Media captionGrace 1: Inside the seized supertanker Gibraltar has rejected a request by the US to again seize an Iranian tanker that it has been holding since July on suspicion of transporting oil to Syria. The US made the last-minute request on Friday, a day after Gibraltar lifted its detention order against Grace 1. Gibraltar […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib (left) and Ilhan Omar are critics of Israeli policy US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has rejected Israel’s offer to allow her to make a “humanitarian” visit to her grandmother in the occupied West Bank. Ms Tlaib said that she could not comply with the “oppressive conditions” being […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption “I don’t think we’ll be allowed back due to my ‘behaviour’,” Healy said Matt Healy, the frontman of Brit Award-winning band The 1975, has defied Dubai’s anti-LGBTQ laws by kissing a male audience member during a gig. Fan footage showed Healy venturing into the crowd and kissing a man […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib (left) and Ilhan Omar are critics of Israeli policy US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has rejected Israel’s offer to allow her to make a “humanitarian” visit to her grandmother in the occupied West Bank. Ms Tlaib said that she could not comply with the “oppressive conditions” being […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib (left) and Ilhan Omar are critics of Israeli policy US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has rejected Israel’s offer to allow her to make a “humanitarian” visit to her grandmother in the occupied West Bank. Ms Tlaib said that she could not comply with the “oppressive conditions” being […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib (left) and Ilhan Omar Israel has decided to block two US Democratic lawmakers from visiting after US President Donald Trump urged the country to ban them. Mr Trump said “it would show great weakness” if Israel allowed entry to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. The move […]
Media captionGrace 1: Onboard the seized supertanker The US Department of Justice has put in a request to detain supertanker Grace 1, which will be considered by Gibraltar’s attorney general. The vessel, carrying Iranian oil, was seized by Royal Marines on 4 July – triggering a standoff with Tehran. It was set to be released […]
Media captionGrace 1: Onboard the seized supertanker The US Department of Justice has put in a request to detain supertanker Grace 1, which will be considered by Gibraltar’s attorney general. The vessel, carrying Iranian oil, was seized by Royal Marines on 4 July – triggering a standoff with Tehran. It was set to be released […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Rebel fighters posed for pictures with wreckage from the warplane A Syrian government warplane has been shot down during fighting in the rebel-held northern province of Idlib. It happened near the town of Khan Sheikhoun, which is being targeted in a Russian-backed government offensive. Syrian state news agency Sana said […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Rebel fighters posed for pictures with wreckage from the warplane A Syrian government warplane has been shot down during fighting in the rebel-held northern province of Idlib. It happened near the town of Khan Sheikhoun, which is being targeted in a Russian-backed government offensive. Syrian state news agency Sana said […]
