📍 Iran (approximate area) ⚔️ Iran 📍 Over the last six weeks, the Iranian regime has carried out a spate of executions of political prisoners. The Guardian journalist Daniel Boffey reports Iran has hanged 18 political prisoners during the last six weeks. Chief reporter Dan Boffey tells the stories of some of the condemned and…
📍 Iran (approximate area) ⚔️ Iran 📍 Narges Mohammadi denied medical leave from prison in spite of sharp decline in health and drastic weight loss, say lawyers The family of the jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi say they fear for her life after a sharp deterioration in her health, suspected heart attack and drop…
📍 Iran (approximate area) ⚔️ Iran 📍 The world must accelerate the shift to renewables, regardless of the economic effects of Abu Dhabi’s decision Opec appears to be the latest casualty of the Iran war. On Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates announced that it was leaving the oil cartel after 60 years. The loss of a…
📍 Ukraine (approximate area) ⚔️ Ukraine 📍 Royal Navy chief says unified naval force will deter future Russian threats from the ‘open sea border’ to the north Britain has agreed to create a unified naval force with nine European countries to deter future Russian threats from the “open sea border” to the north, the head…
📍 Iran (approximate area) ⚔️ Iran 📍 Remarks by US president likely to cause embarrassment for aides of UK monarch, who usually remains neutral UK politics live – latest updates Donald Trump has said King Charles agrees with him that Iran should never be allowed nuclear weapons. Trump made the remarks at a White House…
📍 Iran (approximate area) ⚔️ Iran 📍 Iran Freedom Congress, which has met in London, aims to be a ‘pluralist movement’ supporting those inside country “It’s an exercise that is necessary and frankly has been missing for the past 47 years,” said Mehrdad Marty Youssefiani, a founding member of a new group seeking to act…
📍 Iran (approximate area) ⚔️ Iran 🏥 Soaring oil prices and the blockade are preventing food, fuel and medicine being delivered to millions of people in desperate need, say NGOs The volatility of global oil prices caused by the US and Israel’s war on Iran is taking a toll on the most vulnerable people, by…
📍 Sahel (approximate area) ⚔️ Sahel 📍 Pirates appear to be taking advantage of international naval strength being diverted to Middle East Three vessels have been hijacked off the coast of Somalia in the past week, raising fears of a resurgence in piracy around the Horn of Africa, and adding to the woes of the…
📍 Lebanon (approximate area) ⚔️ Lebanon 🚀 Ceasefire frays further as Israel also carries out airstrikes and issues new displacement orders for south Lebanon Hezbollah launched several drones at Israeli soldiers in south Lebanon on Tuesday, while Israel issued new displacement orders for south Lebanon and carried out airstrikes, as the fraying ceasefire failed to…
📍 Iran (approximate area) ⚔️ Iran 📍 Defection is damaging to Saudi Arabia’s prestige – and could strengthen the US hand in the region The United Arab Emirates’ decision to walk out of Opec is a political as much as business decision, and will reignite the simmering rows between the UAE and Saudi Arabia –…