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A top White House official has said Iran is on the brink of an “extreme calamity” and hunger as the US is counting on economic pressure to secure its objectives in the conflict.
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Trump demands Hakeem Jeffries ‘impeachment’ after top House Dem trashes Supreme Court
President Trump suggested Sunday that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries should be punished after the Brooklyn Democrat rebuked the Supreme Court over its ruling last week striking down Louisiana’s congressional map and weakening Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
· Ryan King
Watch: Moment United Airlines flight strikes vehicle during landing
A dashcam inside a delivery lorry shows the moment a United Airlines flight clipped the vehicle as it approached Newark Liberty International Airport outside of New York City.
South Korea verifying if vessel was hit in Hormuz
South Korea is checking intelligence that reported a South Korean-flagged vessel was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, Yonhap News reported on Monday.
· Middleeasteye
Seattle to host 2026 FIFA World Cup for the first time: 5 things to know about the Emerald City
SEATTLE — Few cities in North America can lay claim to better summer weather than Seattle, neatly nestled in the Pacific Northwest with sunny skies and little humidity after Memorial Day.
· Associated Press
Channing Tatum keeps the cryptic posts coming after ex Zoë Kravitz’s engagement to Harry Styles: ‘I’m letting go’
Channing Tatum shared more cryptic posts after his ex Zoë Kravitz became engaged to Harry Styles.
· Tamantha Ryan
Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini brutally trolled by ESPN show following photo scandal
Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini were brutally roasted on ESPN following their photo scandal.
· Tamantha Ryan
Driver injured after truck was struck by United plane landing at Newark airport
Delivery truck driver emerged with minor injuries after underside of jet hit tractor trailer in New Jersey on Sunday
· Ramon Antonio Vargas
Alex Cooper and Matt Kaplan sleeping in separate rooms as marriage ‘tension’ brews: report
Alex Cooper and husband Matt Kaplan are allegedly dealing with “a lot of tension” in their marriage.
· Eric Todisco
‘The Pitt’ star blasts ‘f–king disrespectful’ fans yelling at her during Broadway show
“The Pitt” star Isa Briones slammed fans for being “f–king disrespectful” during a Broadway performance over the weekend.
· Connor Surmonte
Opinion: War on Iran has triggered a fundamental crisis of trust in the nuclear non-proliferation treaty
As diplomats convene in New York from 27 April to 22 May for the latest session of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Review Conference, its credibility is under unprecedented strain, Former Chief of Iran's National Security and Foreign Relations Committee Seyed Hossein Mousavian writes for…
· Middleeasteye
Energy crisis fuels calls to cut methane emissions
PARIS, France — World officials pushed Monday for faster action to reduce methane emissions from the fossil fuel sector, arguing it would both help slow climate change and boost energy security as the Middle East war chokes off supply.
· Agence France-Presse
23 bystanders killed in Sweden shootings in three years: police
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Twenty-three innocent bystanders have been killed and 30 wounded in gangland shootings in Sweden in the past three years, according to statistics released Monday that highlighted its battle to rein in violent crime.
· Agence France-Presse
[Breaking] Korean vessel reports damage in Hormuz; no casualties
Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts i…
· Jung Min-kyung
What is hantavirus, suspected in deaths of three people on cruise ship?
Three dead due to suspected outbreak of rare Hantavirus on cruise ship
· Sarah Shamim
My darling boy was slain in cold blood. Now, thanks to Newsom, his killer will go free
A grieving SoCal mother says the killer of her 14-year-old son will go free – thanks to a woke criminal justice law backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
· Ben Chapman
Israeli attacks kill dozens within days in Lebanon despite ceasefire
Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed 20 people on Sunday, Lebanon's health ministry says - marking one of the deadliest few days there since a ceasefire began just over two weeks ago.
· Samantha Granville
Israeli MP calls for 'conquest, expulsion, settlement' as she tours Gaza boundary
An Israeli lawmaker has called for the occupation of Gaza and the expulsion of its residents, describing it as the only way to achieve security in Israel.
· Middleeasteye
Israel killing Palestinians ‘like we haven't since 1967’, top commander says
Israel’s top commander in the occupied West Bank has said the army is killing Palestinians at levels “not seen since 1967”, according to Haaretz.
· Middleeasteye
War preparations under way in Iran as Hormuz tensions with US escalate
Iran says it fired missiles at US warship to prevent it entering Hormuz
· Maziar Motamedi
Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’: Can US navy ‘guide’ stuck ships out of Hormuz?
United States President Donald Trump has said Washington will guide ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz to safety – in an initiative dubbed “Project Freedom” – signalling a potential challenge to Iran’s blockade of the strategic waterway.
· Caolán Magee
2 US merchant ships have successfully transited through Strait of Hormuz: US military
WASHINGTON - Two US commercial ships have successfully passed through the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command said Monday, as it is supporting an operation to restore freedom of navigation through the crucial waterway.
· Yonhap
Angry Birds caricature of Hezbollah leader deepens Lebanon divide amid war with Israel | The National
Sectarian tension in Lebanon has further degenerated after a video depicting Hezbollah as characters from the Angry Birds video game prompted online posts attacking the leader of the country's Maronite Church.
· Jamie Prentis
Listing Muslim Brotherhood as terror group 'impossible to implement', says France's Interior Minister | The National
France will tackle the Muslim Brotherhood on a "case-by-case basis" as efforts to have it listed as a terrorist organisation would be "impossible to implement and legally fragile", Interior Minister Laurent Nunez has said.
