Less than 48 hours before the US-Israeli strike on Iran began, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone to US President Donald Trump about the reasons for launching the kind of complex, far-off war against which the American leader once had campaigned.
With the installation of the first female archbishop of Canterbury, women clergy in the Episcopal Church reflect on the struggle toward women’s ordination and the future of women in ministry.
An American-operated Patriot air defence battery likely fired the interceptor missile involved in a pre-dawn explosion that injured dozens of civilians and tore through homes in US-ally Bahrain 10 days into the war on Iran, according to an analysis by academic researchers examined by Reuters.
In London’s Golders Green, with its large Jewish community, residents warned of growing antisemitism on Monday after an early morning arson attack on four volunteer ambulances run by a Jewish organisation.
President Trump is ordering the U.S. military to hold off on striking Iranian power plants, citing “productive” talks with Iran, but Iranian officials deny there’s any dialogue with the U.S.
Trump says he will deploy ICE agents to U.S. airports to help address delays. And, the president said he would delay strikes on Iranian power plants for five days.
Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organisation in north London were set ablaze overnight in a suspected antisemitic hate crime, police said.
Iran warned it could start striking power plants across the Gulf region, after President Trump threatened to hit Iran’s energy infrastructure unless Tehran opens the Strait of Hormuz when his 48 hour ultimatum expires on Monday.
As the Iran war delays peace talks for Ukraine — and global supplies of air defense missiles — there are signs that fewer Ukrainians are willing to endure Russia’s war for as long as necessary.