• Reuters

    How close is Iran to having nuclear weapons?

    As its 2015 nuclear deal with major powers has eroded over the years, Iran has expanded and accelerated its nuclear programme, reducing the time it would need to build a nuclear bomb if it chose to, though it denies wanting to. A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Thursday that Iran could review its "nuclear doctrine" amid Israeli threats. While it was unclear exactly what he meant, and that term tends to refer to countries that, unlike Iran, have nuclear weapons, below is an outline of where Iran stands.

  • The Independent

    Stardust fire inquest: 48 people who died in Dublin nightclub blaze were unlawfully killed, jury rules

    Ireland’s longest-running inquest delivers conclusion on country’s worst fire disaster

  • Associated Press

    Gunmen ambush vehicle carrying customs officials in northwest Pakistan, killing 4 officers

    Unidentified gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying officials from the customs department in troubled northwest Pakistan on Thursday evening, killing four of them before fleeing the scene, police said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack which happened in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, local police official Nasir Khan said. Khan said police transported the bodies of the slain officers to a hospital and officers were still investigating.