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Landmark trial opens for Turkey opposition champion Imamoglu

Istanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu went on trial Monday in a sprawling corruption case critics say is a politically motivated bid to scupper his chances of challenging President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Khamenei's son takes charge as Iran war sends oil price soaring

Iran marked the appointment of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father as its new supreme leader with a barrage of missiles against Israel and the Gulf on Monday, as the war sent oil prices soaring.

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Lebanon reports broad Israeli strikes hitting hotel, residential building

Israeli strikes hit a Beirut hotel and a residential building in Lebanon's east, Lebanese state media said Wednesday, as Israel announced "broad-scale strikes" against Hezbollah after repeated missile and drone launches.

EU to unveil 'Made in Europe' rules despite pushback

The EU will on Wednesday unveil "Buy European" rules to boost domestic production, which Brussels says will help defend European businesses against fierce global competition, especially from China.

Nepali women still sidelined in post-uprising polls

Nepali women risked their lives in last year's deadly anti-corruption protests that toppled the government.

US says 2,000 targets hit as Iran retaliates across Gulf

Israel early Wednesday launched new attacks on Iran as the US military said it has hit nearly 2,000 targets inside the Islamic republic, which tried to impose a cost by expanding a missile and drone barrage across the region.

Iran will not 'automatically' fall after Khamenei's death, shah's widow tells AFP

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei's death is "historically significant" but will not "automatically" lead to the fall of the Iranian system, the widow of the country's last shah told AFP in an interview Tuesday.

Trump insists he struck Iran on his own terms

President Donald Trump and his team scrambled Tuesday to reclaim the narrative on why he decided to attack Iran, after his top diplomat suggested the US struck only after learning of an imminent Israeli strike.

Beirut explosion, Qatar busts spy cells: Latest developments in Mideast war

An explosion rocked the Lebanese capital and Israel said it was launching a new overnight wave of strikes on Iran, as the war engulfing the Middle East continued into Wednesday.

Hezbollah says targeted Israel's Haifa naval base after strikes on Lebanon

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it targeted northern Israel's Haifa naval base on Tuesday in response to the Israeli military's ongoing strikes against the Iran-back movement's strongholds in Lebanon, including the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Trump says US Navy could escort tankers, Iran aimed to strike first

President Donald Trump said Tuesday the US Navy was ready to escort oil tankers through a crucial Gulf shipping route, as he justified his war on Iran by saying he believed Tehran was about to strike first.

Will US oil companies be the big winners from the Iran war?

Energy prices have surged dramatically since the United States and Israel launched their attack on Iran Saturday, and that will almost certainly translate into bigger profits.

France deploys aircraft carrier to Mediterranean over Iran war

France is sending its flagship aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean in response to the widening conflict in the Middle East, President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday.

Trump threatens Spain ties over Iran war refusal

US President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to sever all trade with Spain after it refused to let US planes use its bases to attack Iran, while also lashing out at Britain for not cooperating more.

France sends aircraft carrier amid new Israel, Iran attacks: Latest developments in Middle East war

French President Emmanuel Macron ordered an aircraft carrier group to the Mediterranean in response to the widening Middle East conflict and said the US-Israel strikes on Iran were outside international law.

US says Israel killed Iran's leader

The Pentagon's policy chief on Tuesday distanced the United States from the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying he was killed by an Israeli strike.

'Not Churchill': Trump ups criticism of Starmer over Iran strikes

President Donald Trump on Tuesday stepped up his criticism of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not initially permitting American warplanes to use UK bases to strike Iran, saying "this is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with".

Brazil's economy slows as high interest rates curb growth

Brazil's economy grew 2.3 percent in 2025, cooling from the previous year as its interest rates remained among the highest in the world, official data showed Tuesday.

Trump denounces UK, Spain over Iran stance

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed out at Britain and Spain for not fully backing his attack on Iran, as he threatened to end "all trade" with Spain.

Trump says 'everything's been knocked out' in Iran

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday boasted of wide damage on Iran inflicted by the US-Israel attack, while denying that Israel had forced his hand into launching the war.

Tehran resembles ghost town as bombs rain down

Tehran feels like a ghost town, with residents who have not fled remaining shut away in their homes for fear of new explosions from the US-Israeli bombardment.

US Homeland Security chief grilled over immigration crackdown

US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief Kristi Noem came under withering criticism from Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday over the Trump administration's sweeping immigration crackdown.

Flights to evacuate stranded travellers in Middle East

Evacuation flights are set to rescue tens of thousands of travellers stranded in the Middle East even as some airlines resumed on Tuesday a limited number of scheduled flights.

Tens of thousands of Afghans displaced by Pakistan conflict

Tens of thousands of Afghans have been forced from their homes by fighting with Pakistani forces along the border in recent days, the United Nations said Tuesday.

Afghans escape from Iranian cities to get home

His hopes of reaching Turkey dashed by the Middle East war, Rashid Nazari fled back to Afghanistan where he described the search in neighbouring Iran for food, fuel and safety.

Iran targets Mideast energy industry and US missions

Drones hit the US embassy in Riyadh and more explosions rang out in Gulf cities Tuesday as Iran hit back at industrial and diplomatic targets across the Middle East and governments sought to evacuate their nationals from the region.

Thousands of Afghans displaced by Pakistan conflict

More than 8,000 Afghans have been forced from their homes by fighting with Pakistani forces along the border in recent days, the Taliban government said Tuesday.

EU asylum applications down but Iran concerns mount

Asylum applications to the EU dropped by almost 20 percent in 2025, the bloc's asylum agency said Tuesday -- warning however that a crisis in Iran could result in refugee movements of "unprecedented magnitude".

Mideast war exposes fragile oil, gas dependency

As in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, the new war in the Middle East is exposing once again how far Europe and others lag in replacing imported fossil fuels with domestic solar and wind power, specialists say.

Trump says US-UK relationship 'not like it used to be'

US President Donald Trump said the historical relationship between his country and Britain was "not like it used to be", in an interview to British daily newspaper The Sun, amid a major transatlantic fall out over US-Israeli strikes against Iran.

Eight years on, trial begins in Argentina submarine implosion

Argentina opens a trial on Tuesday into a submarine implosion that killed 44 sailors in November 2017, the country's worst naval disaster in decades, and whose circumstances remain unclear.

Beijing votes out three generals from political advisory body

China's top political advisory body voted to remove three generals, state media said, a week after nine military officials were ousted from its legislature.

The French village where Ayatollah Khomeini fomented Iran's revolution

It has been nearly 50 years since the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini recorded speeches calling for an Islamic revolution from a country home in an affluent village west of Paris.

Pakistanis at remote border describe scramble to leave Iran

Pakistani nationals hauled suitcases across the border from neighbouring Iran, describing missiles being launched and travel chaos as they scrambled to leave the country after the US and Israel launched strikes over the weekend.

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