UK Sanctions Target Israeli Settler Outposts

The Palestinian village of Burqa is seen as an Israeli flag is placed in the Jewish West Bank outpost of Homesh, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The Palestinian village of Burqa is seen as an Israeli flag is placed in the Jewish West Bank outpost of Homesh, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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UK Sanctions Target Israeli Settler Outposts

The Palestinian village of Burqa is seen as an Israeli flag is placed in the Jewish West Bank outpost of Homesh, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The Palestinian village of Burqa is seen as an Israeli flag is placed in the Jewish West Bank outpost of Homesh, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Britain on Tuesday sanctioned organizations involved in the construction of Israeli settler outposts in the West Bank, a government update showed, Reuters reported.

The sanctions target seven settler outposts or organizations and were taken under Britain's global human rights sanctions regime, the notice showed.

Those sanctioned included the AMANA entity, which Britain said was "involved in the construction of illegal settler outposts and providing funding and other economic resources for Israeli settlers involved in threatening and perpetrating acts of aggression and violence against Palestinian communities in the West Bank."



Some 100 People killed in Mistaken Air Force Attack on Nigerian Market

FILE - Nigerian soldiers ride on an armored personnel carrier during Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Maiduguri, in Borno state, Nigeria. Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
FILE - Nigerian soldiers ride on an armored personnel carrier during Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Maiduguri, in Borno state, Nigeria. Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
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Some 100 People killed in Mistaken Air Force Attack on Nigerian Market

FILE - Nigerian soldiers ride on an armored personnel carrier during Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Maiduguri, in Borno state, Nigeria. Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
FILE - Nigerian soldiers ride on an armored personnel carrier during Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Maiduguri, in Borno state, Nigeria. Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

A Nigerian Air Force strike targeting rebels hit a local market in northeastern Nigeria, killing over 100 residents and injuring many others, a rights group and local media reported on Sunday. Officials confirmed a misfire but did not provide details.

Amnesty International said it confirmed from survivors that at least 100 people were killed in the airstrike on a village in Yobe state near the border with Borno state, the epicenter of the militant insurgency ravaging the region for over a decade.

Such misfires are common in Nigeria where the military often conducts air raids to battle armed groups who use vast forest enclaves. The air raids have ended up killing at least 500 civilians since 2017, according to an AP tally of reported deaths. Security analysts point to loopholes in intelligence gathering as well as insufficient coordination between ground troops, air assets, and stakeholders.

The Yobe State Government confirmed in a statement that a Nigerian military strike was targeting a stronghold of the Boko Haram militant group in the area and that “some people ... who went to the Jilli weekly market were affected.”

“We are in touch with people that are there, we spoke with the hospital. We spoke with the person in charge of casualties and we spoke with the victims,” Isa Sanusi, Amnesty International Nigeria director, told The Associated Press.

The Nigerian Air Force did not immediately respond to an AP inquiry.


Putin Offers to Mediate Peace in Call with Pezeshkian, Tehran Says 3,375 Killed in US-Israel war

Rusya Devlet Başkanı Vladimir Putin, Moskova’daki Kurtarıcı İsa Katedrali’nde düzenlenen Ortodoks Paskalyası ayininde (AFP)
Rusya Devlet Başkanı Vladimir Putin, Moskova’daki Kurtarıcı İsa Katedrali’nde düzenlenen Ortodoks Paskalyası ayininde (AFP)
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Putin Offers to Mediate Peace in Call with Pezeshkian, Tehran Says 3,375 Killed in US-Israel war

Rusya Devlet Başkanı Vladimir Putin, Moskova’daki Kurtarıcı İsa Katedrali’nde düzenlenen Ortodoks Paskalyası ayininde (AFP)
Rusya Devlet Başkanı Vladimir Putin, Moskova’daki Kurtarıcı İsa Katedrali’nde düzenlenen Ortodoks Paskalyası ayininde (AFP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday that he was ready to help mediate efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East, the Kremlin said, AFP reported.

"Vladimir Putin emphasized his readiness to further facilitate the search for a political and diplomatic settlement to the conflict, and to mediate efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace in the Middle East," the Kremlin said in its readout of the call.

This came as head of the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization, which sits under the country's judiciary, said on Sunday that 3,375 people in Iran had been killed in the war with the United States and Israel.

"During the recent imposed war, the bodies of 3,375 martyrs were identified by the Legal Medicine Organization using scientific and specialised methods," said Abbas Masjedi, state news agency IRNA reported.

He said the toll included 2,875 males and 496 females, without specifying if they were adults or children, according to the agency.


Trump Renews Threat to Destroy Iran Energy Infrastructure as IRGC Warns of ‘Deadly Hormuz Vortex’

US and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
US and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Trump Renews Threat to Destroy Iran Energy Infrastructure as IRGC Warns of ‘Deadly Hormuz Vortex’

US and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
US and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

US President Donald Trump on Sunday reiterated his threat to destroy Iran's power plants and other civilian energy infrastructure if no deal is reached to end the conflict in the Middle East.

"I could take out Iran in one day," Trump told Fox News show "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo."

"I could have their entire energy everything, every one of their plants, their electric generating plants, which is a big deal."

Meanwhile, - Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Sunday said Iranian security forces had the Strait of Hormuz key shipping bottleneck under full control, warning that enemies would be trapped in its "deadly vortex" in case of any miscalculation.

"All traffic... is under the full control of the armed forces," the Guards naval command said in a Persian language post on X after Trump ordered a US naval blockade of the Strait.

"The enemy will become trapped in a deadly vortex in the Strait if it makes the wrong move," it added, posting a video showing vessels in crosshairs.