Israel launches calibrated retaliatory strikes against Iran

Israel launched a strike against Iran in the early hours of Friday in what appeared to be a limited, targeted retaliation to last weekend’s drone and missile attack by Tehran. Both sides were muted in their response to the assault, signalling that neither country wanted a further escalation that risked …

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Oil price shrugs off Israeli strikes on Iran

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Oil markets shrugged off Israel’s retaliatory strikes against Iran after a shortlived price spike on Friday, in a sign of investors’ confidence that the action will not escalate into a broader …

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Dubai Faces Persistent Flooding Due To Lack Of Storm Drains

UAE President has ordered at-risk families to be moved to safety When record downpours sent water flooding into his Dubai home, Riaz Haq expected the levels to drop once it stopped raining. But instead of falling, the water kept rising higher. “We went to bed, the water was half-a-metre (half-a-yard),” …

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Croatia’s top court rules President Milanović cannot be prime minister because of campaign

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s Constitutional Court on Friday banned President Zoran Milanović from becoming prime minister in case his center-left party manages to garner a majority after this week’s highly contested parliamentary election. The ballot on Wednesday ended inconclusively. The governing center-right Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, won the …

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US House advances $95 billion Ukraine-Israel package toward Saturday vote

By Makini Brice and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives advanced a $95 billion legislative package on Friday providing aid to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific in a broad bipartisan vote, overcoming hardline Republican opposition that had held it up for months. Friday’s procedural vote, which …

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