Indonesia says it will ban social media and other popular online platforms for children under 16, becoming the latest country to introduce restrictions aimed at protecting young people from online…
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UAE: UK opens charter flights booking portal for Britons in Dubai
The Foreign Office has opened a booking portal for British nationals in Dubai who wish to access government charter flights to leave the Middle East region. Thousands of Britons have been stranded…
MIDDLE EAST: Trump administration denies reports that Iran captured US soldiers
Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s National Security Council, claimed that his country has captured United States soldiers since the outbreak of war last week. The comments came in a…
MIDDLE EAST: Israeli settlers kill two Palestinians in occupied West Bank
Israeli settlers have shot dead two Palestinians during an assault on a town in the occupied West Bank, WAFA news agency WAFA reports – the latest in a series of…
CYPRUS: War fuels debate in Cyprus over UK military bases
A drone strike on a British airbase in Cyprus has reignited an enduring debate about the UK’s presence on the island. It’s a week since the drone punched a hole…
USA: Trump accuses Starmer of seeking to ‘join wars after we’ve already won’
US President Donald Trump has told the UK he does not need its aircraft carriers and accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of seeking to “join wars after we’ve already…
MIDDLE EAST: China warns against government change in Iran
China has warned against seeking government change in Iran amid the ongoing US-Israeli offensive, saying any such move lacks public support. “Plotting a ‘colour’ revolution or seeking government change will find…
MIDDLE EAST: Israeli troops push into Lebanon for yet another war with Iran’s proxy Hezbollah
Beside Israel’s northern border fence, the bursts of machine-gun fire from inside Lebanon are loud and long, as new Israeli forces push in to take strategic positions near the border.…
USA: Six dead as tornadoes hit Michigan and Oklahoma
aAt least six people have died and more than a dozen others injured after tornadoes struck Michigan and Oklahoma, in severe storms that swept across parts of the US. Officials…
ECUADOE: Army finds 35m-long ‘narco-sub’ hidden in nature reserve
The Ecuadorean military says it has seized a 35m-long (115ft) “narco submarine” hidden in a nature reserve near the country’s border with Colombia. The semi-submersible had been carrying 6,000 gallons…