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End of the blockade: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman embraces Qatar’s Emir as the countries agree to open their air space and end the diplomatic crisis which began three years ago Saudi Arabia is hosting a Gulf summit in the ancient desert city of Al-Ula On Monday, it was announced the kingdom’s embargo of … Read more
Iran today issued Donald Trump with a second arrest warrant for the drone strike that killed top general Qasem Soleimani. Trump along with 47 other US officials were the subject of an Interpol ‘red notice’ request for their involvement in the drone strike in Baghdad last year. ‘The Islamic Republic of Iran is very seriously following up … Read more
South Korea has demanded the release of a tanker that was seized by Iran on Monday in the latest Gulf stand-off pitting Tehran against America and its allies. Seoul said it had dispatched an anti-piracy unit to the sensitive waters near the Strait of Hormuz after the Korean-flagged Hankuk Chemi and its crew of 20 … Read more
The show started with a message from the Queen and ended with her latest impersonator, as The Crown’s Imelda Staunton admitted she practises her royal voice on the dog. We had Spice Girl Mel C singing, a sacked special adviser and Richard Ratcliffe, whose wife Nazanin is still imprisoned in Iran, telling us how their … Read more
Iran today started enriching uranium to weapons-grade purity in breach of the 2015 nuclear deal as fears mounted that a South Korean oil tanker had been impounded. Tehran announced it was resuming enrichment of the nuclear material to 20 percent purity at the secretive Fordow bunker – a brazen violation of the Obama-era deal which caps … Read more
BREAKING: Iran has begun enriching its uranium to 20 per cent purity at an underground plant in breach of the 2015 nuclear deal By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline Published: 10:36 GMT, 4 January 2021 | Updated: 10:45 GMT, 4 January 2021 Iran has started enriching its uranium to 20 percent purity at an underground facility in … Read more
British security firm G4S denies providing US forces with information so they could assassinate top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani G4S denied allegations they tipped American forces off about Iranian General General Qassem Soleimani was blown up by missiles last January He was killed near Baghdad airport, which G4S handles security for By Dora Allday For … Read more
Ex-Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the UK ‘is beginning to look weak’ and is being ‘pushed around’ over its failure to protect Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The British-Iranian dual national has been detained in Iran since 2016, when she was sentenced to five years in prison over allegations of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government. Iranian officials … Read more
All passengers from the UK flying anywhere in America will now need a negative Covid result to board any Virgin Atlantic flight – but may find it harder after one of the terminal’s testing labs was partially shut by a ‘plumbing issue’. In a further deepening of the crisis engulfing the country, the airline said … Read more
The United States announced the arrival of the nuclear-powered submarine USS Georgia in the Persian Gulf on Monday, a notable development in a region where tension is on the rise. None of these types of submarines, which are equipped with Tomahawk missiles, has traveled to the Persian Gulf in eight years, making it a significant … Read more