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The well‑known Swiss academic and Islam specialist Tariq Ramadan is set to appear before a Paris court on Monday, facing accusations of raping three women in France between 2009 and 2016. Ramadan, who has previously advised British administrations on Islamic affairs, rejects all allegations in a case that many

Israel and the United States have begun another round of heavy strikes across Iran on the second day of their operation aimed at toppling the regime, a move that has thrust the Middle East into a fresh regional clash with an uncertain timetable and outcome. The fresh bloodshed on Sunday

The weekend started in the usual way in Dubai. By late Saturday morning, the beach venues on Palm Jumeirah were full. On the waterfront promenade, running groups assembled beneath the towers, recording their warm‑ups before departing in orderly rows. Social media showed the city seemingly unchanged: clear skies, calm

Three hundred British service members were positioned within 200 metres (650 ft) of an Iranian missile and drone attack on the U.S. naval facility in Bahrain on Saturday – one of several episodes in which UK forces have become involved in the Middle‑East conflict. No injuries were reported, and

Iranian state media says the death count from a missile attack on a girls’ school in southern Iran has climbed to nearly 150. Mizan News Agency, the judiciary’s official news service, announced that the Saturday strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab has lifted the fatalities to 148,