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Two activists from a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla have been presented before an Israeli court days after they were abducted following their detention with 175 other campaigners…

Spirit Airlines, a budget carrier in the United States, has begun winding down operations, cancelling all flights, after talks with the Trump administration to secure a…

Iran has offered a new 14-point proposal to the United States in the latest diplomatic step to reach a permanent end to the war, which has…

The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway once carrying roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and gas, remains effectively closed after the United States and…

EXPLAINERIran has sent the US a new 14-point proposal to end the war.Published On 3 May 20263 May 2026United States President Donald Trump says he will…

Roughly 500 labour groups across the United States have organised a widespread economic blackout calling for “no school, no work, no shopping” to mark May Day,…

Donald Trump has, over the past 48 hours, said that he is considering withdrawing American troops stationed in Germany, Italy and Spain, amid mounting tensions with…

President Javier Milei has recently sharpened his rhetoric on Argentina’s claim to the British-controlled Falkland Islands, at a time when his close relationship with United States…

The Donald Trump administration has argued that a key May 1 deadline it faces to secure congressional approval for the US-Israel war on Iran no longer…

At least three vessels have been targeted in hijackings this week off the coast of Somalia in what analysts fear is a replay of past piracy around…