[ Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that Israel warned the U.S. about a drone attack on Iran Friday morning apparently targeting an air base and a nuclear site in central Iran. Iranian air defense batteries were active after explosions were heard near the air base near the central city of Isfahan, the Associated Press … Read more
[ Are we on the brink of World War Three? Addressing the global media from Nevatim Air Base in southern Israel yesterday, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said Tel Aviv would do “anything necessary to protect the state of Israel at the time and in the way we in Israel choose to do so”. This comment … Read more
[ Welcome to Thursday’s Early Edition from i. Just two months ago, David Cameron made an impassioned plea for US Congress to pass a stalled funding package worth $60bn for Ukraine. “This is personal for me. My grandfather stormed the beaches of Normandy under covering fire from US warships,” he wrote for website The Hill. … Read more
[ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that his forces will fight against Hamas in Rafah whether the U.S. supports them or not. Netanyahu emerged defiant from a Friday meeting with his wartime Cabinet and Blinken in Israel, vowing to press on in the southern … Read more
[ The U.S. military is sending an anti-terrorism unit to protect the country’s embassy in Haiti from a soaring wave of violence as armed gangs run amok across the island nation, sparking a regional crisis in the Caribbean. The Marine Fleet-Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST) was sent at the request of the State Department, U.S. Southern … Read more
[ President Biden told a Democratic lawmaker and members of his Cabinet after the State of the Union address that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that they will need to have a “come-to-Jesus meeting.” Biden’s comments, captured on a hot mic as he spoke with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) on the floor of the House … Read more
[ Qatar’s prime minister said Tuesday he was optimistic a deal would be reached soon to release Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, pause fighting between Israel and Hamas and scale up humanitarian aid deliveries. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister, said he had received a … Read more
