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Trump dangles normalisation amid pro-Israel criticism of possible Iran deal 

25 May 2026

Since reports of a possible deal with Iran started to emerge, pro-Israel advocates in the United States have been warnin...

Ex-Scottish National Party chief pleads guilty to embezzling funds 

25 May 2026

News|Politics The former chief executive of the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP), and ex-husband of former First Min...

Tunisian court hands presidential critic Sonia Dahmani new jail term 

25 May 2026

News|Freedom of the Press Tunisian lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani has been sentenced to two years in jail for critic...

Israel escalates Gaza attacks as Netanyahu stalls ceasefire for polls 

25 May 2026

Seven months after a “ceasefire” was brokered to halt Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the agreement has morphed into a ...

Mexico says it will host Iranian team during 2026 FIFA World Cup 

25 May 2026

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced that her country will host the Iranian national football team during t...

Pope says AI must be ‘disarmed’ to prevent domination, exclusion, and death 

25 May 2026

Pope Leo XIV has called for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that “new forms of slavery”...

Over 1.5 million pilgrims begin Hajj amid regional tensions 

25 May 2026

The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, has begun in Saudi Arabia as more than 1.5 million pilgrim...

Train bomb in Pakistan’s Baloch region: Why violence is on the rise 

25 May 2026

At least 24 people were killed and more than 50 injured when a suicide car bomb detonated on a train carrying soldiers i...

Russia warns foreigners to leave Kyiv as it prepares ‘systematic strikes’ 

25 May 2026

Russia has warned it plans to launch a “series of systematic strikes” on defence industrial facilities in Kyiv, and ...

WHO chief says suspected Ebola deaths at 220 as epidemic ‘outpacing us’ 

25 May 2026

The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) says there have been 220 suspected deaths ⁠in the current ...