The United States and Britain have unveiled fresh sanctions against Iran. The US Treasury Department said Washington will target 16 individuals and two entities enabling Iran's drone production. G7 foreign ministers are in Italy to discuss ongoing tensions in the Middle East, as well as additional support for Ukraine.
Israel's allies are hoping that fresh sanctions on Iran will dissuade Israel from responding militarily to Iran. The European Union has imposed new sanctions on Iran's drone and missile programme, while the US and the UK are calling for targeted sanctions. This is as G7 foreign ministers meet on the Italian island of C
Californians are looking for love in a new place near-freezing ice baths. Just outside Los Angeles in the coastal city of Santa Monica, single people have stripped down to swim trunks and bikinis for speed dating in a pool of frigid water. Called Icebreakers, the event is designed to get conversations flowing.
In our news wrap Thursday, cities across southern Ukraine suffered a third straight night of heavy Russian bombardment, protesters in Iraq stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad outraged that an Iraqi atheist in Stockholm threatened to burn a copy of the Quran for a second time and security tightened in New Zealand for the Women's World Cup after a gunman attacked construction workers in Auckland.