Israeli company, Navitas Petroleum, has recently announced that it will undertake activities near the Falkland Islands, a project the Argentinian government decried as "unilateral and illegitimate. " Argentina is reportedly delaying moving its embassy to Jerusalem due to bilateral tensions relating to an Israeli company’s plans to drill oil from a field near the Falkland Islands.
The long duration and overwhelming logistical complexity of the Israel-Hamas War has led to a negative economic impact that may be taking a bite out of the budgets for arming reservists. A consistent concern pre-war, mid-war, and post-war has been whether IDF reservists are properly armed.
Iran’s diplomatic moves, not calling for assistance or reaching out to its allies, seem to be intended to show that Tehran believes everything is going to turn out all right. Iran has faced almost two weeks of protests.
At least 490 demonstrators have been killed in the mass protests in Iran over the last 15 days, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) told US television station CNN on Sunday. Around 10,700 people have reportedly been detained, CNN reported.
The Metropolitan Police said two arrests were made as demonstrators rallied amid major anti-government protests in Iran.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday called for the release of all imprisoned protesters in Iran and for full restoration of internet access in the country. "Tehran's streets, and cities around the world, echo with the footsteps of Iranian women and men demanding freedom.
Some railway services in Germany resumed on Saturday after Storm Elli had brought the north of the country to a standstill, but major restrictions remained as meteorologists warned of more snow set to come down over the weekend. Long-distance rail services, which were suspended in northern Germany on Friday amid heavy snowfall, are set to continue to see disruptions until Sunday, a spokeswoman for operator Deutsche Bahn told dpa.
Temperatures rose as much as 34 degrees above average in Victoria, Australia, where wildfires have already destroyed 750,000 acres and more 100 homes and buildings. It is the worst heat wave for the country since the catastrophic wildfires of 2020.
The Southern Transitional Council denied that it was disbanding on Saturday, contradicting a statement by one of its members that the group had decided to dissolve itself. Yemen's main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, denied that it was disbanding on Saturday, contradicting a statement by one of its members that the group had decided to dissolve itself.
Iran’s growing reliance on cryptocurrency in 2025 exposed how digital assets now power sanctions evasion and militant networks.