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Canadian drag queen theater The Bird House is planning a big drag queen show to raise money for the radical Islamist Palestinian cause.

Civil Service in clutches of “strange topsy-turvy morality” that treats allies as enemies, a former diplomat has warned.

English actor John Cleese took to social media on Monday to warn that Britain will no longer exist if its Christian values “are replaced by Islamic ones.”

LONDON — Len Deighton, a prolific writer whose tough, stylish spy thrillers featured on bestseller lists for decades, has died. He was 97.

Craven political manoeuvring has broken out across France as elected positions for around 35,000 municipalities are up for grabs, with the first round of voting breaking the veneer of the establishment left’s feigned principles, which instantly broke down and and its candidates began partnering with Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s radicals.

The Israeli military killed two top Iranian security officials in separate overnight strikes, multiple reports Tuesday indicate, further eroding the Islamic dictatorship’s senior leadership and command structure.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Monday ruled out her country’s involvement in operations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Trump says he feels vindicated in years of questioning fidelity of alliances, saying nations like Britain should have come with enthusiasm. 

Still grappling with the civilizational transformations of the migrant crisis sparked over a decade ago by conflict in the Middle East, the European Union is facing the prospect of another large wave, with little more in the way of protection for its external borders.

Reopening the Strait of Hormuz is critical to prevent an economic catastrophe, but the UK government isn’t sending warships yet because the Prime Minister has reservations about the lack of a legal basis for action, a “credible” plan, and the endorsement of the international community, he has said.

A military base in Kuwait hosting Italian forces was hit by an Iranian drone strike on Sunday, destroying an Italian-owned drone but leaving no injuries, the Italian Defense Ministry announced.

Britain’s top pollster has folded in a dispute with Brexit boss Nigel Farage after facing accusations of systematically downplaying his Reform UK party in national polling.

Australia and Japan have rejected a call by U.S. President Donald Trump for warships to be sent to secure the Strait of Hormuz, confirming Monday they do not plan to join military operations in the contested zone.

Hundreds of people turned out in London Sunday for a pro-Palestinian march banned by the government after police said it was organised by a group “supportive of the Iranian regime”.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has drawn criticism for calling on migrants in Germany to vote against the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

LONDON — Trinity Smith has been wearing her cowboy boots all week to break them in ahead of a weekend of non-stop dancing.

The military operation in Iran entered its sixteenth day on Sunday. The eyes of the world continue to focus on the Strait of Hormuz and its impact on international energy markets, while both President Trump and the remnants of the Iranian regime both reject suggestions of peace negotiations.

Four members of the Iran’s women’s soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland, an Australian government minister said on Sunday.

Around four in ten new homes built in Britain by the end of the decade will go to migrants, analysis of government figures has found.

A Greek-flagged oil tanker was damaged in a suspected drone attack in the Black Sea while approaching the Russian port of Novorossiysk, authorities said.

Dutch authorities were hunting Saturday for a person who was filmed setting off an explosion outside a Jewish school in Amsterdam. The mayor denounced the attack as a cowardly act of aggression against the city’s Jewish community.

A combined missile and drone attack on the Kyiv region killed at least four people and wounded at least 15 overnight into Saturday, according to the head of the regional administration for the Ukrainian capital.

The military operation in Iran is now over two weeks old. While overnight U.S. attacks on the critical Kharg Island avoided striking Iranian oil facilities, the Islamist regime in Tehran continues to attack energy infrastructure throughout the Gulf region.

France has named highly decorated elite infantryman Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion as the soldier killed in a drone strike overnight.

Six airmen have been killed after an incident in the skies over Western Iraq which led to the loss of an in-flight refuelling tanker.

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres arrived in Beirut for a “solidarity” visit to Lebanon on Friday, cutting short a stay in Turkey where he joined fasting Muslims for Ramadan while calling for the world to “eradicate the scourge of Islamophobia from every country and community.”

At least four crewmen from an American air refuelling tanker that crashed in Iraq while on Operation Epic Fury duties have died.

The British defence minister said “Putin’s hidden hand” is behind some Iranian tactics and capabilities.

The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, claimed to the Financial Times (FT) on Friday the administration of President Donald Trump “wants to divide Europe” and called upon unity among E.U. members to withstand what she described as the president’s “hostile tactics.”

CENTCOM has confirmed the death of four crewmembers of a downed refuelling jet that collided with another aircraft on Thursday.

Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto on Friday told the newspaper Corriere della Sera the war in Iran is “not our war” and reiterated Italy’s commitment to promoting a diplomatic solution to the ongoing conflict.

A USAF KC-135 refuelling jet has crashed in Iraq after an “incident” with a second aircraft during Operation Epic Fury.

The U.S. 5th Fleet said two sailors suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a fire broke out on a nuclear supercarrier in the Red Sea.

Three Iraqi migrants are being interrogated by Norwegian police over a blast that occurred at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo.

Islam in general and Ramadan in particular hold the key for society to prosper if it embraces a “noble vision of hope and peace” that Muslims hold dear, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells the world in a newly released video message.

Iran and its proxies continue to launch strikes, including against oil tankers in the Gulf, while Israel says they scored “extensive” hits.

A tranche of internal UK government documents revealed that Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer chose to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States despite having been made aware that the Labour Party operative continued his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein after his child prostitution conviction.