President Donald Trump said on Monday any country that does business with Iran will face a tariff rate of 25% on any trade with the US, as Washington weighs a response to the situation in Iran which is seeing its biggest anti-government protests…
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Donald Trump threatens 25% tariffs on countries trading with Iran
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Tuesday’s papers: Finland summons ambassador, plus-sized shopping and payment in kind | Yle News
Domestic media span stories from unrest in Iran to the challenges of plus-size shopping.
Winter dressing presents added hurdles for people who are plus-sized. Image: Matti Myller / Yle Finland has summoned Iran’s ambassador in…
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People inside Iran describe heavy security in first calls to outside world
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranians could call abroad on mobile phones Tuesday for the first time since communications were halted during a crackdown on nationwide protests in which activists said at least 646 people have been killed.
Several…
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Russia pounds Kyiv, Kharkiv in major missile assault
Russian forces launched the year’s most intense wave of missile attacks on Ukraine’s two largest cities early on Tuesday, Ukrainian officials and media said, killing four people in the northeastern city of Kharkiv.The head of Kyiv’s military…
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Tuesday briefing: What has sparked Iran’s latest wave of protests – and what might happen next | Iran
Good morning. At least 648 people have been killed by Iran’s security services during nationwide demonstrations, with more than 10,600 arrested. The unrest is widely seen as the most serious challenge to Iran’s Islamic Republic in recent…
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Neo-Nazi group National Socialist Network says it will disband due to proposed hate speech laws
Neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Network has announced it will disband in response to proposed new hate speech laws by the federal government.
In a statement posted to Telegram, the group announced the closure of the National Socialist…
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A World Without Rules | Foreign Affairs
From the beginning of his presidency, Donald Trump has threatened to destabilize the international legal order. Early in his second term, he claimed he would “take back” the Panama Canal, make Canada the 51st U.S. state, acquire Greenland,…
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An ecosystem of smuggled tech holds Iran’s last link to the outside world | Iran
For most of Iran, the internet was shut off on Thursday afternoon – the most severe blackout the country has seen in years of internet shutdowns, coming after days of escalating anti-government protests.
For a very small sliver of the country,…
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Iranian Australians wary of foreign intervention, regime change amid fear for relatives at home
Shiva remembers being shot at while chanting against the Iranian government from the window of her home in Tehran during a 2022 protest.
She was uninjured but left traumatised.
Now studying in Australia, she is buoyed by the scale of protests she…
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Marine Le Pen’s appeal against embezzlement conviction to begin | Marine Le Pen
The French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen will face a fresh trial on appeal on Tuesday over the embezzlement of European parliament funds in a case that will determine whether or not she can run in the 2027 presidential election.
Le Pen, 57,…
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