A former Australian soldier has been arrested over allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan, police said on Tuesday. Police declined to name the man, however local media reported he is one of the country's highest decorated former soldiers, Ben Roberts-Smith.

Former Australian soldier arrested over alleged Afghan war crimes

Russia is generating billions in revenues from its commodity exports due to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the German-Russian Foreign Trade Chamber reported on Tuesday. Russia’s profits from exporting oil, gas and fertilizer amount to more than €10 billion ($11.

Russia earning billions from Hormuz blockade, German trade body says

A diplomatic memo cited by The Times says Iran’s supreme leader is in severe condition and unable to take part in decision-making, deepening uncertainty over who is running the country. Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is incapacitated and receiving medical treatment in the Shi'ite holy city of Qom, according to The Times on Tuesday, citing a diplomatic memo said to be based on American and Israeli intelligence.

Mojtaba Khamenei unconscious in Qom, not actually running Iran

Experts say the court's decision will have far-reaching consequences for women's religious freedoms in India.

India's top court hears challenges to ruling on women's entry into temple

As petrol prices surge following disruptions linked to the Iran war, governments are taking selective action rather than broad interventions.

Governments take targeted action as fuel prices hit retail

Japanese tabloid Weekly Bunshun claims PM Takaichi's office backed SANAE TOKEN as Japan's FSA submits a landmark crypto reform bill.

Did Japan’s PM Actually Back the Memecoin Bearing Her Name?

In a series of strikes overnight on Sunday, the IDF targeted three airports across Iran holding Iranian Air Force and IRGC Air Force capabilities. The IDF struck Iranian regime terror infrastructure in Tehran and other areas across Iran, the military announced early on Tuesday.

IDF strikes terror infrastructure across Iran, attack reported on Kashan airport

Saudi Arabia's defense ministry said on Tuesday that air defenses intercepted and destroyed seven ballistic missiles launched towards the Eastern region. Saudi Arabia's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday it intercepted and destroyed seven ballistic missiles launched towards the country's Eastern Region, with debris falling near energy facilities.

Saudi Arabia says it intercepted 7 missiles, debris falls near energy facilities

The evacuations were suspended after an individual who was contracted to provide services to the WHO in Gaza was killed during a security incident, Tedros said. The World Health Organization (WHO) suspended medical evacuations of patients from Gaza to Egypt via the Rafah border crossing until further notice, WHO Director-General Dr.

WHO suspends medical evacuations from Gaza following death of contractor in 'security incident'

The Houthis in Yemen say they attacked Israel alongside their backers Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis join Iran in strike on Israel

In 22 locations in the Golan Heights, the time will be extended from "immediate" to 15-30 seconds, depending on the town. Beginning at noon on Tuesday, the IDF's Home Front Command will extend the time civilians have to reach shelter from the moment a siren sounds for rockets launched by Hezbollah in Lebanon toward Israel, the military announced on Monday.

IDF Home Front Command extends siren warning times for Hezbollah rockets in North

According to the findings, the targeted sites were divided into three categories based on their strategic importance. Russian intelligence has provided Iran with a detailed list of 55 critical energy infrastructure targets within Israel, according to information obtained by The Jerusalem Post from a source close to Ukrainian intelligence.

Russia provided Iran with list of Israeli energy targets, Ukrainian intelligence finds

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung expressed his regret to North Korea after several unsanctioned drone flights entered the airspace of his secluded northern neighbour. Lee underlined that the controversial drone flights were carried out by individuals and without the government's approval.

Seoul says sorry after unapproved drone flights into North Korea

Amal, while it has a military component, operates far more like a political organization than Hezbollah, Boms noted, and Israel has not targeted the group. The Lebanese Shi’a party Amal is positioning itself as a replacement for Hezbollah and coordinating with the terrorist organization to benefit from the reputation it would gain as part of the resistance, experts told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.

Lebanese Shi’a party Amal competing, coordinating with Hezbollah, experts tell ‘Post’

The facility is no longer functioning, Katz stated, indicating that IDF strikes on two of Iran's petrochemical facilities responsible for 85% of exports had "taken them out of use. " The IDF struck the South Pars petrochemical facility near Asaluyeh in southern Iran, the largest such facility in Iran, Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Monday afternoon.

