Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds./ Three Australian nationals, including two who also hold British citizenship, have been detained in Iran./ In a statement sent to CNN Wednesday, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) ...
for taking illegal photos with a drone, according to a source with knowledge of the situation./ In a statement Thursday, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) confirmed that Australians Mark Firkin and Jolie King were being held in Iran./ On Thursday, a source with knowledge of the ...
Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds./ Jolie King and Mark Firkin in Indonesia in a picture posted on Instagram on April 24, 2018./ for taking illegal photos with a drone, according to a source with knowledge of the situation./ In a statement ...
Australian women arrested and detained in Iran has been named as Jolie King, a travel blogger on holiday with her fiancee. Ms King was camping with Mark Firkin near a military site in Jajrood near Tehran when the pair were arrested by the Revolutionary Guard on August 9. The couple, who live in ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ The Australian couple are reportedly being held in Evin prison in the country's capital Two Australian citizens detained in Iran have been identified as Jolie King and Mark Firkin. Ms King, who also holds a UK passport, and Mr Firkin were ...
have been identified as travel bloggers from Perth./ Jolie King and Mark Firkin are detained in Evin jail in the Iranian capital of Tehran, the federal government has confirmed./ “Our families hope to see Mark and Jolie safely home as soon as possible,” their families said in a statement today, ...
Britain’s foreign minister on Tuesday said Iranian tanker Adrian Darya had sold its crude oil to the Assad regime in Syria, breaking assurances it had given not to sell crude to the country./ FILE PHOTO: What appears to be the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1 off the coast of Tartus, Syria, is ...
in the hope of exchanging one of them for an Iranian imprisoned in the US on charges of evading American sanctions. Tensions between Britain and Iran escalated dramatically after it emerged the women were being held in the first recent case of Tehran arresting British citizens who do not also ...
Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman who has been held in Tehran since 2016, outside the Iranian Embassy in London in June./ Three citizens of Australia are being held in Iran, the Australian government said on Wednesday, confirming the detentions ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Two British-Australian women and an Australian man have been detained in Iran, it has been reported. one of the women was arrested with her boyfriend 10 weeks ago on unknown charges while another woman was jailed for 10 years. Iran has held ...
The Adrian Darya 1, reportedly seen here near the port city of Tartus in Syria - AFP/ Britain has accused Tehran of an "unacceptable" breach of international norms after it apparently broke a promise that an oil tanker detained off Gibraltar this summer would not deliver oil to Syria. Dominic ...
Tehran has pursued a campaign of detaining Iranian and dual nationals academics in recent years, raising fears the Islamic republic is using them as diplomatic leverage. While there are no exact figures on the number of detainees with British links being held in Iran, these are at least some of ...
Australian women have reportedly been arrested and detained in Iran amid growing tensions between London and Tehran. A blogger who was travelling with her Australian boyfriend and an academic who studied at Cambridge University were seized in separate incidents, according to The Times. The pair ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ The Iranian flag flies on board the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, formerly named Grace 1 Oil on an Iranian tanker detained in Gibraltar has been transferred to Syria, in breach of EU sanctions, the foreign secretary has said. The ship, ...
This Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. appears to show the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya-1 off the coast of Tartus, Syria. New satellite photos obtained Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, by The Associated Press appears to show the Iranian oil tanker still off Syria despite U ...
ritain has summoned the Iranian ambassador after the released tanker Adrian Darya 1 reportedly delivered oil to Syria. Iran repeatedly gave assurances to the Government of Gibraltar that it would not deliver oil to any EU-sanctioned entity in Syria or elsewhere and was released after being ...
This Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. appears to show the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya-1 off the coast of Tartus, Syria. New satellite photos obtained Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, by The Associated Press appears to show the Iranian oil tanker still off Syria despite U ...
MELBOURNE/LONDON (Reuters) - Three Australian citizens have been detained in Iran, the Australian government said on Wednesday, adding that it was helping the families of the three but gave no further details. The brief statement from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade came ...
Iran’s envoy to London said on Wednesday the oil cargo of tanker Adrian Darya 1 was sold at sea to a private company, denying Tehran had broken assurances it had given over the vessel, but he insisted EU’s Syria sanctions did not apply to Tehran./ FILE PHOTO: Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, ...
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s government and media say two British Australians and a third Australians have been detained in Iran. Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on Wednesday it is providing consular assistance to the families of all three. The department said in a ...
LONDON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Britain said Iran had sold the oil cargo of tanker Adrian Darya 1 to Syria, breaking assurances it had given over the vessel which had been detained in Gibraltar for a suspected breach of European Union sanctions. The vessel, formerly named Grace 1, was seized by ...
LONDON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Britain summoned the Iranian ambassador on Tuesday to condemn what it said was a clear breach of the assurances it was given over the oil cargo of the tanker Adrian Darya 1, which had previously been detained for breaching EU sanctions. "Iran has shown complete ...
38PM [Updated: Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:38PM ]/ In this file photo taken on August 18, 2019 an Iranian flag flutters on board the Adrian Darya oil tanker, formerly known as Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar. (AFP photo)/ Iran’s ambassador to the United Kingdom says a tanker carrying Iranian oil in ...
A third of the community kitchens in Gaza - one of the last lifelines - have been forced to shut down over the past two weeks/ The US has confirmed that a new system for providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza through private companies is being prepared, as Israel's blockade continues ...
Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee camp/ Armed Israeli security forces have forced the closure of three schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem. Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent ...
Hostages' families have urged Israel's prime minister to agree another deal with Hamas rather than expand the Gaza offensive/ Israel's prime minister has said there is "uncertainty" about the condition of three of 24 hostages previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity in Gaza. Benjamin ...
Police block the entrance to the Israeli embassy during a protest in March/ The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the ...
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians were killed during 13 years of civil war/ "These," says Dr Anas al-Hourani, "are from a mixed mass grave." The head of the newly-opened Syrian Identification Centre is standing next to two tables, covered in femurs. There are 32 of the human thigh bones on each ...
The strikes in Gaza City come as Israel says it is preparing to intensify its military campaign against Hamas/ At least 20 Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli strikes on a crowded restaurant and market on the same street in Gaza City, medics say. Graphic videos posted on social media ...
The Houthis' top negotiator said their support for the Palestinian people in Gaza "will not change"/ A senior Houthi official has rejected US President Donald Trump's claim the Yemeni armed group "capitulated" when agreeing a ceasefire deal, saying the US "backed down" instead. "What changed is ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis that "we are on the eve of an intense entry into Gaza." Israel would, he said, capture territory and hold it: "They will not enter and come out." The new offensive is calculated, according to the spokesperson for the Israel Defense ...
Trump says Houthis told administration they 'don't want to fight anymore'/ Donald Trump said the US would stop attacking the Houthis in Yemen because the group had "capitulated", as Oman confirmed a "ceasefire" had been reached with the Iran-backed group for it to stop targeting shipping in the ...
Smoke rises over the city of Sanaa, on 6 May, following an Israeli air strike/ The Israeli military has said it "fully disabled" Yemen's main airport in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis. Tuesday's strikes targeted three civilian planes, the departures hall, the runway and a ...