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2 days ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
THE White House today doubled down on its claim that US forces had “completely and fully obliterated” Iran’s nuclear programme. However a US intelligence report suggested that Iran’s nuclear programme had only been set back by a few months, according to two people familiar with the early assessment.
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3 days ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
THE Israeli military says seven Israeli soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. A Palestinian attacker is reported to have attached a bomb to their armoured vehicle while Palestinians health officials in the battered enclave reported that 79 people were killed in Israeli attacks across the strip today. Among those reported killed in Gaza were 33 people who died while trying to access aid.
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3 days ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
THE sleeper cell behind a deadly church bombing near Damascus belonged to the Islamic State group, which had plans to target a Shi’ite shrine in a similar attack, Syria’s Interior Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday. Sunday’s attack on the Mar Elias church killed at least 25 people. The attack was the first of its kind in Syria in years, and comes as Damascus, under jihadist rule, is trying to win the support of the country’s minorities.
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3 days ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
THE Israelis opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza early today, killing at least 25 people, according to Palestinian eyewitnesses. Gazan health authorities said that the number of Palestinians killed in the war has risen above 56,000.
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3 days ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
GERMANY: A court today lifted a ban imposed by the government last year on Compact, a far-right magazine, ruling that the case against it didn’t clear the high bar required to outlaw its publisher. Compact appealed to the Federal Administrative Court, which suspended the ban in August pending a full consideration of the case. Following a hearing earlier this month, the court lifted the ban altogether on Tuesday.
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4 days ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
THE fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel appeared to be holding today after the deal brokered by the United States initially faltered. The false start in the truce sparked a testy response from US President Donald Trump. An Israeli military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity in line with military regulations accused Iran of launching two missiles at Israel hours into the tenuous ceasefire. Both were intercepted, the official said.
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4 days ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
LEADERS of Nato gathered in the Netherlands today for the start of a historic two-day summit that aims to unite the world’s biggest military alliance around a new spending pledge or widen divisions among the 32 allies. The allies are likely to endorse a goal of spending 5 per cent of their gross domestic product on their security, to be able to fulfil the alliance’s plans for defending against outside attack. But there is discontent among the allies.
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4 days ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
CAMBODIA’S government today accused Thailand of escalating border tensions by imposing new restrictions that have blocked almost all land crossings heading into Cambodia. Relations between the neighbours have deteriorated following an armed confrontation on May 28 in which one Cambodian soldier was killed in a relatively small, contested territory along their border.
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4 days ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
CHINA plans to hold a military parade on September 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender, it was announced today. The commemoration of the defeat of the Japanese will be led by President Xi Jinping. The Chinese Kuomintang party veterans who fought in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression will be invited to observe the parade, which will be held in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
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4 days ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
THE Israelis opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza early today, killing at least 25 people, according to Palestinian eyewitnesses. Gazan health authorities said that the number of Palestinians killed in the war has risen above 56,000.
