Iran will not allow military ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz under an agreement the Islamic Republic is negotiating with Oman, Iran’s deputy foreign minister said. Top diplomats from the two countries met to discuss the management of commercial shipping traffic in the vital waterway, which remains largely closed nearly six months after the … Read more
Long-range Ukrainian drones attacked a major warehouse belonging to Russia’s largest online retailer, burning it to the ground, local authorities said Wednesday. The depot in the Tambov region, southeast of Moscow, was attacked on July 18, killing seven people. That attack was the start of Ukraine’s air campaign that has dealt repeated blows to Russian … Read more
The cause of the devastating floods in Nepal is still unclear, but initial reports suggest that an earthquake triggered an avalanche of ice and rocks. This avalanche probably “blocked the (Bhotekoshi River) and caused a sudden surge downstream,” said Saswata Sanyal of the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu, a regional climate … Read more
‘We have lost contact with all of them’ posted at 11:55 BST11:55 BST Image source, EPA Caption, An aerial view of damaged houses in Trishuli Bazar in Nuwakot district, Nepal Yee Liang, a Chinese businessman based in Kathmandu, Nepal, says his logistics company has seven container trucks in the flash flood area, all manned by … Read more
Only one baby was rescued from the neonatal center where the fire occurred, in the capital of Pakistan. Published August 26, 2026 August 26, 2026 At least 14 newborn children died in a fire that broke out in the nursery of a government-run hospital in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said, as he … Read more
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — At least 47 people were killed and more than 50 kidnapped when gunmen attacked a once peaceful community near Haiti’s capital earlier this week, the United Nations said Tuesday. It is believed to be one of the largest mass kidnappings in Haiti in recent years, with a gang leader threatening to … Read more
Ukraine has recently received a small number of American-made Patriot interceptors capable of shooting down Russian ballistic missiles, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. He did not say how many had arrived or who had supplied them. kyiv also received confirmation of future supplies of the French Crotale surface-to-air missile system, the president was quoted as saying by … Read more
At first she found that they made her a little dizzy. But she soon became hooked on the feeling of slight numbness, which for her was like a brief respite from the pressure of the upcoming exams. When taken in large doses, the medication can cause serious side effects, such as hallucinations and coordination problems.
Iran and Oman’s top diplomats met on Tuesday to discuss a phased approach to managing ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which remains largely closed nearly six months after the war with Iran began. The talks came after an oil tanker was disabled in an attack off the coast of Oman, underscoring the ongoing … Read more
For 17 months, the State Department has promised to deliver evidence of a long-promoted conspiracy theory about its own agency: that its officials routinely censored conservative Americans. This week he failed in that mission, when the Undersecretary of Public Diplomacy, Sarah Rogers, published a trove of documents that proved nothing. The conspiracy theory has grown … Read more