IDF struck Iran's largest petrochemical plant, second facility hit in two days, Katz confirms

There are fears South Sudan may be plunged back into a civil war less than a decade after it ended.

Churches and politicians in South Sudan call for 'lasting peace' in Easter messages

(Bloomberg) -- Two liquefied natural gas tankers from Qatar in the Persian Gulf have switched to Pakistan as their next destinations after appearing to abort an earlier attempt to leave via the Strait of Hormuz.The Al Daayen and Rasheeda had u-turned away from the strait after earlier heading eastward to the waterway, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg, in the first attempt to export the fuels from the Persian Gulf since the Iran war began. They had each loaded LNG from Qatar’

Qatar LNG Ships U-Turn After Attempt to Pass Through Hormuz

The sharpest setbacks were linked to a wave of military takeovers in the Sahel and parts of central Africa, International IDEA said.

Sahel coups push Africa to top of global democratic declines, report finds

Diesel fuel breached the all-time price record in Germany on Sunday at an average €2. 440 ($2.

German diesel hits new records over Easter weekend

Tens of thousands participated in the traditional peace marches held throughout Germany over the Easter weekend, organizers reported on Monday. Events had been held in more than 100 locations, the Bonn-based Peace Cooperative said.

German Easter peace marches draw tens of thousands

Two distinct espionage investigations in Ashkelon and Jerusalem reveal suspects linked to Iranian intelligence, involving explosive material production and digital recruitment efforts. An Ashkelon Magistrate’s Court allowed on Monday the publication of limited additional details from a sensitive security investigation involving several suspects alleged to have provided services to Iranian elements, in what appears to be the latest case in Israel’s widening wave of Iran-linked espionage affairs.

Two separate Israeli espionage cases uncover Iran-linked activities in Jerusalem, Ashkelon

A Turkish government-owned drilling ship is expected to arrive in Somali waters later this week.

Somalia set for 'historic' first offshore oil drilling

FRC’s proposal would temporarily alter the TCA framework to make it easier for certain entities registered in China to list in London.

ICAS calls for clearer safeguards in FRC’s TCA policy

There have been twice as many US and Israeli attacks on Iran compared to the number of Iranian retaliatory strikes since the war began.

Civilian toll mounts in Iran as war presses on

The exchange of fire between Israel and Iran-backed militia Hezbollah in Lebanon continued on Monday, with Israeli strikes targeting areas in the capital, Beirut. The Israeli military said it was currently attacking targets linked to the Shiite militia Hezbollah in Beirut.

At least 7 dead as Israel renews attacks on Beirut and across Lebanon

A woman and her daughter died, and 4,000 people had to be evacuated when a dam wall broke in Russia's Dagestan republic following heavy rains, the Civil Protection Ministry reported on Monday. Around 2,000 homes were flooded in the Derbent region on the Caspian Sea.

Two die and thousands homeless after flooding hits Russia's Dagestan

The militia forces could bolster the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran. They could also be used by Iran to enforce order and carry out suppression in some areas on its periphery.

Are Iraqi militias crossing into Iran to support Iran's war effort?

Defense Minister Israel Katz and the IDF confirmed that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Intelligence Organization chief Majid Khademi was killed in strikes on the Islamic regime. Defense Minister Israel Katz and the IDF announced on Monday that the Israel Air Force assassinated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Intelligence Organization chief, Majid Khademi.

Katz, IDF: We assassinated IRGC intelligence chief Majid Khademi

Tehran criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in strong terms on Monday for inaction after repeated US and Israeli attacks near Iran's sole nuclear power plant. In a letter to IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization chief Mohammad Eslami criticized him for failing to condemn the latest attack near the Bushehr nuclear power plant strongly enough.

Iran slams UN nuclear watchdog for failing to condemn Bushehr attacks

The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz because of the Middle East war has squeezed energy supplies in imported oil-dependent Bangladesh, but images circulating online that purportedly show motorists sleeping in long lines at petrol stations are AI-generated. While filling stations in the South Asian nation have seen long lines, the circulating images contain numerous visual errors that are tell-tale signs of synthetic content.

Images of Bangladeshi motorcyclists sleeping at petrol pumps are AI-generated

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung expressed his regret to North Korea after several unsanctioned drone flights entered the airspace of his secluded northern neighbour. Lee underlined that the controversial drone flights were carried out by individuals and without the government’s approval.