Twelve Israeli teens in court over Briton’s ‘rape’

Image copyright EPA Image caption The teenagers appeared in court on Thursday Twelve Israeli teenagers have appeared in court in Cyprus over the alleged rape of a 19-year-old British woman. The alleged attack was said to have taken place in a hotel in the popular holiday resort of Ayia Napa. The boys – who are […]

Iran seizes ‘fuel-smuggling’ tanker in Gulf

Image copyright AFP Image caption The Revolutionary Guards’ naval force is tasked with patrolling the Strait of Hormuz Iran says it seized a “foreign tanker” and its 12 crew on Sunday for smuggling fuel in the Gulf. State television quoted Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as saying the vessel had been smuggling one million litres (220,000 gallons) […]

Twelve Israeli teens in court over Briton’s ‘rape’

Image copyright EPA Image caption The teenagers appeared in court on Thursday Twelve Israeli teenagers have appeared in court in Cyprus over the alleged rape of a 19-year-old British woman. The alleged attack was said to have taken place in a hotel in the popular holiday resort of Ayia Napa. The boys – who are […]

Iran seizes ‘fuel-smuggling’ tanker in Gulf

Image copyright AFP Image caption The Revolutionary Guards’ naval force is tasked with patrolling the Strait of Hormuz Iran says it seized a “foreign tanker” and its 12 crew on Sunday for smuggling fuel in the Gulf. State television quoted Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as saying the vessel had been smuggling one million litres (220,000 gallons) […]

Twelve Israeli teens in court over Briton’s ‘rape’

Image copyright EPA Image caption The teenagers appeared in court on Thursday Twelve Israeli teenagers have appeared in court in Cyprus over the alleged rape of a 19-year-old British woman. The alleged attack was said to have taken place in a hotel in the popular holiday resort of Ayia Napa. The boys – who are […]

Argentina designates Hezbollah as terrorist organisation

Image copyright AFP Image caption Relatives of the victims of the Amia bombing gathered in Buenos Aires Argentina has designated Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement as a terrorist organisation and frozen its assets. It accuses the Shia Islamist group of being behind two attacks on its soil. The announcement was made on the 25th anniversary of one […]

Israel mosque find: Archaeologists unearth 1,200-year-old ruins in desert

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The mosque was found in the Israeli Bedouin town of Rahat in the Negev desert One of the world’s earliest known mosques, built around 1,200 years ago, has been discovered by archaeologists in Israel’s Negev Desert. The remains, dating from the 7th or 8th century, were found in the […]

Iran seizes ‘fuel-smuggling’ tanker in Gulf

Image copyright AFP Image caption The Revolutionary Guards’ naval force is tasked with patrolling the Strait of Hormuz Iran says it seized a “foreign tanker” and its 12 crew on Sunday for smuggling fuel in the Gulf. State television quoted Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as saying the ship had been smuggling one million litres (220,000 gallons) […]

Iran rejects suggestion its missile programme is negotiable

Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption US President Donald Trump has demanded curbs on Iran’s missile programme Iran has rejected suggestions it is willing to discuss its missile programme with the US. A spokesman for Iran’s UN Mission said the weapons “are absolutely and under no condition negotiable”. His denial comes after Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad […]

Netanyahu: ‘Europe might ignore Iran threat until nuclear missiles hit’

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Benjamin Netanyahu said Europeans were “burying their heads in the sand” Israel’s prime minister has said the European Union might not wake up to the threat of Iran “until Iranian nuclear missiles fall on European soil”. Mr Netanyahu likened Europe’s approach to Iran’s recent breaches of a 2015 deal limiting […]

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