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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 ... -
Crisis Trump claims US has been holding talks with ‘respected’ Iranian leader
United States President Donald Trump says Iran wants “to make a deal”and claims U.S. envoys have been holding talks with a “respected” Iranian leader. ... -
NYC Pilot and copilot killed in collision between jet and fire truck
Two people were killed and several others badly hurt when an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on a runway while landing ... -
Iran built a vast camera network to control dissent. Israel turned it into a targeting tool
The role of Israel’s hijacking of Iran’s street cameras in the killing of the country’s supreme leader underscores how surveillance systems are increasingly being ... -
A wave of executions is feared in after three young men were hanged last week
A 19-year-old star wrestler and two other young men were hanged in Iran this week, raising alarm among rights groups that a wave of ... -
Models with Down syndrome strike a pose for World Down Syndrome Day
Dozens of models with Down syndrome strutted down a catwalkat a fashion show in Romania’s capital for an evening celebrating style, “atypical beauty” and courage to mark ... -
Macau gov’t seeks to appoint two judges from Portugal
Portugal’s High Council for the Judiciary (CSM) has opened applications for two Portuguese judges to serve in Macau’s first-instance courts, with the selection process ... -
State Department cut jobs with deep expertise in Middle East as Iran crisis escalates
In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray. ... -
US eases Venezuela oil sanctions as Trump seeks to boost world oil supply during Iran war
U.S. companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela’s state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, ... -
Budapest’s vintage freight trams celebrate 100 years in service
With the toot of a horn, the ring of a bell and the hiss of air brakes, an unusual rail vehicle pulls out of ... -
Len Deighton, author of bestselling spy thrillers, dead at 97
Len Deighton, a prolific writer whose tough, stylish spy thrillers featured on bestseller lists for decades, has died. He was 97. Deighton’s literary agent, ... -
Iran war pushes countries into energy triage as they conserve power and curb soaring prices
The escalating war with Iran is pushing parts of the world into energy triage, forcing governments to choose where to cut demand or absorb ... -
Poland is among world’s 20 largest economies – how did it happen?
A generation ago, Poland rationed sugar and flour while its citizens were paid one-tenth what West Germans earned. Today its economy has edged past ... -
Scientists made a breakthrough in the study of whale sounds
Researchers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, recently discovered the oldest known recordings of whale sounds and believe the discovery could help understand how the animals ... -
Trump calls for help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump said he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open as Iranian strikes continued to rain down on ...
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