•Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz The United States launched a third night of strikes on Iran as President Donald Trump planned to reimpose a blockade today on Iranian ports and floated a 20 percent fee on cargo in the vital Strait of Hormuz. Trump said a deal with the Islamic republic was still […]
•U.S. President Donald Trump President Donald Trump said today that the United States would be paid for guarding the Strait of Hormuz after declaring that it would be “taking over” the strategic waterway. “We’ll become the guardian of the Strait,” Trump told “Fox and Friends,” adding that the US had been guarding it for “nothing” […]...
At least 2,700 people died in England and Wales as a result of heatwaves that struck in May and June, according to a study released today. Experts from Imperial College London, the Met Office, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine used weather data, climate models, and studies on excess mortality during heatwaves […]
•A damaged residential building following a Russian drone strike late night in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, last night Ukrainian drone strikes killed four people and wounded seven in Russia today, most in the Moscow region, local officials said, as Kyiv upped its strikes in response to Kremlin’s barrages. Ukraine has been striking Russia, particula...
•Late Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Qatar’s former ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who oversaw the country’s transformation through its gas wealth, has died at the age of 74. The Amiri Diwan, Qatar’s top government body, announced his death yesterday. The royal court declared a four-day period of national mourning and suspended [&...
•An oil tanker off the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas The US military insisted yesterday that ships are moving through the Strait of Hormuz despite Iran’s claim to have closed it in the latest flare-up of the Mideast war. “Iran does not control the strait. Traffic is flowing,” CENTCOM, which oversees US forces in […]
•US President Donald Trump and Strait of Hormuz Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) closed the Strait of Hormuz after firing a warning shot at a vessel attempting to use an unauthorized route to cross the waterway, the IRGC’s Navy arm announced early this morning local time. In a statement carried by the Arabic-language website [&h...
•A collapsed building following earthquakes in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 26, 2026 The death toll in Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes last month has topped 4,300, a top lawmaker said yesterday. National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez — the brother of interim leader Delcy Rodriguez — put the toll at 4,333, up f...
The UK government has updated its list of countries that require visa to enter or transit the country. Updated on July 10, 2026, the list includes countries in Africa, Asia, Middle East, South America, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe. Nationals of countries and territories who need a visa to enter or transit the UK […]
•Late wife Nothabo Zandile Tshuma (left) with her daughters Nala, 5, and Natalie, 15 A British citizen of Zimbabwean heritage has been charged with three counts of murder after being arrested in South Africa in connection with the deaths of his wife and two daughters in Bedfordshire. The Crown Prosecution Service said it had authorised [&helli...
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