53 minutes agoGeorge WrightandRachel Clun,Business reporterAFP via Getty ImagesThe US military said it would begin enforcing a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports on Monday.It added that ships coming or going from elsewhere would be...
35 minutes agoAnthony ZurcherNorth America correspondentAnadolu via Getty ImagesLast week, before Iran and the US agreed to a two-week ceasefire and face-to-face negotiations, Trump had found himself in a difficult situation.He could continue to ratchet up the US attacks...
5 hours agoAleks PhillipsandVitaly Shevchenko,Russia editor, BBC MonitoringReutersUkraine and Russia have each accused one another of hundreds of violations of a short ceasefire coinciding with Orthdox Easter celebrations.The Ukrainian military said on Sunday morning that Russian forces had committed...
37 minutes agoLyse DoucetChief international correspondent, in IslamabadGetty ImagesBoth the US and the Iranian delegations came to Islamabad emboldened by their belief that theirs was the winning side in this war.And they engaged knowing that, if they failed, there...
Getty ImagesJustin Bieber made a nostalgia-fuelled return to the major stage as Coachella's much-anticipated headline act.The 32-year-old spent much of Saturday night's gig sitting in front of a laptop and singing to YouTube music videos of his older hits,...
Manhattan prosecutor investigates abuse claims against Congressman Eric Swalwell Getty ImagesThe Manhattan District Attorney's Office says it has launched an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against US Congressman Eric Swalwell.Four women have accused him of misconduct ranging from sexual...
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The four astronauts who flew in Nasa's Artemis II mission around the Moon have been welcomed back to Planet Earth at an event in Houston, Texas.Commander Reid Wiseman said the mission was "the most special thing I ever went...
Supplied/NYPDA machete-wielding suspect attacked three people at New York City's Grand Central station before he was fatally shot by police, in a rampage that diverted trains at the nation's biggest rail hub.The suspect slashed an 84-year-old man and a...
