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Iran has called on Britain to release its seized oil tanker and warned foreign powers to “leave the region because Iran and other regional countries are capable of securing the regional security”. The Royal Marines seized the tanker last week on suspicion it was breaking European sanctions by taking oil to Syria. Iran’s foreign ministry …

Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing their homes in Mali, where deadly attacks on villages are destabilising an already critical situation in the country’s centre. More than 200,000 people have fled since the start of the year, almost six times the number that were displaced in the same period last year, according to the …

Few in the game have ever had as much bravado as Shane Warne and none has ever been able to do what he could as a wrist spinner. With his ripping legbreaks, unerring accuracy and natural cricketing nous, Warne was the first man to ever take 700 Test wickets and for much of his career …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Trucks line up at an incinerator in the US where rubbish burning is often the only option The world produces over two billion tonnes of municipal solid waste every year, enough to fill over 800,000 Olympic sized swimming pools. Per head of population the worst offenders are the US, …

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected a bipartisan border bill on Wednesday that overwhelmingly passed the Senate and comes as the United States is facing a crisis on the southern border. The Washington Times reports that Pelosi “will demand changes to limit how long children can be held in some facilities” and “will insist on …

The crisis at the US-Mexico border: Latest news  CNN Shocking photo of drowned father and daughter highlights migrants’ border peril  Guardian News Rio Grande deaths: Tragic photo shows migrant father, toddler who died trying to cross  CBS News A harrowing image of a failed flight to safety has revealed the consequences of a president’s words  The Independent A woman …

President Trump announced Saturday that a planned mass roundup of illegal immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is being delayed for two weeks, in the hope that a bipartisan solution to the border crisis can be reached. “At the request of Democrats, I have delayed the Illegal Immigration Removal Process (Deportation) for two weeks to …

The President is caught between Republicans demanding a hawkish response, Democrats warning he could “bumble” into war and Iranian policy hardliners on his own national security staff who welcome the confrontation. There is no obvious outcome that gives him the clear political win that is a frequent motivating force behind his foreign policy ventures. Asked …

Top administration officials and lawmakers have left the White House after a classified briefing lasting over an hour, about Iran’s sudden downing of an American surveillance drone in the Middle East — and a “measured” U.S. response, they suggested, is likely coming soon. Amid mounting tension between the U.S. and Iran, the White House earlier Thursday invited …

The US military says one of the oil tankers attacked in the Gulf of Oman last week was damaged by a mine resembling those used by the Iranian security forces. The attack was the second such incident in the strategic shipping lane in a month. Tehran has denied any involvement. The BBC was one of …