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Christmas tree fire in China misrepresented as arson by ‘Islamist’ in Britain
Local firefighters say an electrical fault sparked a fire that engulfed a Christmas tree in southern China in December 2024, contrary to posts sharing anti-immigrant comments alongside an image...
Iranian Defense Ministry offers contracts via crypto in attempt to bypass sanctions
Iran’s Defense Ministry export body is offering cryptocurrency payments for military contracts, signaling a new way to bypass sanctions on arms sales.Iran's Defense Ministry Export Center, known as Mindex,...
Flights from Aden airport in Yemen halted amid latest tensions
Flights from Aden international airport in Yemen were halted on Thursday amid continuing tensions between the Southern Transitional Council (STC) separatist group and the Saudi Arabia-backed internationally recognised government...
‘I’ll carry this my entire life. You can’t heal’: Ex-hostage Romi Gonen discusses her trauma
Former Gaza hostage Romi Gonen delivers a raw account of isolation, sexual abuse, and survival in Hamas captivity, telling Channel 12’s Uvda that no one will silence her story...
Barn Stored Lotus Esprit Turbo Seen After 30 Years
A 1982 Lotus Esprit Turbo that has spent three decades sitting untouched in a barn is set to cross the auction block in the United Kingdom, offering collectors a...
‘Crammed into a cell with vermin at New Year’
The family of two Britons detained in Iran say they were unable to speak to UK Foreign Office officials who visited the couple due to government "holiday schedules".Iranian authorities...
Illegal entries into Germany halve over two years, border police say
The number of unauthorized entries into Germany has halved over the past two years, according to figures released by the border police on Thursday.The police recorded 62,526 illegal entries...
Firefighters rescue two Israelis trapped in vehicles on flooded roads in West Bank
The firefighters noticed an elderly man trapped in his vehicle after heavy rains flooded the road and used a flotation vest to aid in the extraction.Firefighters rescued two Israelis...
Israel faces widespread condemnation as NGO ban comes into effect
Israel faces mounting global condemnation as a ban on dozens of international aid organisations working to provide life-saving assistance to Palestinians in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip has come into...
Yemen’s Aden airport shut by STC-backed transport minister, Saudi source says
A shutdown of Aden airport was ordered by the transportation minister in the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) that runs southern Yemen, a Saudi source told Reuters on Thursday.A...
