Iran war live: Trump threatens Tehran; Saudi, UAE report drone attacks
Peace talks remain deadlocked as drones hit sites in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Peace talks remain deadlocked as drones hit sites in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has defended Spain’s boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation, saying ‘silence is not an option’ while citing the genocide in Gaza and the ‘illegal war’ on Lebanon. Published On 16 May 202616 May 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on…
11m ago Trump says Iran went back on allowing U.S. to remove highly enriched uranium President Trump said Monday that Iran had informed his administration it would allow the U.S. to come in and help extract its highly enriched uranium, but that Tehran retracted that offer in its latest ceasefire proposal. “They changed their…
The Israeli military told people living in seven villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate their homes on Friday. Israel Defense Forces spokesman Avichay Adraee issued an “urgent warning” to people in Al-Namriyah, Tayr Filisiya, Hallusiyah, Upper Hallusiyah, Turah, Marakah and Al-Abbayiyya, saying if they didn’t leave, their lives would be in danger. Adraee, who has…
The coordinated attacks that shook Mali on 25-27 April 2026 are not an anomaly. They are the culmination of a long, deteriorating security trajectory–one that has steadily eroded state authority, exposed strategic miscalculations, and now threatens to overwhelm national and regional security architectures. At the centre of this crisis lies a troubling reality: Mali is…
Ahead of its own midnight ceasefire on Wednesday (Tuesday 22:00 GMT), Ukraine also launched a series of aerial attacks on Russia, hitting an industrial area in Kirishi in the Leningrad region and a factory that produces military components in Cheboksary, in the Chuvash Republic.
The leader of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah has reiterated the group’s rejection of an ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that was brokered by the U.S. “There is no ceasefire in Lebanon, but rather continuous Israeli-American aggression,” declared Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem in a written statement Monday, vowing that Hezbollah would “remain patient and continue…
The Minority Caucus on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has called for urgent and decisive action following recent xenophobic attacks on Ghanaians living in South Africa. In a statement issued in Accra on April 29, the caucus expressed concern about what it described as a growing pattern of violence against foreign nationals, including Ghanaians, in areas…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called on African leaders to strongly condemn the recurring xenophobic attacks against West African nationals in South Africa, particularly Ghanaians. He said the incidents undermined the core values of Pan-Africanism and urged immediate and decisive steps to halt the attacks and safeguard the rights and…
The European Union, in a statement, condemned the attack, offering “sincere condolences to the families of the victims and to the Malian authorities.” Africa Corps, a Russian paramilitary group, has described the coordinated terror attacks across Mali on Saturday as a coup attempt supported by “Western intelligence services.” PREMIUM TIMES reported that many locations including…