NASA's Artemis II crew has already travelled further from Earth than any humans before them, but experts warn that the most dangerous part is yet to come.
Current time inTehran11:31 a.m. April 8Beirut/Tel Aviv11:01 a.m.
The US President was on the brink of unleashing a devastating attack on Iran's bridges and power stations if it did not agree to open the vital Strait of Hormuz by 8pm EST (1am BST).
Iran cut off direct communications with the US on Tuesday afternoon as women and children formed human shields around energy sites.
US vice-president says on visit to Budapest ‘we had to show’ support for Viktor Orbán, as opposition leads pollsJD Vance has pushed back against claims that the US is interfering in Hungarian politics, describing the accusations as “darkly ironic”, as a set of polls suggested the opposition Tisza party could win a supermajority in the upcoming elections.After spending his first day in Budapest and accusing it of being behind one of the “worst examples” of foreign interference, the US vice-president spent part of Wednesday morning speaking at a thinktank and educational institution Hungary’s leader, Viktor Orbán.
I believed my baby was the second coming of Jesus, that Satan had possessed my body, and that the nurses were trying to kill me. I refused to shower, wash my hair, or clean my teeth.
Politicians warn party’s pledge to ‘punish’ countries seeking justice for slavery will harm and isolate BritainCommonwealth politicians say they will not back down from seeking reparations as UK public figures, including a former Reform insider, warn the rightwing party’s pledge to “punish” countries seeking justice for slavery would harm and isolate Britain.This week, Reform UK said they would from Britain if they took power.
Israel launched a major offensive against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Iran threatened to retaliate if the strikes were not “immediately halted.” The Trump administration and Iran disagree about whether Lebanon was included in the truce.
Israeli military says it hit 100 sites linked to militants as Netanyahu and Trump insist deal does not cover Lebanon
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.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has intensified its standoff with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), following a high-profile protest in Abuja on Tuesday that drew several prominent political figures. Leading the demonstration were the party’s National Chairman, David Mark; National Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola; former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; Peter Obi; Rotimi Amaechi; and Rabiu Musa […]
Trump says U.S. will work closely with Iran, which, he claims, has undergone "regime change," and will be talking about tariff and sanctions relief; he says there would be no enrichment of uranium and said many of the 15 points in the U.S. plan proposed to Iran have been agreed to
Current time inTehran8:41 p.m. April 8Beirut/Tel Aviv8:11 p.m.
Iran and the US have agreed a temporary ceasefire after 39 days of war. James C. Reynolds reports on the costs of the conflict to date
Lee Zeldin opens conference for Heartland Institute, which once compared climate advocates to the UnabomberLee Zeldin, the administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), gave the keynote speech at a conference on Wednesday morning, one which was hosted by a prominent climate-denying thinktank that previously compared those concerned about the climate crisis on billboard posters in 2012.“No longer are we going to rely on bad, flawed assumptions instead of accurate, present-day facts, without apology or regret,” Zeldin said at the Heartland Institute’s conference on climate change in Washington DC, referring to well-established climate science.
Iran has halted oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz and demanded that Israel cease its attacks on Lebanon as Donald Trump's crumbling truce faced backlash.
Israel's confrontation with its regional nemesis leaves Iran both standing and strategically stronger, analysts say.
Donald Trump has claimed that the US and Iran are launching a 'joint venture' in the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran prepares to rake in $1 million per vessel.
Rooted in colonialism, legislation backed by governments eager for popularity is obstructing real progress for queer minoritiesHello and welcome to The Long Wave. It’s Morgan here, covering for Nesrine this week. There has been a recent rise in anti-LGBTQ legislation across a number of African countries that already have strict sexuality laws.I spoke with LGBTQ+ people and activists fighting against the narrative that their identities are an imported “western” creation to better understand the impact of these new laws, why they are happening, and how foreign lobbying groups are pushing for more draconian laws.
Backchannel diplomatic efforts by Pakistan appear to have finally paid off, as the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire after weeks of escalating hostilities triggered by US-Israeli strikes on February 28 that quickly spiralled into a wider regional conflict.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. has received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and “believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate”
Behind Israel's policies on lethal force and withheld bodies lies a system that no longer distinguishes between danger and the claim of it
Iran's Supreme National Security Council says 10-point proposal to U.S. includes acceptance of enrichment
Live facial recognition cameras are to be introduced. New national mapping technology is being shared with police which is capable of identifying the worst hotspots.
Oil tankers used to sail down the middle of the Strait of Hormuz. But since Feb 28, any seeking to cross the 21-mile-wide waterway have had to take a detour.
Plus, Britain bars Ye over antisemitism. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
The lack of a coherent strategy on Iran is impossible to ignore The post first appeared on .
Benjamin Netanyahu was invited to make his case for war in the Situation Room, the New York Times reports, a venue rarely used for in-person briefings with foreign leaders.
‘A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,’ Trump wrote hours before his ‘final’ deadline for Iran expires
Anxiety grips Iran with looming threats of US-led strikes targeting civilian sites, in violation of international law.
I have spent my adult life watching liberal democracies tie themselves in knots over their values while their adversaries face no such constraints.
The fight to define MAGA’s future is turning ugly—and more extreme The post first appeared on .
Rapper, who had been due to headline London festival for three days, has been denied entry to the UK
The strikes came just hours after a two-week truce between the US and Iran was announced - which Israeli prime minister insisted did not include Lebanon
Behind the Numbers The Truth About Gaza's Death ListScroll downGaza's fatalities list is an explosive and controversial document. Critics claim the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry duplicates names, counts Hamas militants as civilians and inflates the number of women and minors.
