Ukraine’s General Staff on Sunday said Ukrainian drones had struck the Saratov oil refinery in southwestern Russia, causing a ...

The US says it targeted Iranian "missile and drone launch sites; command and control locations; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance nodes".

The UK maritime authority meanwhile reports a cargo vessel being struck "by an unknown projectile" in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran has not officially responded to the remarks, nor has it responded to US media reports that a deal between the two countries could be close.

Japan’s pivot should be widely welcomed in Washington, which has long sought to get its wealthy East Asian ally to spend more on defense. These moves are designed to strengthen the alliance, as ...

For the Middle East, the war in Iran has been another tough lesson in how divisions and competition can yield brutal conflict. But for most of the world, the war has been a lesson in something else: ...

An investigation is underway after a pirate-themed commercial party boat containing 148 people, including several children, ...

In May 2026, posts on social media sites including Instagram, Reddit and X claimed that in 2025, under U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Centers for Disease Control ...

Follow our live coverage here. SEOUL – Seoul said on May 5 that the authorities will investigate the cause of an explosion and fire on a South Korean-operated ship in the Strait of Hormuz in an ...

The South Korean government is investigating the cause of a fire on a Panama-flagged cargo ship operated by South Korea’s HMM Co. in the Strait of Hormuz, an incident that President Donald Trump ...

The Korean-operated cargo ship HMM Namu caught fire late on Monday following an explosion while anchored near the United Arab Emirates (UAE), leaving it disabled in the Strait of Hormuz, according to ...