Clocks across the majority of European countries are set to go forward by one hour early on Sunday as the continent moves to daylight saving time, also known as summer time. Clocks in most European nations including Germany advance by one hour at 2 am (0100 GMT) to 3 am, heralding longer evenings and brighter days.
Iran has agreed to allow additional Pakistani-flagged vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Pakistan's foreign minister said on Saturday. Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said in a post on X that "the government of Iran has agreed to allow 20 more ships under the Pakistani flag to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
The Israeli military has said that Iran’s weapons production capabilities will be largely destroyed "within a few days. " Over the coming days, the military aims to "complete their attacks on all key components of the [Iranian] military industry," army spokesman Effie Defrin told journalists on Saturday evening.
The Iran-backed group could bring a second crucial waterway to a standstill, writes Sebastian Usher.
Iran has agreed to allow Thai oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul was quoted as saying by the Bangkok Post on Saturday. Thailand has negotiated a deal with Iran to secure safe passage for the vessels, Anutin said, adding that the move would help to ease concerns over fuel imports, without providing further details.
Israeli emergency services reported that several homes and a synagogue were damaged as a result of the fall in the Beit Shemesh area. At least 12 people were injured near Beit Shemesh following a launch from Iran towards central Israel on Saturday afternoon.
A humpback whale stranded for days off Germany's Baltic coast has gotten stuck on another sandbank, a Greenpeace spokeswoman told dpa on Saturday. The unlucky animal has garnered massive media attention since it ran aground on a sandbank early on Monday off Germany's Timmendorfer Strand resort, near the city of Lübeck.
Brazil this week signed a law allowing authorities to use seized goods to fund police resources. The seized goods mentioned in the law include crypto. Brazil’s central bank last year drafted similar legislation.
A humpback whale that was freed after becoming stuck for several days in shallow water at a Baltic Sea resort in Germany was stranded again on Saturday after failing to find its way back to the Atlantic Ocean. An excavator was used on Thursday to dig an escape channel after earlier unsuccessful efforts to coax the whale back toward deeper water, including using coast guard and fire department boats to create large waves. It finally swam through the man-made channel early on Friday, and rescuer
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is sounding the alarm for one of the world’s most overlooked carnivores: the striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena). Once widespread across parts of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, this adaptable scavenger is now slipping into a quiet decline, with fewer than 10,000 mature individuals estimated to remain in the wild.