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France, Britain and Germany on Thursday triggered a mechanism to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran for failing to comply with commitments over its nuclear programme signed a decade ago.

The three countries notified the UN Security Council that they “believe Iran to be in significant non-performance of its commitments” under the 2015 nuclear deal, according to a letter seen by AFP.

Iran warned that it would “respond appropriately” to the move which risks drawing a curtain on the most…

In a Sudanese city long besieged by paramilitary forces, the war has taken an even more violent and terrifying turn, leaving residents facing hunger and death with little chance of escaping.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the regular army since April 2023, has launched its fiercest assault to date on El-Fasher, the only major city in the western Darfur region still in army hands.

Witnesses, volunteer groups and aid workers have reported in recent weeks intensifying…

US-based coffee chain Starbucks’ sales in Malaysia fell 36% year-on-year in the financial year ended in June due to protests and boycotts of Israel’s attacks on Gaza, according to financial results the Malaysian franchiser Berjaya Food Berhad released on Wednesday, Anadolu reports.

In the whole financial year ended in June 2025, Starbucks’ revenue was down to 477 million Malaysian ringgits ($113 million).

The firm also saw a net loss of $69 million in the…

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent remarks regarding the so-called “genocide” have no connection to Armenia, Anadolu reports.

The comments were made during a press briefing in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, in response to an interview in which Netanyahu mistakenly claimed that the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, had adopted a resolution recognizing the so-called “Armenian…

Hungarian-Canadian physician and Holocaust survivor Gabor Mate on Thursday voiced his support for the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, which is scheduled to set sail from Barcelona this Sunday in a renewed attempt to deliver aid, Anadolu reports.

“I’m here to give whatever support I can to that flotilla,” Mate said in a social media video. “I wish I could be there with you.”

Mate recalled Israel’s record of intercepting previous aid convoys at sea.

“Israel…