An American warplane fired on and disabled a tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was attempting to transport oil from Iran in violation of a US blockade, the US military said Wednesday. Late the previous day, the aircraft “fired precision...
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President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that he would renew US attacks on Iran, saying Tehran had taken too long to agree a deal to end the Middle East war and accusing its negotiators of “playing us for suckers.” The remarks came...
A tanker carrying two million barrels of crude oil is heading towards Europe having left the Gulf at the end of May, the first such shipment since March, data from the maritime tracking firm Kpler showed Wednesday. The Advantage Victory, a Marshall...
A former Afghan Taliban commander charged by the United States with abducting a journalist and supporting fighters who killed American troops in 2008 was sentenced Tuesday to 42 years in prison. Haji Najibullah, 50, was accused by US prosecutors of...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates denied Wednesday that he had “victimized anyone” as he began closed-door testimony to US lawmakers over his relationship with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Gates, one of the world’s richest...
Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service on Wednesday said global forecasters were increasingly confident that a very strong El Nino warming weather pattern could form later this year. Scientists say there is a high likelihood of El Nino...
Three Indian crew members were reported missing in an attack on a commercial tanker off Oman, India’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after UK maritime monitors reported a fire on the vessel. In a statement, New Delhi condemned the attack...
Italy’s AGCM competition authority said Wednesday it had fined Philip Morris Italia seven million euros ($8.1 million) for misleading consumers — including minors — over the dangers its products pose to health. “The...
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Homelessness in the UK is “entirely preventable” thanks to AI-supported technology, Prince William told the London Tech Week conference on Wednesday. The heir to the British throne spoke as his homeless charity, Homewards, launched the...
The world’s largest whale graveyard has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean by Chinese scientists, who found that the vast expanse of both new and ancient carcasses supports huge communities of deep-sea life. It is also the...
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday of the risk of return to “full war” in the Middle East after Iran and the United States traded strikes. His intervention came after Iran and the United States once again traded fire...
The UN nuclear watchdog’s governing board on Wednesday approved a western resolution demanding that Iran immediately provide information and give access to its uranium stockpile and production facilities. Iran’s nuclear sites have been...
Russia on Wednesday urged “restraint” in the Iran war after Washington and Tehran traded new strikes in the worst escalation since their April 8 ceasefire. “We are extremely concerned about the new round of US-Iranian armed...
Gunmen stormed an informal settlement in Johannesburg and shot dead 12 people overnight, South African police said Wednesday, in the latest mass shooting in the crime-weary country. The shootings happened before midnight on Tuesday in an...