Protesters holding watermelon-shaped inflatables and calling for an end to the Israeli offensive in Gaza clashed with police in Naples on the closing day of the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting, which was held on the...
US calls for calm after officials say Israeli missile hit Iran I BBC News
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has repeated calls for de-escalation in the Middle East, after an apparent Israeli strike on Iran. Speaking from a G7 meeting in Italy, Blinken says Washington was “not involved” in...
US vetoes resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine
The United States has vetoed a widely-backed UN resolution, that would have paved the way for full UN membership for the state of Palestine. The vote, in the 15-member Security Council, was 12 in favor. The Palestinian...
Iran downplays Israel’s retaliatory attack on airbase | Middle East tensions
After five days considering its next move, Israel launched an attack on Iran in the early hours of this morning. The target was an airbase near the central city of Isfahan. There has been no confirmation yet from Tel...
Ukraine says eight killed in overnight Russian strikes • FRANCE 24 English
Russian night-time strikes killed eight people, including two children, and injured 18 in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region, the interior ministry said in a new toll Friday. Six people, including children...
Ready for de-escalation? Israel and Iran’s muted response to Isfahan attack • FRANCE 24 English
Israeli media cited foreign reports of an Israeli strike on Iran on Friday in the absence of official public comment, while Iranian television reports played down the attack – many not even mentioning the...
