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Kiwi author gagged by Facebook forced to sit in silence on stage
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (484+ words) Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook executive, was introduced at Sunday's Hay Festival in Wales as "an author in a hostage situation", the BBC reported. She wasn't allowed to nod or shake her head during the session, held in front of a…...
Netanyahu orders military to seize 70% of Gaza
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (555+ words) Israel effectively controls an estimated 64% of the tiny coastal Strip, bombarded to ruins by Israel's two-year military assault that followed the 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel. Under an October US-brokered truce that has failed to halt Israeli attacks or secure…...
'Excessive and unconvincing': Otago blocks OIA requests over Israel-linked tech firm
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (537+ words) It comes after various university groups have objected to the proposed arrangement for the upcoming master's degree in digital technology at the Queenstown campus. Some have argued that Palo Alto, through its appointments from Unit 8200 (cyber warfare), and through founder…...
Iran, US trade strikes as Trump dismisses report of deal
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (711+ words) The escalation in hostilities highlighted threats to the tenuous ceasefire between the US and Iran that took effect in early April, dampening hopes for a peace deal and sending oil prices surging again. The US official, who requested anonymity to…...
Iran says new US strikes 'gross violation' of ceasefire
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (622+ words) Iran's foreign ministry said US strikes in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, where Iranian media reported sounds of explosions early on Tuesday (local time), represented a "gross violation" of a tenuous ceasefire in place for nearly seven weeks. The US said…...
While one war is paused, another one is rumbling along
2+ week, 4+ day ago (730+ words) The US-Iran war has been stuck in a ragged ceasefire for more than a month, with the participants only indulging in occasional tit-for-tat strikes that Donald Trump likes to call "love taps: fewer than five killed. Israel was part of…...
Deadly fire at Tehran mall
3+ week, 6+ day ago (129+ words) Otago Daily Times Deadly fire at Tehran mall You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. The local fire department said the cladding of the building was flammable and this…...
Hezbollah pays high price in war with Israel
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1178+ words) Israel has occupied a chunk of southern Lebanon, displaced hundreds of thousands of its Shi'ite Muslim constituents and killed as many as several thousand of its fighters, according to previously unreported casualty estimates from within the group. The move has…...
Iran 'can come to us' for peace talks: Trump
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (696+ words) Hopes of reviving peace efforts receded yesterday when Trump'scrapped a visit to Islamabad by his'envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, even as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi continued to shuttle between mediating countries. "If they want to talk, they can…...
'Sincerely apologise': Real estate agent slammed over over war zone marketing post
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (181+ words) Donna Hewitt, of Connect Realty, shared an image depicting herself in a war zone with helicopters and US President Donald Trump in the background. The social media post has since been taken down and Ms Hewitt said in a statement…...