18+ hour, 37+ min ago   (217+ words) Feels like: 23.1°C23.1°F | Clear A meeting in Oman between Gulf countries and Iran to discuss possible agreements concerning the Strait of Hormuz has been postponed, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi announced on Sunday. The meeting had been scheduled to take…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (183+ words) Feels like: 23.6°C23.6°F | Clear Iranian state media reported that an Iranian commercial vessel was hit early Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, killing one person. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired drones and missiles toward southern…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1080+ words) Feels like: 23.5°C23.5°F | Overcast The leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are set to meet on Monday to sign an agreement aimed at initiating the break-up of the United Kingdom. At an unprecedented summit in Cardiff, the three first…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (360+ words) Feels like: 26.6°C26.6°F | Partly Cloudy On Sunday, Sweden will hold a closely contested general election that could result in either a left-wing coalition or a shift further to the right, potentially bringing the Sweden Democrats, a party with neo-Nazi origins,…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (185+ words) Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked a U.S. unmanned vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement broadcast by Iran’s state-run IRIB, the IRGC said its navy struck a “Saildrone type” unmanned vessel, “thwarting its aggressive mission”, Al Jazeera…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (284+ words) U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said American forces have diverted 94 commercial vessels during the latest phase of the maritime blockade against Iran. According to a CENTCOM statement released on the evening of Monday, September 7, U.S. forces disabled three ships and boarded and inspected…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (305+ words) A South Korean government team sent to assess the security situation around the Strait of Hormuz returned from the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, sources said. The team, comprising officials from South Korea’s defence and foreign ministries, travelled to the…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (943+ words) In addition to the sanctions, the Pentagon’s Central Command reported that US forces had carried out strikes against three Iranian oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, off Kharg Island and in the Jask area. This represents a far more…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (157+ words) Yemen’s Houthis claimed they shot down a Saudi Karial-type armed reconnaissance drone while it was conducting operations in the air space of Hajjah Governorate, Al Jazeera reported. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said that the drone was “downed using appropriate…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (317+ words) A Russian drone fell onto the territory of a Ukrnafta gas station in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district on the morning of September 10, sparking a fire and injuring three people, Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said. Videos posted by local channels showed smoke…...