US and Iran have reached a peace deal, Trump says
Adds Strait of Hormuz is set to open on Friday upon deal signing.
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Gaza, philanthropy and power: Dis-Chem drawn into online political storm
Calls to boycott pharmacy giant Dis-Chem are intensifying after majority shareholder Mark Saltzman publicly attacked journalist Redi Tlhabi over Gaza, turning a social media exchange into a wider argument about corporate identity, philanthropy, political speech and public accountability. The exchange began after Tlhabi responded to a Haaretz article examining the reputational damage Israeli Prime Minister…
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Iran is winning the social media war
The first signal is not a statement or a briefing. It is a post. An Iranian embassy account responds within minutes. A line, sharp enough to travel. A clip that reframes the moment before it settles. By the time officials speak, the narrative is moving. In one Lego-style animated video, a caricature of Donald Trump…
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Anna Hansell | Benjamin Netanyahu | Gabriel da Silva | International Court Of Justice | Opinion | Thought Leader
Tehran and Arak under chemical siege
Iranian media reported on 8 April that US-Israeli strikes hit the Iran Aluminium Company in Arak, the country’s largest aluminium producer, along with the Amirkabir petrochemical complex in Mahshahr. A strike on a plant of that scale is the ultimate act of terrorism. Aluminium fires generate dense aluminium oxide smoke and release a cocktail of…
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Iran airstrikes mark the biggest Trump gamble
Polls show most Americans oppose fresh military action.
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Khamenei killing puts limits of self-defence under UN Charter to the test
The Israeli and United States air strikes on Iran this weekend which killed its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have triggered debate on whether they represent a lawful exercise of anticipatory self-defence or a departure from the United Nations Charter’s limits on the use of force. Iranian state television confirmed Khamenei was killed early on…
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Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi | Abraham Accords | Africa | African Union | Benjamin Netanyahu | International
Israel recognises breakaway Somaliland region
Somalia, which regards Somaliland as an integral part of its territory, rejected the deal as unlawful, describing it as “deliberate attack on its sovereignty.”
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US intensifies attack on ICC in bid to shield Israel, Netanyahu
The United States on Wednesday defiantly expanded efforts to hobble the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its prosecution of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sanctioning a judge from ally France. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also targeted a Canadian judge in a separate case in his latest volley of sanctions against the tribunal in The…