Tehran insists it can levy fees on shipping while Washington claims no country may charge for passage through an international waterway The US and Iran have clashed over Tehran’s move to levy a toll on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Washington has insisted that Tehran cannot impose transit fees, while Iran argues it can levy charges for services provided. Iran intends to introduce a system of maritime fees in the strait, after the 60-day negotiation period triggered by the signing of the memorandum of understanding by Washington and Tehran. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that Washington would not accept any tolls or transit fees in the strategic waterway, which is wholly demarcated into the territorial waters of Iran and Oman. Read more Tehran rejects Rubio’s interpretation of peace deal ...
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Five suspects were tracked down after filming the attack that left the victim fighting for his life for days The brutal beating to death of a 17-year-old boy in France by a group of teenagers, described online as a “migrant gang,” has sparked public outrage across the country. The attack, which authorities have called an ambush, took place last Friday at a construction site in the southern city of Narbonne. The unconscious victim, identified in the media as Louis, was discovered by workers only 14 hours later and died of his injuries three days afterward at a hospital in Perpignan. Police used shocking footage filmed by the alleged attackers to identify and arrest five suspects, including two 19-year-olds and three minors, the L’Independant regional newspaper has reported. The highly graphic video shows dark-skinned assailants punching, kicking, and stomping on the victim’s head. O...
The US secretary of state has claimed a complete end to hostilities in the region is “not possible” despite it being part of the agreement Tehran will not be tricked by Washington’s attempts to redefine the memorandum of understanding agreed between the sides, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed on Tuesday that a complete cessation of hostilities across the Middle East, including the Israeli military operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon, is “not possible,” despite it being the first clause of the MOU signed by the Americans and the Iranians on June 17. “You can’t have the end of hostilities and conflicts in the region as long as Iranian proxies are launching missiles and drones from Iraq and are participating in terrorism like Hamas did and like Hezbollah did,” Rubio said. Baghaei responded in a post...
The UN Commission of Inquiry says Israeli forces have deliberately targeted minors in Gaza and the West Bank Israeli forces have deliberately targeted and killed Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank, according to a UN inquiry, which says the attacks amount to war crimes and point to genocidal intent. Srinivasan Muralidhar, chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, presented the findings on Tuesday while discussing a new report on Israeli violations against minors. He said the commission had found “indisputable evidence” of deliberate targeted killings of Palestinian children, as well as torture, inhumane and degrading treatment, sexual and gender-based violence, and attacks on infrastructure essential to children, such as orphanages, healthcare, and educational facilities. According to the commission, Israeli fo...
The two countries have clashed over the Ukrainian leader’s move to name a commando unit in honor of Nazi collaborators Vladimir Zelensky will skip this week’s Ukraine Recovery Conference in Poland to keep the gathering free of “scandals,” the Foreign Ministry has said, as a diplomatic row with Warsaw over Kiev’s commemoration of a Nazi-linked wartime unit shows no sign of easing. Tensions between Ukraine and Poland – a key supporter of Kiev – escalated in recent weeks when Zelensky named a special-forces unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which collaborated with Nazi Germany during WWII and whose fighters killed tens of thousands of Polish civilians. Polish President Karol Nawrocki responded by stripping Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest honor, prompting several senior Ukrainian officials to renounce their own Polish honors. ...
The first deaths since Sunday have put pressure on a ceasefire with Hezbollah tied to regional peace efforts Israeli troops have killed two people in southern Lebanon, in the first reported fatalities since Sunday. The fragile Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire is a key condition set by Iran for peace talks with the US, a process that has drawn sharp criticism from West Jerusalem. The incident occurred on Tuesday in the Muslim-majority town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa and left another person wounded, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. The Israeli military claimed that “Hezbollah terrorists operating under civilian cover” approached its positions and failed to respond to warning shots, prompting troops to open direct fire. Hezbollah said Israeli forces targeted a civilian municipal team that had been clearing roads from rubble and recovering bodies. The Iran-backed movement described the shooting as a ...