the two countries clashed in the oak-panelled Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, set up in 1899 to settle contractual disputes between […]
Hundreds of new jobs are set to be created across the United Kingdom as Nigerian banks, fintech companies and creative industry businesses scale up operations in Britain, coinciding with President Bola Tinubu’s state visit to the country, the British government has announced. Tinubu, accompanied by his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, arrived at London Stansted Airport […]
Six months after joining anti-corruption protests that rocked Nepal, 23-year-old Amrita Ban will vote in Thursday’s election, hoping the new government will realise the movement’s demands. Last September’s violence, in which at least 77 people were killed, parliament set on fire and the government ousted, still shadows her today. “It took months to sleep properly […]
France has deployed Rafale fighter jets over the United Arab Emirates to protect its naval and air bases against Iranian attacks, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Tuesday. France has hundreds of navy, air force and army personnel based in the United Arab Emirates. Its Rafale aircraft are stationed at the Dhafra base near Abu Dhabi. […]
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on Monday his agency has “no indication” that any nuclear installations have been damaged or hit in Iran following US and Israeli strikes on the country. Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Reza Najafi said however that the key nuclear site Natanz had been attacked. […]
Black smoke rose from the US embassy in Kuwait on Monday, an AFP correspondent saw, while US warplanes crashed without causing casualties, as Iran pressed on with a third day of retaliation in the Gulf. A US base and a power station were also targeted, in what was the most dramatic escalation for the small […]
