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Iran is betting it can outlast Washington by turning the Middle East’s trade routes, shipping lanes and energy infrastructure into pressure points that steadily raise the cost of confrontation, according to Gulf officials and analysts.

Four days ago, Youssef El Abbas saw an opportunity to reclaim the life he had lost seven years earlier. News was circulating that about 400 people had swum from Morocco to the neighbouring Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the north African coast, approximately 12 miles (19km) across the strait of Gibraltar from mainland Spain.

Tiernan O’Donovan, who allegedly travelled to Ukraine and joined the Chosen Company of international volunteers in 2023, was convicted in absentia by the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) earlier this week

Two ​people have died after firefighting helicopters ‌collided in Greece as authorities battle to bring raging wildfires under control.

The death toll in Spain’s border crisis with Morocco has risen to 67 with after tens of thousands of migrants entered the tiny enclave of Ceuta in north Africa.

Thirteen people were killed in a plane crash during a sightseeing flight over Peru’s famous Nazca Lines.

The "security guard" killed in the explosion outside the Balzi Rossi restaurant in Moscow was, according to available information, an officer of Russia’s Federal Protective Service (FSO).

More than 20 people injured in explosion near Italian restaurant on Saturday night, authorities say

Thousands of migrants who flooded into Spain’s North African territory are being frogmarched back to Morocco, after the sudden arrival of so many people sparked a humanitarian crisis.

Trump has slammed Spain after nearly 60,000 migrants crossed into Europe through the enclave of Ceuta in the space of just one day.

Plans for a new Chinese super-embassy in London have been given the go-ahead after a High Court dismissed a challenge to its planning permission.

Vladimir Putin’s notorious ‘doomsday radio’ crackled into life with a string of codewords after a suspected Russian missile hit NATO territory in Poland.

The Israeli army has expelled a group of Jewish religious extremists who attempted to found a settlement on Syrian territory. This is not the first time settlers from the organization known as the Pioneers of the Bashan have tried to seize part of Syria and attach it to Israel.

The human tide crossing the border transformed the Spanish exclave city in a matter of hours, turning it into a scene of confusion that authorities struggled to control

Three Nato ships with very different jobs have made a scheduled replenishment visit to Glasgow.

Prince Harry has not yet taken his children to Balmoral, the private royal estate in Aberdeenshire that he has described as ’simply paradise’.

U.S. President Donald Trump said talks in Cairo between mediators and Hamas leaders on Thursday have led to a phased disarmament agreement in Gaza, but a Hamas official described the deal as a draft and U.S. officials said Israel was skeptical the militant Palestinian group would surrender its weapons.

Around 10 climbers, including record-breaking mountaineer Nirmal Purja, disappeared after an avalanche hit Broad Peak in Concordia, northern Pakistan

A Singapore court has fined a French student S$600 ($465; £348) for licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back into its dispenser.

Yemeni sources say Saudis concentrating forces for what could be attack in central Yemen

Pavel Durov reacted to his inclusion in the Russian list of terrorists and extremists with an ironic collage. In one photo — Durov himself with the caption “accomplice of terrorists.”

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at ‌a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screenshots and posted them online.

The frontman of British punk rap band Bob Vylan was denied entry to Germany, detained at the Berlin airport, and ultimately deported to the United Kingdom last month due to his pro-Palestine statements.