Author: Prima News

U.S. President Donald Trump said in a televised speech on Wednesday night that the U.S. military had ​nearly accomplished its goals in Iran, but offered no clear timeline for ending the monthlong war and vowed to bomb the country back into the “Stone Ages.” Facing a war-wary ‌American public, sliding approval ratings and pressure from some allies to outline his war aims in more precise and consistent terms, Trump said the U.S. had destroyed Iran’s navy and air force, and crippled its ballistic missile and nuclear programs. But he declined to lay out a concrete plan to wind down the war,…

Students across Russia are being offered large financial incentives to join drone units fighting in Ukraine as operators and engineers, while companies in Russia’s ​central Ryazan region have been given quotas to sign up workers for the army, documents show. The recruitment effort, which comes as Russian forces continue to grind forwards ‌on the battlefield in Ukraine and as U.S.-brokered peace talks are on ice due to the Iran war, suggests Moscow is diversifying its push to replenish its army’s ranks in what is the fifth year of its war. But it is not part of a general mobilisation drive, something the Kremlin…

 A diplomatic outcast a year ago, Pakistan has become a trusted regional partner and a mediator between the U.S. and Iran to end the war in the Middle East, a remarkable transformation for the South Asian nation driven mostly by its powerful military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir. Munir has had several meetings with President Donald Trump, including an unprecedented one-on-one lunch at the ​White House, while the government has apprehended an Islamic State bomber accused of killing American troops and handed him over to the U.S. In other moves to restore the Islamic nation’s credibility, its diplomats have launched a…

Britain will host talks ​on Thursday aimed at forming a coalition of countries to explore ways to reopen ‌the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. President Donald Trump said securing the vital waterway was a problem for other nations to resolve. British foreign minister Yvette Cooper will chair the virtual meeting of about 35 countries including France, Germany, Italy, Canada and ​the United Arab Emirates around midday in London to explore ways to restore freedom of ​navigation in the area. The United States is not due to attend. The meeting takes ⁠place after Trump said in an address to his nation on Wednesday evening that…

Russia is ready to contribute to resolving ​the Iran conflict and President Vladimir ‌Putin is continuing to talk with regional leaders, Kremlin spokesman ​Dmitry Peskov said on ​Thursday. “The president is continuing these ⁠contacts, and if our ​services are somehow required, we ​are, of course, ready to make our contribution to ensuring that ​the military situation transitions ​to a peaceful course as soon as ‌possible,” ⁠Peskov told reporters. Peskov was responding to a question about U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech ​to the ​nation ⁠about the Iran war and his separate ​comment that he was ​considering ⁠pulling the United States out of…

Government and allied forces in Burkina Faso have killed more than twice as many civilians as Islamist militants have since 2023, according to a tally of incidents documented in a report, opens new tab published on Thursday by Human Rights Watch. The pattern is broadly consistent with data shared ​with Reuters by Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED), a conflict monitoring group, and also applies to neighbouring Mali. In that country, which like Burkina Faso is ruled by a military-led government ‌that seized power in a coup, government forces and their partners have been responsible for three to four times as…

Eastern Libya’s military leader, Khalifa Haftar, has acquired what appear to be Chinese and Turkish combat drones, Reuters reporting has found, despite a long-standing U.N. embargo on supplying weapons to the divided North African country. Commercial satellite images show at least three drones at Al Khadim airbase, located in the desert about 100 kilometres (62 miles) east of the city of Benghazi, between late April and December. Their arrival has not previously been reported. What appeared to be ground control equipment for the aircraft was still visible this year, according to three weapons experts who reviewed the images. Unmanned aerial vehicles…

 French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday ​it would be unrealistic to ‌launch a military operation to force open the Strait of Hormuz, ​after U.S. President Donald ​Trump challenged U.S. allies to ⁠work towards reopening it. “Some ​people defend the idea of ​freeing the Strait of Hormuz by force via a military operation, a ​position sometimes expressed by ​the United States, although it has varied,” ‌Macron ⁠told reporters during a trip to South Korea. “This was never the option we have ​supported because ​it ⁠is unrealistic,” he added. “It would take forever, ​and would expose all ​those ⁠who go through…

Greek mother Georgia ​Efstathiou has tried everything to loosen the grip that social media has on her 14-year-old son: heart-to-heart talks; ‌internet-free time; confiscating his phone. Arguments flare as she fights the allure of his screen and its videos and messages. Now, Efstathiou may be getting the help she desperately wants. In the coming days, the Greek government is expected to announce a social media ban for children under 15, joining the ​growing ranks of nations seeking to shield young children from addiction and online abuse. “Ban them, shut them down. We’ve reached our ​limits… We parents need help,” said Efstathiou, 43,…

President Donald Trump took the short trip from the White House to the U.S. Supreme Court with his signature priority of cracking down on immigration largely intact, given repeated interventions by the nation’s highest judicial body in his favor. By the time he left, his luck may have run out. With Trump looking on from the public section of the ​courtroom – a historic first for a sitting president – most of the nine justices seemed unwilling on Wednesday to let him proceed with what may be the most audacious piece of his restrictive immigration agenda. At issue during the ‌arguments was his executive order that would deny birthright citizenship…