Category: World News

From BBC World News:   Avengers: Endgame is set to pass Avatar this weekend to become the highest-grossing movie of all time. The weekend take of the Disney and Marvel Studios’ sequel should push it past the record held by James Cameron’s epic of $2,789.7bn (£2,231.3bn). Marvel chief Kevin Feige

From The Guardian World:   France ‘Flying soldier’ Franky Zapata expects to cross from France to England in 20 minutes ‘It won’t be easy at all and I reckon I’ve a 30% chance of succeeding,’ said Franky Zapata of the proposed crossing. Photograph: Gérard Julien/AFP/Getty Images A former jetski champion

From Reuters Top News:   LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday he would resign if Boris Johnson became prime minister because he felt unable to support a leader happy to take the country out of the European Union without a deal. Britain’s Chancellor of the

From BBC World News:   Media playback is unsupported on your device The UK government did not take its “eye off the ball” over the seizure of a UK-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf on Friday, the chancellor told the BBC. Philip Hammond said the UK has been working closely

From Reuters Top News:   Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), looks on as he puts a rosette on the name of a candidate who is expected to win the upper house election, at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan,

From Reuters Top News:   (Reuters) – Tensions between Iran and the West have escalated since U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil exports took full effect in May and British naval forces seized an Iranian supertanker. Below is a timeline of recent incidents: May 2 – The United States, which withdrew

From The Guardian World:   Play Video 1:21 The defence minister said it was not possible to better protect the British-flagged tanker seized by Iran on Friday. He told Sky’s Sophie Ridge on Sunday programme the priority should be to de-escalate tensions in the region, and that the incoming prime

From Reuters Top News:   (Reuters) – Iran’s ambassador to Britain warned against escalating tensions on Sunday, a day ahead of an expected response from the UK which could include fresh sanctions on Tehran or other steps after its seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker. Britain has called the capture

From Reuters Top News:   HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters descended on China’s representative office in Hong Kong on Sunday, as anger over an extradition bill morphs into a fresh front against what many see as a broader erosion of freedoms by the city’s political masters in Beijing.

From The New York Times:   LONDON — In a foretaste of the fresh turbulence about to grip British politics, the chancellor Philip Hammond said on Sunday that he would resign if, as expected, Boris Johnson becomes prime minister this week. Mr. Hammond, who as finance chief is one of

From The New York Times:   LONDON — A British warship tried without success to stop Iran’s seizure on Friday of an oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz, an audio recording of the episode released on Sunday shows, underscoring the perils to Persian Gulf shipping and the global economy

From Al Jazeera:   Nicaragua‘s governing Sandinista party is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the revolution that toppled dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle. At the time, the revolution caused ripples around the world. But amid a brutal crackdown against the opposition, some are questioning what that revolution has actually achieved. Al

From Reuters Top News:   DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Sunday it appreciated Saudi Arabia’s efforts in the return of an Iranian ship that had docked at Jeddah port because of technical problems in May, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying. “Iran appreciates

From Al Bawaba:   Hanadi Mehanna revealed the characteristics of the ideal husband she is waiting for in the future, during her interview with Amr Al-Leithi in “Wahed Men El Nas” (One of the People) program. Hanadi said: “What draws me to the man is his mind and his personality is the most important

From Reuters Top News:   (Reuters) – Tensions between Iran and the West have escalated since U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil exports took full effect in May and British naval forces seized an Iranian supertanker. Below is a timeline of recent incidents: May 2 – The United States, which withdrew

From The Guardian World:   Cycle hire schemes Trust says it is recovering 100 bikes a year – docked, dockless, even electric – in London alone Aidan Slater, a waterways operative for the Canal and Rivers Trust, on a bike-fishing trip on the Regent’s Canal near King’s Cross Photograph: Martin

From The Guardian World:   Opinion Palestinian territories We must talk about Palestine – without being antisemitic Layla Moran The scandal in Labour is creating a fear among MPs of speaking out for the Palestinian right to equality, justice and statehood ‘Palestinians have a right to live in dignity.’ Palestinians

From Al Bawaba:   Farsi-language accounts of 4 Iranian news outlets were suspended on Twitter, after they reported the seizure of a UK-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.  Two Farsi-language Twitter pages of the Mehr news agency, as well as pages belonging to the Young Journalists Club (YJC) and

From Al Jazeera:   More than a thousand firefighters have been deployed to battle a wildfire sweeping across central Portugal.  The mobilisation on Sunday was one of the biggest seen in Castelo Branco region, 200 kilometres north of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, and included 1,100 firefighters and 340 vehicles, according to the

From Al Jazeera:   Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana and DKNY have all attempted to crack one of the fastest-growing markets – Islamic fashion. What started as brands targeting wealthy Muslims with one-off fashion lines for religious occasions, has grown to a global trend for women who prefer to dress conservatively.

From Reuters Top News:   HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters descended on China’s representative office in Hong Kong on Sunday, as anger over an extradition bill morphs into a fresh front against what many see as a broader erosion of freedoms by the city’s political masters in Beijing.

From Reuters Top News:   TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc is set to keep a solid majority in Japan’s upper house election on Sunday and with allies could seal the two-thirds majority needed to keep alive his dream of revising the pacifist constitution, an NHK exit

From The Guardian World:   Business Paul Polman also supports Bank of England-backed group promoting disability rights The former Unilever chief executive Paul Polman is a fan of the teenage activist Greta Thunberg and the demonstrations she has inspired. Photograph: Federico Gambarini/AFP/Getty Images The former boss of Unilever is seeking

From Reuters Top News:   PARIS (Reuters) – Air France (AIRF.PA), Emirates and Etihad Airways are continuing to operate flights to Cairo after British Airways and Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) suspended services to Egypt’s capital. International Airlines Group’s (ICAG.L) British Airways suspended flights on Saturday for seven days “as a security precaution”

From Al Bawaba:   Oman welcomed more than 1.4 million tourists between January and May, a 48 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2018, said a report. Of the total number of visitors, 187,000 came from cruise ships, said a report in Times of Oman, citing figures released

From Reuters Top News:   LONDON (Reuters) – A British warship radioed an Iranian patrol boat to warn against interfering with the Stena Impero as the oil tanker passed through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a recording obtained by Reuters. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized the British-flagged tanker with a