· Sunniva Rose
Exiting China market a ‘self-inflicted wound’ for US tech, think tank warns
ITIF argues that regional sales help finance domestic R&D and block local rivals, while warning that a full exit would be a self-inflicted wound to innovation leadership
· Ralph Jennings
US tech can use China as ‘listening post’ for global edge, Washington think tank explains
ITIF argues that regional sales help finance domestic R&D and block local rivals, while warning that a full exit would be a self-inflicted wound to innovation leadership
· Ralph Jennings
Formula 1: Mercedes boss hopes Italian public are fair to ‘superstars’ Antonelli, Sinner
Toto Wolff wary of Italy’s World Cup failure adding to hype around driver, who just became first Italian to win three straight races since 1952
· dpa
Formula 1: Mercedes boss hopes Italian public are fair to ‘superstars’ Antonelli, Sinner
Toto Wolff wary of Italy’s World Cup failure adding to hype around driver, who just became first Italian to win three straight races since 1952
· dpa
[Breaking] Korean-flagged vessel sustains suspected strike in Hormuz; no casualties reported
Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts i…
· Jung Min-kyung
Alleged Palisades arsonist became ‘fixated’ with Luigi Mangione, started blaze ‘out of resentment of the rich’: prosecutors
The deranged firebug accused of igniting the devastating Palisades Fire had become “fixated” with Luigi Mangione in the lead up to the deadly blaze — and then allegedly suggested the inferno was started out of “resentment of the rich,” prosecutors said.
· Emily Crane
Congress Sets MKUltra Hearing As CIA Mind-Control Experiments Face Renewed Scrutiny
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
· Tyler Durden
‘Golden week’: Hong Kong draws more mainland Chinese visitors but spending uneven
Total visitor arrivals, including overseas travellers, reached 854,929 over first three days of Labour Day holiday, also slightly up from last year’s 803,612
· Wynna Wong
‘Golden week’: Hong Kong draws more mainland Chinese visitors but spending uneven
Total visitor arrivals, including overseas travellers, reached 854,929 over first three days of Labour Day holiday, also slightly up from last year’s 803,612
· Wynna Wong
‘Misplaced euphoria’: Markets are sleepwalking into a recession amid Iran war oil price shock
Global economies could be "sleepwalking" into a "big recession", as investors continue to underplay the impact of the oil price shock, Amrita Sen, founder and director, market intelligence at Energy Aspect, told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" on Monday.
· Hugh Leask
Poland braces for flood of Ukrainian guns – media
Poland is bracing for a surge of illegal weapons from Ukraine after the end of the conflict with Russia, with police warning that a “smuggling boom” could eclipse the decades-long Balkan weapons crisis, a law enforcement official told Rzeczpospolita.
· RT
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Poland is bracing for a surge of illegal weapons from Ukraine after the end of the conflict with Russia, with police warning that a “smuggling boom” could eclipse the decades-long Balkan weapons crisis, a law enforcement official told Rzeczpospolita.
· RT
Sharon Sharabi, brother of ex-hostage Eli Sharabi, joins Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu
Sharon Sharabi, brother of former Hamas hostage Eli Sharabi, announced Monday that he is entering politics and joining the right-wing Yisrael Beytenu party, led by MK Avigdor Liberman, ahead of the upcoming elections.
· KESHET NEEV
Eight South Korean adoptees sue Danish state over human rights
COPENHAGEN - Eight people adopted by Danish citizens from South Korea in the 1970s and 1980s are suing Denmark for allegedly denying them the right to their identity, origin and family life, their lawyer said Monday.
· AFP
Iran executes three men in relation to January anti-regime protests
Hangings are latest in wave of near-daily killings as authorities seek to instil fear amid war with US and Israel
· Agence France-Presse in Paris
Hong Kong police launch investigation after elderly couple found dead in flat
Bodies of husband, 89, and wife, 87, discovered after security guard reports strange smell coming from To Kwa Wan flat
· Danny Mok
Hong Kong police launch investigation after elderly couple found dead in flat
Bodies of husband, 89, and wife, 87, discovered after security guard reports strange smell coming from To Kwa Wan flat
· Danny Mok
Food-grade PET recycling facility to open first bottle-to-bottle plant in Visayas, Mindanao
MANILA, Philippines—A food-grade plastic recycling firm is set to open the first polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle-to-bottle facility in Visayas and Mindanao in the third quarter of 2026.
· Franco Jose C. Baroña
Greens compare Reform UK's detention centre pledge to racist 1960s Tory campaign slogan
Nigel Farage's Reform UK has been criticised for promising to build detention centres for illegal migrants in areas that vote for the Green Party if it enters government at the next general election.
· Middleeasteye
5 things to know about Seattle ahead of 2026 FIFA World Cup
The Space Needle is seen in the distance from the waterfront park and playground at Pier 58, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
· Andrew Destin
Three dead, search under way after northern NSW boating tragedy
Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
· Jorge Branco
Radical left Jean-Luc Mélenchon announces 2027 French presidential bid
The controversial leader will seek presidency for the fourth time – despite previously vowing to stand aside
· Angeliquechrisafis
Reform pledges to open migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas
Reform UK has said it would open migrant detention centres for people awaiting deportation in areas that vote for the Green Party.
· Jack Fenwick
Balikatan drills not preparation for invasion — AFP
LAOAG, Ilocos Norte — The military exercise being conducted by the Philippines, United States and allied partners in northern Luzon does not target anyone and is not in preparation for any possible foreign invasion, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Monday.
· Izel Abanilla