US–Iran consider ceasefire plan as Hormuz standoff grows-
On the eve of a US deadline, the United States and Iran were considering the framework of a plan to end their... Read More
Measles: Why Bangladesh is seeing a deadly spike in cases Bangladesh has launched an emergency vaccination campaign after a fast-spreading measles outbreak is suspected of killing more than 100 people –
Mostly children, in what may be the country’s most lethal wave of the disease in recent history.The campaign, which began on Sunday,... Read More
Iran says intelligence chief killed by US-Israeli strike, as Trump threatens ‘hell’ if deal not made-BBC
Iran says the intelligence chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Majid Khademi, was killed in a US-Israeli strike on Monday morning... Read More
Hungary’s Viktor Orban alleges plot to blow up gas pipeline ahead of election” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has convened an emergency meeting of the National Defence Council after explosives were found near a pipeline that transports Russian gas to Hungary-
The discovery in a border area of neighbouring Serbia comes as Orban’s party is badly trailing in opinion polls ahead of crucial... Read More
NY oil futures hit $115 a barrel on latest Trump Iran threat.New York WTI crude oil futures jumped overnight to a one-month high-
The gain came as traders priced in fresh risk to global supply amid the threat from US President Donald Trump to widen... Read More
Trump vows ‘hell’ for Iran if Strait stays shut, says a deal is possible –
President Donald Trump threatened to rain “hell” on Tehran if it did not make a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz... Read More