A look back at some of the week’s key news stories and the most striking images, from commemorations marking 25 years since the 9/11 attacks to the breakthrough win for Germany’s far-right AfD party and the lightening offensive that has left Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels in control of the country’s Red Sea coast.
BRICS leaders have concluded two days of talks in New Delhi focused on inclusive global growth, after reaching a rare agreement calling for calm in the Middle East.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged cooperation within the bloc on Sunday, addressing leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.“The power of BRICS lies…
Oman said it had to postpone a meeting with Iran and other regional countries to discuss the Strait of Hormuz, while an Iranian commercial ship was struck early Sunday near the waterway, with one person killed, Iranian state media said.Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired drones and missiles toward southern Saudi…
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Warns that continued escalation in the region risks widening the confrontation
CAIRO (AP) — An Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and four wounded, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran seeks to brief regional countries on its contested efforts to manage shipping traffic there.State-run IRNA news agency quoted the Qeshm governor…
The stakes are high in Sweden’s general election, with the far right poised to enter government for the first time. TV4 News journalist Markus Karlsson-Bourrioux explains how opinion polls shifted from a comfortable centre-left lead to a tight race over the summer, and how far-right ideas have gained ground since the last election in 2022.
Ships and helicopters are searching for the remaining 130 missing people from the Virgo Transport 8 ship, which had encountered bad weather.
Tens of thousands of people marched in around 20 cities across Germany to protest the rise of the far right after the AfD’s historic victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election. Demonstrators said they were defending democracy as mainstream parties continue to rule out governing with the AfD.
Party’s economic spokesperson says donations are a ‘breakthrough moment’ as Labour’s Angela Rayner warns of possible retrospective actionChristopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben DeloAnalysis: Donations of £72m make Reform’s prospects both rosier and riskierOver on Sky, Conservative Tom Tugendhat was asked if the Tories were “rattled” by the money going into Reform.He says…