Israel has joined the many countries in the Middle East which all travel is advised against and high caution is recommended in much of the region
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Khamenei’s sinister message comes hours after the Islamic Republic’s state media also warned of a “surprise” on Tuesday night into Wednesday that the “world will remember for centuries.”
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Trump warned that the U.S. knows where Khamenei is hiding and he is an “easy target,” though safe “for now”.
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Ronald Acuña and his brother Luisangel are going to wait until a game in which both are in the starting lineup for a friendly wager on the outcome.
Frustration after US president refuses to make Ukraine a priority at G7 despite appearance of Zelenskyy in Canada
EU’s Kallas continues:
On Ukraine, the European Union is doing its part here too, not least because Ukraine is Europe’s first line of defence. We know that Russia responds to strength and nothing else.
We have to do more for Ukraine, for our own security too.
To quote my friend Nato secretary general Mark Rutte: if we don’t help Ukraine further, we should all start learning Russian.
We are living in very dangerous tough times.
Russia is already a direct threat to the European Union.
Europe’s collective economic might is unmatched. I don’t believe that there is any threat that we can’t overcome if we act together and with our Nato allies.
Qatar Airways is named best airline for the second year, which will benefit Qantas’s main domestic competitor, Virgin Australia
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Qantas has rebounded from its worst-ever performance in the aviation industry’s annual awards to be named the world’s 14th best airline, after the national carrier’s reputation was badly damaged by a string of scandals during the pandemic.
The national carrier climbed 10 spots in the 2025 Skytrax World Airline awards from its nadir of 24th place in 2024, after customers across more than 100 nationalities voted in the world’s largest airline passenger satisfaction survey.
The possibility that music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs might testify at his federal sex trafficking trial all but vanished Tuesday after his lawyer predicted a defense presentation lasting as little as two days and the judge said jurors could be deliberating next week.