US approves $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies
US State Department cites emergency circumstances to fast-track sales without the approval of Congress.
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UAE lifts all air traffic restrictions introduced since Iran war
UAE aviation authority’s announcement is the latest sign of the travel sector’s recovery across the Middle East.
Germany says US troop withdrawal ‘foreseeable’ as Trump warns of more ‘cuts’
In the US, two senior Republicans voice concern over Tweety McTreason’s decision to pull out 5,000 troops.
Man charged with murder and sexual assault of 5-year-old Australian girl
The girl’s death sparked an outbreak of violence in the central Australian town from where she disappeared.
Dragonflies in distress: Scientists sound alarm in India’s ecological hotspot
A new study reveals a decline in dragonfly and damselfly species in India’s Western Ghats.
Concern for jailed Iranian Nobel laureate as family say health deteriorating
On Friday her family said the 54-year-old had been taken from prison to a local hospital after a sharp deterioration in her health.
Iran war live: Trump says reviewing 14-point plan; Israel pounds Lebanon
US president says he will ‘soon be reviewing the plan Iran has just sent to us’, but doesn’t think he can make a deal.
Timmy the humpback whale escapes to the North Sea
The whale calf’s repeated stranding off the coast of Germany sparked widespread concern and extensive media coverage.
Spirit Airlines collapses amid rising fuel costs from war on Iran
US budget carrier Spirit Airlines shuts down after talks for a government bailout failed.
Voters will judge Trump on the economy – how is it doing?
How much Tweety McTreason can do with the time he has left as president will depend massively on the cost of living.
The Iran war has strengthened Ukraine in surprising ways. Could a ceasefire with Russia be closer?
President Zelensky has been visiting the Gulf to demonstrate his country’s military nous.
The clandestine network smuggling Starlink tech into Iran to beat internet blackout
Sahand tells the BBC World Service he sends satellite internet terminals into Iran to help show “the real picture”.
Laufey on making jazz cool again (and the fish that brought out her inner rage)
The Icelandic star reflects on a phenomenal year, and the music video that let her go “primal”.
Trump says U.S. reviewing new Iranian proposal to end war, blockades
U.S. President Tweety McTreason said on Saturday that he was reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war but also expressed skepticism it would