Yemen’s Houthi rebels are waging a concerted campaign to take full control of the country’s Red Sea coast, reclaiming control of the key port of Mocha, in the most serious wave of clashes with the Saudi-backed government in years. Seizing the coast would be a strategic disaster for Saudi Arabia and the United States, bringing … Read more
A fire broke out on board a foreign-flagged cargo ship undergoing repairs in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao on Thursday morning, causing numerous casualties, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The fire started around 11:15 a.m. at the Qingdao Beihai state shipyard, according to the report. He did not say how many had been killed … Read more
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said Wednesday that a plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from Moldova to Oslo for the funeral of Norway’s recently deceased King Harald V was nearly hit by a drone. “His flight was almost hit by a drone as it took off from Moldova. That’s the reality he lives … Read more
Matveev added that Zelenskyy’s air campaign has exposed how the Russian military cannot fully protect the country. This was underlined in May when the Kremlin reluctantly scaled back the Victory Day revelry celebrating the Red Army’s defeat of Nazi Germany. Soon after, in June, Ukraine repeatedly attacked Russian oil refineries and fuel infrastructure, including around … Read more
Number of missing may change, says coast guardpublished at 01:23 BST01:23 BST There are still dozens of people missing after the ferry fire, but those figures could change, a coast guard captain told a local radio station, AFP reports. “According to the data we have now on those rescued and the victims, we still have … Read more
Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies went on trial Tuesday in Brooklyn, New York, on criminal charges after eight years of legal disputes with the US government to be as “fair and impartial” as possible. “China and the Communist Party… are not on trial,” he said, also noting that the current conflict between the United States … Read more
Jonas Gahr Store says the incident occurred when the plane carrying the Ukrainian president took off from Moldova. Published September 9, 2026 September 9, 2026 Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said a plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from Moldova to Oslo was nearly hit by a drone. Zelenskyy, whose country has been fighting … Read more
The war with Iran has now exceeded six months. Hostilities subside and then flare up again; the most recent over the weekend, when US forces attacked two Iranian oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for attempted attacks on US ships. As the war turns hot, then cold, then hot again, one question … Read more
Al-Qaeda has ended. The organization that Osama bin Laden founded and led, that attacked the United States 25 years ago and killed 2,977 innocent Americans in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and rural Pennsylvania, no longer survives—and U.S. officials should say so, instead of burnishing the group’s legacy by acting and speaking as if … Read more
Al-Qaeda has ended. The organization that Osama bin Laden founded and led, that attacked the United States 25 years ago and killed 2,977 innocent Americans in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and rural Pennsylvania, no longer survives—and U.S. officials should say so, instead of burnishing the group’s legacy by acting and speaking as if … Read more