Day: March 17, 2025
Netanyahu seeks to oust security chief
The Israeli prime minister plans to fire the Shin Bet director after the agency admitted to failures in preventing the October 7 attack
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Fears grow for Brit backpacker Alexandra Clarke missing after dive boat fire as search resumes off ‘Death Island’
FEARS have grown for a 26-year-old British tourist who vanished after reportedly becoming trapped when a fire broke out on a boat off the coast of Thailand’s notorious “Death Island“.
A huge air and sea mission has resume…
Iran’s former Central Bank officials cleared of currency manipulation charges
Iran’s judiciary has issued a halt to the prosecution of former governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), Valiollah Seif, and former deputy governor for foreign exchange, Ahmad Araghchi, in a high-profile corruption case involving currency market ma…
New bat coronavirus discovered in Brazil – but risks are unclear
Researchers hope experiments planned at high-security Hong Kong labs can determine further risks from virus
Fresh US strikes in Yemen with 53 now dead, Houthis say
The US said it launched a “decisive and powerful” wave of air strikes on Houthi targets on Saturday.
How far will Starmer risk pushing Labour MPs to swallow welfare cuts?
Many MPs will feel that pushing people in to poverty to balance the books is not what they came into politics to doThis week may come to be the moment when Keir Starmer’s reputation as the hard man of the Labour party was tested to its limits. How far …
Donald Trump Says He Has “No Intention” Of Easing Steel, Aluminum Tariffs
Donald Trump doubled down on a pledge to impose reciprocal levies as soon as April 2 to remedy trade practices Washington deems unfair.
British woman missing in Thailand after fire breaks out on diving boat
A British woman is missing in Thailand after a diving boat she was on caught fire, officials have said.
Scientists Race To Identify Deep-Sea Species Amid Growing Mining Interest
In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners — and huge numbers of strange and rare animals almost entirely unknown to science.