Report comes as ceasefire looks increasingly shaky, Lebanese PM says Israel is killing unarmed civilians as Trump says country not included in ceasefireA genocidal threat, and then the US president, Donald Trump, blinked – without any apparently meaningful concessions from Iran. As in so much concerning the second Trump administration, the two week ceasefire “deal” that will see the strait of Hormuz reopened – if it can be described as such – is maddeningly vague and short on detail, apparently kicking the can on key issues down the road.Iran’s nuclear issue, Trump said, would be solved “perfectly.” “It was a big day for world peace”, Trump posted on Truth Social. “Iran can start reconstruction” he added. “Big money” could be made. Yada. Yada. Yada.
Armed men have raided Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, apparently with support from the Israeli army.
‘Largest coordinated strike’ against Hezbollah since war began prompts warnings Iran could pull out of ceasefire Israel has carried out its largest attack on Lebanon since its war with Hezbollah began, killing at least 254 people and wounding 837 , in an assault that prompted Iranian officials to warn Tehran could withdraw from the ceasefire agreed with the US overnight.Warplanes levelled several buildings in the centre of Beirut, filling the skies with smoke in what Israel’s defence minister said was “a surprise strike” on the pro-Iranian group Hezbollah.
Inclusion of Lebanon is significant difference in interpretation of truce agreed at 11th hour on TuesdayThe fate of the two-week ceasefire in the Iran conflict looked uncertain on Wednesday as both sides gave divergent versions of what had been agreed, Israel intensified its bombing campaign in Lebanon and Iran halted the passage of oil tankers because of an alleged Israeli ceasefire breach.Iran and Pakistan, which brokered the , both asserted that the ceasefire included Lebanon. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, disagreed and Israeli forces unleashed their so far on more than 100 targets and killing at least 112 people.
We are told we have passed the peak of radical gender ideology and trans activism. The Supreme Court has ruled that sex means biological sex.
Israel’s army says it carries out the largest coordinated strike across Lebanon since its renewed war on the country.
The heavily inked Special Air Services soldier - a Victoria Cross recipient - has quietly removed one of his myriad tattoos that cover his chiselled upper torso.
As teachers eagerly adopt its free lesson plans and the White House boosts its videos, PragerU is intent on one goal: attracting young people to conservatismIn the fall of 2013, a silver-haired conservative radio host named Dennis Prager flew to Texas to woo a pair of rightwing billionaires. A few years earlier, Prager had co-founded a digital education non-profit, Prager University, which created snappy five-minute videos that promoted capitalism and “Judeo-Christian values”. The billionaires, fracking tycoons , were big fans.Inside Farris Wilks’ home theater, the brothers and more than 20 members of their family sat transfixed as Prager outlined a plan to transform PragerU from a niche internet oddity into a mainstream media empire. He just needed a lot more cash.
As the clock ticked toward President Donald Trump's 8pm Eastern deadline for Iran to come to the negotiating table, panic gripped the nation.
President threatens in Truth Social post to annihilate Iran if government ignores deadline to reopen strait of HormuzDonald Trump on Tuesday morning threatened to completely annihilate the entirety of Iranian civilization should their government ignore his 8pm ET deadline to reopen the strait of Hormuz.The president’s own words, posted publicly and tied to a specific deadline and set of demands, provide unusually direct evidence of intent to violate international law, and were being met with shock and dismay by Democrats and a growing number of prominent conservatives.
Anas Sarwar has been privately lobbying Ed Miliband to push for more drilling in the North Sea. The Scottish Labour leader revealed he had texted and telephoned the Energy Secretary to call for the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields to be given the go-ahead.
Donald Trump has furiously attacked America's NATO allies for 'turning their backs' on the US and denied that the Strait of Hormuz is closed.
The Middle East’s best hope may be that the US president continues to rebadge strategic defeat as successBoth the US and Iran claimed victory on Wednesday morning. Both were lying. The two-week ceasefire announced by Donald Trump the night before is not the triumph that he declared. It may not be an end to the war, as welcome as the pause is, or even last the fortnight. Mr Trump said that Iran has gone through regime change. It has not. If anything, less experienced, less readable but more hardline figures are now in charge. He said that the strait of Hormuz would be open; Iran said that ships would pass through with permission, and at a price.By Wednesday evening, Iranian state media said that the strait was closed after Israel unleashed a brutal assault on Lebanon: about 100 strikes in 10 minutes. Iran had insisted that Lebanon was part of the deal, while Mr Trump . This conflict has killed thousands in the region, including children, and left many more exhausted, terrified and traumatised, while the aggressors have of their intent to commit war crimes.
As a doctor who has worked in a conflict zone, I’ve seen spaces that were once considered sacrosanct become fair game in war. This has to endEaster weekend marked one of the most intense moments so far of Israel’s war on Lebanon. At around 2pm on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces bombed a densely populated, residential area near the Rafik Hariri University hospital, Lebanon’s largest public hospital, killing at .When I worked at the hospital in 2020, I treated the most vulnerable people in Lebanese society: migrant workers, stateless Palestinians, Syrian refugees. What happened on Sunday is consistent with what seems to be Israel’s broader strategy in Lebanon: and say the IDF is crippling healthcare infrastructure, targeting hospitals and medics, sometimes when they are sitting in ambulances or in first aid centres. Israel is also forcing the displacement of civilians on a large scale, rendering parts of the country unlivable, while Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that the doesn’t apply to Lebanon tells us that this is far from over.Seema Jilani is a paediatric physician based in Texas and a member of the Council of Foreign RelationsDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our section, please .
A major escalation in Lebanon by Israel threatens to derail the Iran ceasefire less than a day after it was announced