World - Sunday, May 24, 2026

US president says ‘if I make a deal with Iran, it will be a good and proper one’ as Iranian state media claims US government obstructing some clauses in agreement In Lebanon, the civil defence agency said early on Sunday its regional facility in the southern city of Nabatieh had been destroyed by an Israeli strike . The Directorate General of Civil Defence said the building had collapsed and a large number of vehicles and equipment had been damaged by a “direct hit in a hostile Israeli strike”. Continue reading...

The official said the sides had agreed in principle to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and commit Iran to disposing of its highly enriched uranium, but stressed that a deal had not yet been signed.

Officials say the train had been transporting military personnel home for Eid when it was attacked by armed separatists.

Malcolm Turnbull denies role in push for teal political party while Zali Steggall confirms teals having ‘conversations’. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Were the teal party conversations sparked by the government’s electoral reforms? Yes and no, Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall say. There are many things that favour major party structures, and again, the public was incredibly cynical about that move, that it’s yet again major parties trying to rig the game for their benefit. I have had conversations over a period of time about how politics could evolve because people keep on coming to me and say they really worried about the times that we’re in. The question is: look, are there ways to better collaborate to evolve and how we work together or how some of us work together so that we can more explicitly align on certain areas and then where our communities and where we fundamentally disagree to have that freedom. Continue reading...

Andriy Melnyk, criticized as a Nazi collaborator and lionized as an anti-Soviet resistance leader, was given state honors for his reburial near Kyiv.

Leading defense analyst says Trump-Netanyahu tensions over Iran were a calculated strategy to blindside Tehran while building a unified front.

Nearly five years on from the school ban, young women say they have waved goodbye to their dreams.

Russia suspected of obstructing signal on flight bringing John Healey home from visit to British troops in Estonia An RAF jet carrying the defence secretary, John Healey, had its signal jammed for the entire three-hour flight after it flew near the Russian border. Healey had been visiting British soldiers in Estonia and was travelling back to the UK when the electronic attack happened, the Times reported. Continue reading...

Maritime tracking signals collapse near the UAE's Fujairah oil hub hours before President Trump announced progress on a bilateral peace deal with Iran, according to an AI maritime firm.

Glamorous and a touch old-fashioned, the French film festival increasingly defines what Hollywood celebrates each year.