1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (465+ words) The organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have said they have changed the rules for 2027 so that the winning broadcaster will “automatically be ineligible to host” if their state is involved in an “armed conflict” or “sensitive geopolitical situation”. Leading…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (456+ words) A small boat sails past cargo ships and other commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA/AP) Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian described a nearly seven-hour meeting with Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in an…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (265+ words) An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the US has met its conditions. “It is up to the US side to stop and make amends for its illegal and destructive actions,” Esmail…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (259+ words) Irish premier Micheál Martin has said there is “nothing confirmed” in relation to the possible visit of Donald Trump to Ireland next month. It is understood that the US president will visit Ireland for at least two days from September…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (375+ words) Star Of State could be supplemented for the Sky Bet Lowther Stakes at the Ebor Festival following her stunning victory at Leopardstown last month. Joseph O’Brien’s exciting filly bolted up by nine lengths in a maiden over an extended six…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (517+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces will not withdraw from their current lines in Gaza until Hamas has completely disarmed. In his remarks, in a social media post on Tuesday, he suggested there were differences between Israel and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (836+ words) The group agreed to a road map as long as Israel also makes concessions, including ending hostilities and withdrawing its troops from the Palestinian territory, according to a Hamas official and a regional official. Israel has not commented on the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (704+ words) President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a deal has been reached for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza, but many hurdles, conditions and long timelines remain to wind down the war in the Palestinian…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (329+ words) President Donald Trump said an agreement being reached with Saudi Arabia for a civilian nuclear programme requires the kingdom to normalise relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords. In a post on social media, the Republican president said the deal…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (457+ words) The world’s leading authority on food insecurity said that the situation in Gaza had improved since famine was declared in parts of the Palestinian territory last year. But the body warned that conditions remained at crisis levels and could slip…...