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Trump’s world order hangs over Europe on eve of key defence conferencFrank Gardner BBC- EPA US Vice President JD Vance speaks during the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC), in Munich, Germany, 14 February 2025. High-level international decision-makers meet at the 61st Munich Security Conference in Munich from 14 to 16 February 2025 during their annual...

US seizes sanctioned oil tanker in Indian Ocean

The Pentagon says US forces boarded a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker that attempted to evade them after departing the Caribbean. It is not entirely clear if the vessel was tied to Venezuela’s shadow fleet.The Pentagon on Monday said US forces boarded a sanctioned Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the...

Italy prime minister condemns anti-Olympics acts, including alleged sabotage of railway line-

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni didn’t hold back Sunday in condemning anti-Olympics protests, acts of vandalism and an alleged act of sabotage against train infrastructure. Italy’s transport ministry confirmed it has launched a terrorism investigation into the railway sabotage in northern Italy, in which Meloni said railway cables were cut to prevent trains from operating.Advertisement...

Iran offers to dilute enriched uranium in exchange for full sanctions relief |The stockpile is enough to produce nine nuclear weapons if further enriched to 90% weapons-grade levels, according to a May 2025 International Atomic Energy Agency report.

Nuclear programme damaged in June strikesBefore Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear facilities in June last year, Iran had been enriching uranium to 60% — far exceeding the 3.67% limit allowed under the 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers. Israel attacked dozens of Iranian nuclear facilities, military bases and infrastructure installations on 13 June...

Indus water flowing to Pakistan to be stopped, used in India’s interest: Union Minister Patil” PatilPatil made the remark while speaking to the media in Jaipur on Saturday, claiming that “the diverted water would benefit several states, including Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and Rajasthan.The central government is preparing an action plan in this regard. A Detailed Project Report (DPR) has already been prepared to divert the water flowing to Pakistan,” he said.

However, the Union Minister did not comment on the amount of water that may still be released due to technical or unavoidable reasons. The Indus Waters Treaty, a water-sharing agreement between India and Pakistan, was signed on September 19, 1960, in Karachi. Under the treaty, control over the Indus River and its western tributaries—Jhelum and...

Iran: Reformists arrested as crackdown on dissent widens Several reformist figures were arrested in Iran, while Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi received seven more years in prison.

Several reformist figures were arrested in Iran, while Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi received seven more years in prison. Azar Mansouri, the leader of the Reformist Front, was among those detained in IranIranian security forces have arrested several figures from the country’s reformist movement, local media reported on Monday, as Tehran’s crackdown on dissent...

Boat capsizes off Libya, 53 migrants dead or missing: IOMFifty-three migrants, including two babies, were dead or missing after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday.

The boat departed from Zawiya on Thursday and then overturned off Zuwara on Friday, the IOM said in a statement, citing the survivors. Zawiya and Zuwara are coastal towns west of the Libyan capital, Tripoli. For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. “Only two Nigerian women were...

Every parent’s worst nightmare’: ‘Predatory’ nursery worker convicted of raping children-A “predatory” nursery worker has been convicted of raping and sexually assaulting children at a pre-school in Bristol.

At Bristol Crown Court on Monday, 9 February, Nathan Bennett, 30, from Corston near Bath, was convicted of eight charges, including two counts of rape and two counts of assault by penetration relating to five children. Bennett, who was described by the judge as “every parent’s worst nightmare,” had previously admitted to 13 other charges...

UK : The prime minister’s communications director Tim Allan has quit. It comes one day after chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney resigned over growing anger around the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador-