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Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched missile and drone strikes targeting Saudi oil infrastructure in Yanbu and Jizan, following Saudi airstrikes in Hodeida and Sanaa. Missile and … Read more
Crude oil and gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have picked up following a recent lull as operators use transponder-dark vessels to bypass ongoing Middle … Read more
Nearly four months after engineering his transition to a civilian role, Myanmar junta chief-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing dismissed ASEAN’s Five Point Consensus peace plan on Friday, … Read more
An 1858 edition of Antiquities of Athens has been returned to the Kiama Library in New South Wales, roughly 150 years overdue. A local homeowner discovered … Read more
Singapore’s labour market expanded in the second quarter of 2026 even as retrenchments rose 17.5 per cent to 4,500—the highest level since late 2020. According to … Read more
Limpopo law enforcement agencies arrested 127 undocumented foreign nationals during a multidisciplinary sweep across the Vhembe District, part of an intensifying provincial security initiative aimed at … Read more
Former Costa Rican Vice-President Rebeca Grynspan emerged as the early frontrunner in a confidential United Nations Security Council straw poll on July 30, leading a field … Read more
Saudi Arabia hosted a meeting in Riyadh on Thursday to establish a multinational maritime defense alliance aimed at safeguarding navigation in the Red Sea and Bab … Read more
President Donald Trump announced a historic agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in the Gaza Strip, according to Fox News. … Read more
United States President Donald Trump announced that his “Board of Peacehas reached aHISTORIC agreement” for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups operating … Read more
NATO and Poland scrambled military aircraft after a missile launched during a massive Russian overnight barrage against Ukraine crossed into Polish territory and crashed, according to … Read more
Talks in Cairo between Hamas leaders and international mediators over the second phase of a U.S.-brokered peace plan have achieved rare progress, sources close to the … Read more