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US military is poised to blockade Iranian ports, while Tehran threatens ports in the Mideast
The U.S. military vowed to blockade all Iranian ports starting yesterday, part of efforts to force Tehran into agreeing to open the crucial Strait ... -
Haitians cut back on already scarce food and ask how they’ll survive rising fuel prices
For a factory worker in Haiti, the war in distant Iran means he now has to walk two hours to work and the same ... -
Gap between rich and poor nations is growing even wider, UN report says
The gap between rich and poor nations is growing even wider as actions agreed to by many countries last year, including overhauling the major ... -
US and Iran end ceasefire talks and Vance heads home without an agreement
The United States and Iran ended face-to-face talks yesterday without an agreement to end the war, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire in doubt. U.S. ... -
The myrrh tree that’s key to luxury perfumes and African incomes is threatened by drought
The critical note in some of the world’s most well-known perfumes is myrrh, a tree resin from the Horn of Africa that is under ... -
A 9-year-old was found locked in a van since 2024, malnourished and unable to walk
A 9-year-old boy has been rescued after living locked in his father’s utility van in eastern France since 2024, according to the local prosecutor. ... -
UK and Norway led a military operation to deter Russian submarines in the North Atlantic
Britain, Norway and other countries conducted a weekslong operation to deter Russian spy submarines near undersea cables in the North Atlantic, the U.K. defense ... -
Ceasefire teeters with disagreements over Lebanon and Hormuz
A tentative ceasefire in the Iran war staggered yesterday under the weight of Israel’s bombardment of Beirut, Tehran’s continued chokehold on the Strait of ... -
Oil prices rise to $100 as stocks slow on doubts about the US-Iran ceasefire
Oil prices climbed back toward $100 per barrel yesterday, while stock markets worldwide slow following their big gains from the day before. The S&P 500 ... -
US, Israel and Iran agree to a two-week ceasefire but attacks resume
Iran, the United States and Israel agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an 11th hour deal that allowed U.S. President Donald Trump to pull back ... -
China says Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to explore a ‘comprehensive solution’
China’s government said Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed not to escalate their conflict and to “explore a comprehensive solution” after several weeks of cross-border ... -
Decorated veteran remains behind bars on Afghan war crime charges
Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, did not apply for bail when the war crime murder charges against him were listed in a ... -
What to know about Offset, the rapper who was shot outside a Florida casino
Law enforcement is investigating who may have shot Offset, a former member of the influential hip-hop trio Migos, outside a Florida casino Monday. Police ... -
Markets surge worldwide as oil plunges toward $90 following ceasefire between US, Israel and Iran
Stock markets are surging worldwide, and oil prices are plunging back toward $90 per barrel after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat ... -
Danish warship sunk by Nelson’s British fleet discovered after 225 years
More than 200 years after being sunk by Adm. Horatio Nelson and the British fleet, a Danish warship has been discovered on the seabed ... -
Iran hits Golf states while strikes batter Tehran ahead of Trump speech
Iran hit an oil tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait’s airport on Wednesday while airstrikes battered Tehran — an unrelenting tempo hours ... -
Gulf allies ask Trump to keep fighting until Iran is defeated
Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the ... -
Sexual violence is being used as a weapon in Sudan’s war, doctors group says
Sexual violence against women and girls is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan‘s fierce conflict between the military and paramilitary Rapid ... -
Immigrants seeking asylum are ordered to countries they’ve never been to, but end up stuck in limbo
The Afghan man had fled the Taliban for refuge in upstate New York when U.S. immigration authorities ordered him deported to Uganda. The Cuban ... -
Macau joins Eurovision Asia line-up, promises ‘fusion with fireworks’
Macau will compete in the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026 in Bangkok, a source familiar with the event told the Times last night, ... -
Trump mulls seizing Iranian island even as talks appear to be moving ahead
President Donald Trump openly mused about seizing Iran’s Kharg Island oil terminal in the Persian Gulf and the United States and Israel kept up ... -
One of Europe’s poorest countries, struggles as Iran war drives up fuel prices
Kushtrim Ajvazi is proud to be part of a successful business in one of the poorest countries in Europe. The company where he is ... -
Thieves steal paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse from Italian private museum
Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros from a museum near the city of Parma in ... -
Iran warns US ground troops would be ‘set on fire’ as regional diplomats meet on the war
A top Iranian official warned the U.S. against a ground invasion, saying its troops would be set “on fire,” as regional diplomats met yesterday ... -
Nestlé says 413,793 KitKat candy bars stolen en route from Italy to Poland
Swiss food giant Nestlé says about 12 tons, or 413,793 candy bars, of its KitKat chocolate brand were stolen after leaving its production site ... -
Iran and the US harden their positions as Tehran keeps its grip on the Strait of Hormuz
Iran and the United States hardened their positions as a diplomatic push for a ceasefire in the Middle East war appeared to falter yesterday. Tehran moved ... -
As juries turn against social media for harming kids, Big Tech’s invincibility starts to show cracks
For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people›s mental health and can lead to addiction, ... -
Students cram in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw as musicians play
From the stage of Amsterdam’s historic concert hall, violinist Hyunjin Cho and cellist Efstratia Chaloulakou look out over row after row of young faces ... -
Celine Dion set to perform in Paris two years after triumphant Olympics appearance
Near, far, wherever she is … Celine Dion is heading back to Paris. Confirming clues that have been popping up, tantalizingly, on posters around the French ... -
Iran received a ceasefire plan from the US but Tehran dismisses idea
Iran has received an American 15-point plan for a ceasefire for the Iran war through intermediaries from Pakistan, officials in Islamabad said yesterday. The ... -
Kenya’s flower industry loses millions of dollars weekly
Kenya’s flower industry has reported weekly losses of up to $1.4 million since the Iran war began, with growers attributing the losses to a ... -
Top central banker thinks businesses may be quicker to raise prices due to Iran war
The head of the European Central Bank says that businesses may be quicker to raise prices in response to the oil shock from the ... -
Police probe possible Iran link after Jewish charity ambulances set on fire
Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were set on fire early Monday in London in what British police are investigating as an antisemitic ... -
Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, USGS
A strong preliminary magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean yesterday, prompting coastal evacuations but no wider tsunami warnings. The United States ... -
66 killed in military plane crash: armed forces says
A military transport plane with 128 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off yesterday [Macau time] in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, killing ...
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