British police have arrested seven people on suspicion of supporting the banned group Palestine Action at a protest near a Royal Air Force (RAF) air base in eastern England used by United States forces. The five men and two women arrested at a peace encampment just outside the Lakenheath airbase had gathered with other activists … Read moreUK police arrest seven protesters near RAF base used by US
The leaders of Ukraine and Syria have pledged greater security cooperation, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Kyiv offers its military expertise to governments across the Middle East region amid the US-Israeli war on Iran. Zelenskyy held talks with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Sunday, in his first trip to the Syrian capital since … Read moreUkraine and Syria to cooperate on security, Zelenskyy says
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has agreed to increase oil output quotas by 206,000 barrels per day for May, a rise that is largely symbolic as some of its key members are unable to raise production due to the US-Israeli war on Iran. The war has effectively blocked the Strait of Hormuz … Read moreOPEC+ agrees to hike oil output, warns of slow recovery after attacks
Iran’s only functioning nuclear plant, the Bushehr power plant, has come under repeated attacks in the ongoing Israel and US war on Iran, raising fears of a possible nuclear incident that could prove “catastrophic” across all Gulf countries. The latest attack on the plant came on Saturday, after missiles hit a location close to the … Read moreWhy an attack on Bushehr nuclear plant would be catastrophic for the Gulf
A Dutch court has ordered Elon Musk’s xAI to stop generating and distributing nude images of people without their consent in the Netherlands, warning it would impose fines of 100,000 euros ($115,350) per day for noncompliance. The Amsterdam District Court ruled Thursday that xAI’s Grok artificial intelligence tool and the X platform that hosts it … Read moreDutch court bans xAI’s Grok from generating nonconsensual nude images
London’s Metropolitan Police warns that anyone showing support for Palestine Action is now “likely to be arrested”, weeks after the force said it would not do so. Police had said in February that it would refrain from arresting supporters following the High Court’s ruling that the ban on Palestine Action as a terror group was … Read moreIn U-turn, UK police say Palestine Action protesters will be arrested again
Oil prices have climbed higher amid fading hopes of deescalation in the Iran war following Tehran’s denial that talks with the United States are under way. Futures for Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose nearly 2 percent on Thursday to top $104 per barrel after Tehran dismissed reports of direct negotiations with US President Donald … Read moreOil prices rise higher as Iran denies US talks, dimming deescalation hopes
Tasnim Israel says it has killed the Iranian navy chief overseeing what is a near-total blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Alireza Tangsiri, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) navy, was “directly responsible for the terrorist act of bombing and blocking the Strait of Hormuz”, and has been “blown up”, according to Israel’s … Read moreIsrael says it has killed Iran’s navy chief overseeing Strait of Hormuz blockade
France heads to the polls on Sunday for local elections to usher in mayors and city council members, in a final round of voting. The municipal elections, which come a year before France’s presidential vote, offer a glimpse of the country’s political landscape. The first round on Sunday showed France’s far-right party, the National Rally, … Read more‘Unpleasant surprises’: Will key French cities elect far-right mayors?
Social media has played a large role in declining happiness among young people in Western countries, a United Nations-backed report has found. Heavy social media use partly explains a “worrying decline” in the wellbeing of young people in the West, the latest edition of the annual World Happiness Report said on Wednesday. In total, 15 … Read moreSocial media making young people less happy, report finds