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Pakistan maintains ‘delicate balancing act’ as it hosts Iran talks
Foreign ministers meet in Islamabad, seeking to de-escalate the US-Israel war on Iran.
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Foreign ministers meet in Islamabad, seeking to de-escalate the US-Israel war on Iran.
Israel said it launched a wave of strikes targeting infrastructure in Tehran and other areas, and Iran retaliated. The speaker of Iran’s parliament accused the Trump administration of engaging in a front of diplomacy while “secretly planning a ground invasion.”
Current time inTehran10:08 p.m. March 29Tel Aviv9:38 p.m.
Hours before the world learned that a US missile had hit Shajareh Tayyebeh school, parents were already searching the rubble for their sons and daughters. In this exclusive report, four families describe the events of 28 FebruaryWhen Marzieh heard the first bang, an almighty crash that rattled the room, her first thought went to her youngest son, Mohammad. He must have got out on to the balcony and discovered a new game, she thought: using all of his small might to smash its sliding doors closed. Marzieh stood up from where she was working at her sewing machine, and shouted for him to stop.
Current time inTehran8:23 a.m. March 29Tel Aviv7:53 a.m.
Rebels’ participation puts vital maritime routes at greater risk
Fresh Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping would be devastating – but the Iranian proxy has reasons to be cautiousThe true significance of into the Iran war depends on whether the Tehran-backed proxy group is intending to send a few missiles and drones from a distance towards Israel or will instead capitalise on its proximity to the narrow Bab al-Mandab strait to effectively close off the Red Sea to shipping, just as Iran has effectively shut the strait of Hormuz.The combined effect of both waterways being shut to commercial traffic from countries that neither the Iranians nor Houthis favour would be devastating. Napoleon Bonaparte’s remark that “the policy of a state lies in its geography” has never seemed more apt.
Defense chiefs are bracing for what insiders describe as a 'major escalation', though any military action is expected to stop short of an all-out invasion.
Erased Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West BankScroll downCredit: Avishay Mohar, B'TselemHagar ShezafShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppThese images appear again and again – from the ground, from the air, and on maps: dozens of Palestinian communities wiped off the landscape, while illegal Israeli settler outposts continue to spread across the West Bank.Since October 7, 2023, this phenomenon has intensified significantly. Unlike the war in Gaza, there is no discussion in Israel about ending this parallel campaign of dispossession.
Strip away the campaign slogans, and a very different portrait emerges. It's one of a man chillingly sympathetic to radical extremism.
The lawlessness and brutality of the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza have now spread to other parts of the world.
The statue isn’t about preserving history – it’s about asserting the power to rewrite itThe Trump administration recently took a position on a man with a documented record of genocide and enslavement. “In this White House,” a last week, following on the grounds of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, “Christopher Columbus is a hero.”It is worth pausing on that word. A hero, in the civic sense, is not merely someone whom people admire. It is someone whose story the country agrees to tell in a particular way. Heroism is a narrative decision.Jamil Smith is a Guardian US columnist
As her dark debut about a tradwife who wakes up in the past is made into a film by Anne Hathaway, the novelist explores the sinister truth behind the barefoot influencers Gingham dresses, linen aprons; toddlers smiling toothily out from their perch on a perfectly cocked hip. And the mothers holding these babies? They’re beautiful, obviously. They speak in a whisper. Their skin tone is varied in the exact range and spectrum of honey.Tradwife. It’s a frilly word, the kind that holds a gun to your head and demands you say it in sing-song. The media coverage of the phenomenon has been as breathless and decidedly feminised as the term itself. I have yet to find an article on the topic that was not written by a woman, which feels ironic, given that the term – as well as the vision therein – was originally coined and circulated by men, born out of the dank, murky caves of online “incel” forums, where anonymous usernames set forth the deeply unoriginal vision of a wife who would do everything the real women in their lives refused to do: manage the house, give birth to children, have sex on command, and most importantly, ask nothing in return.
As one of its unnegotiable demands for peace with the United States after four weeks of war, the Islamic Republic has demanded the eradication of American presence in the Gulf.
Iran Parliament speaker says U.S. plots ground attack despite diplomatic efforts
The defense secretary is upending decades-old norms, and current and former leaders say his proselytizing violates the Constitution and undermines troop cohesion.
Tristan Roberts, 18, who killed his mother with a hammer, was an avid user of Chinese-owned DeepSeek.
Deborah Green was a charismatic woman who established a ‘free love ministry’ in California, claiming to be a vessel for God. She was also a controlling, cruel sadist. Her daughter Sarah talks about her terrifying upbringing – and dramatic escapeSarah Green realised things weren’t right in the religious community where she was raised when her mother forced three of its members to live in a locked shed. All three were women, disowned by their husbands, and forced to live off scraps of food. Her mother, Deborah Green, said they had been judged by God and this was their punishment. One of the women, an old family friend called Maura, was made to wear a white sackcloth dress and renamed Forsaken. The other two women were renamed Barren and Despised.Sarah is a strong, striking woman with a keen sense of irony and a joyous cackle of a laugh. But now she’s in tears. “I felt sickened to my gut. Even though I’d been groomed and my mom told me, ‘I’m God’s oracle, so therefore I hear what God wants for everybody, and this is what they have to go through because they’re sinning’, it didn’t make sense to me.” She sniffs back her tears. “Sorry, I’m getting emotional. So when they locked the people in the shed, I’d sneak them food. I just didn’t understand why Maura, who was part of our membership, had kids, all of a sudden was being forced to live like an animal and do the most degrading things. I didn’t understand why.” Sarah is wailing, as if she’s been transported back to the little girl she was at the time. “What had she done? I didn’t see anything, and I grew up around them. So from that moment you lived in fear, because you could be the next person on the chopping block.” Sarah eventually discovered that Maura’s sin was that she had refused to beat her children.
• Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain hit by Iranian missiles, drones; strike wounds US troops at Saudi airbase• Drone strike disrupts shipping hub in Salalah• Explosions rock Tehran as Israeli attacks intensify; Iran halts steel production• IRGC warns of retaliation against regional economic infrastructure• Israel reports 5,689 wartime injuries; hospitals under pressure• Vance says US nearing exit but war to continue a ‘little longer’
Standing in front of a mural in Belfast of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands, Gerry Adams could not contain his delight.
An organisation founded by Jonathan Powell, the Prime Minister's national security adviser (NSA), received the money in a series of payments.
A dossier of 52 cases reveals victims have been tortured with chokeholds and restraints and have been raped and threatened with combat weapons by 'kill-trained' elite troops.
Tourists, expats and cabin crew have been detained in overcrowded police cells and prisons as they fall foul of draconian laws that purport to protect 'national security and stability'.
Netanyahu says decision is aimed strengthening Israel’s security along the northern frontier; Iran’s parliament speaker says forces ‘are waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set them on fire’Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has condemned Israel’s killing of three journalists in Lebanon on Saturday.On his Telegram, Araghchi said the killings amounted to “targeted assassination” and “flagrant violation of international law”. He said they were a way of silencing “the voices of those who tell the truth”.
Forced evacuation orders have displaced more than 1mn people in Lebanon
Tehran says it will confront any land attack, as Houthi missiles fired at Israel signal further escalation in regionIran has warned the US that it is prepared to confront any ground assault, accusing Washington of secretly planning a land attack while publicly seeking talks, as the war that has killed thousands of people and caused the biggest-ever disruption to global energy supplies entered its second month.As efforts to find a negotiated conclusion to hostilities inched forward with a meeting of regional powers in Pakistan, there were signs of further escalation over the weekend as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis entered the conflict for the first time, and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said his country was widening its invasion of southern Lebanon.
Download our app Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, threatened American troops, stating they would be 'set on fire,' and vowed to 'punish' regional partners. Qalibaf affirmed Iran's continued 'firing' and the readiness of its 'missiles,' indicating an escalation of tensions.
The latest missile test came days after Kim Jong Un delivered a speech pledging to irreversibly cement his country's status as a nuclear power.
So who are the manosphere influencers that parents should be aware of?
This blog is closed. Thailand has struck an agreement with Iran to allow Thai oil vessels safe passage through the strait of Hormuz, said Thai prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul.“An agreement has been reached to allow Thai oil tankers to transit safely through the Strait of Hormuz,” he told a press conference on Saturday. He said the development would alleviate concerns over fuel imports.
Three victims of SNP sex predator Jordan Linden have called for a full-scale probe into the Scottish Youth Parliament after it dismissed them as liars more than a decade ago.
Haas driver lucky to escape 190mph crash with bruisingLeading Formula One figures request a safety reviewDrivers and leading figures within Formula One have called for urgent action given their serious concern over the potential dangers now inherent in the sport after Britain’s Oliver Bearman suffered a huge accident at the Japanese Grand Prix.The crash, caused by cars coming at one another at enormously different speeds, was described by Bearman as “scary” and by his team principal as a “lucky escape”. The race was ultimately won by Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli, the 19-year-old in the process becoming the youngest driver to lead the world championship.
Ruben Saraiva grew up as a 'shy' boy who loved football in Reading, Berkshire but now faces life in a hellhole jail in Albania for his role in an orchestrated gang hit on a father of four.
Tiger Woods' TGL teammate Kevin Kisner has branded the golf legend's arrest for DUI 'very disturbing' when he opened up on it during the Houston Open.
Current time inTehran8:39 a.m. March 29Tel Aviv8:09 a.m.
Top Iranian war leader accuses US of using diplomatic efforts as cover for ground operations
Israel has sent troops into the south of Lebanon as it seeks to destroy the Iranian-backed terror group, who dragged the country into the war by sending a barrage of missiles at Israel.
The pain that had followed Noelia Castillo for years, through mental health issues, sexual violence and a paraplegic body, would be over in minutes.
Thousands of US marines arrive in Middle East amid reports American president considering sending 10,000 troops
Follow all the latest updates on the conflict in the Middle East as the war enters its second month.
Iran's statement follows the arrival of a US navy ship and 3,500 marines in the Middle East. The post appeared first on .
The Yemeni group pledges more attacks on Israel as fears mount that the worsening conflict will spiral out of control.
A former Russian model who was one of Epstein's many victims has broken her silence over the damning photograph of Peter Mandelson in an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is concerned about settler violence.
Iran President lauds Pakistan for mediation to stop U.S., Israel 'aggression'; significant damage to Kuwait airport radar in drone attack: authorities
John Swinney was last night forced to issue a grovelling apology to the victims of SNP sex predator Jordan Linden.
The costs of dragging out the conflict could be very high indeed
Heathrow’s third runway is under threat from a mounting conflict between airport bosses and airlines over costs and customer service. The long-delayed £49bn project is crucial to Labour hopes of growth and Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to do “whatever it takes” to begin construction before the next election in 2029.
Blockade of strait, one of the world's busiest maritime routes, would prove disastrous for global economy.