The world is naturally fixated on the oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers missing from the Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran war. After all, the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman carries around a fifth of global crude and LNG…
The price of Brent crude oil, the international standard, spiked back over $100 on Thursday as Iranian strikes hit ships in the region’s waters and the ongoing American-Israeli war with Iran showed no signs of…
CCTV footage from a wedding in Jammu city in Indian-administered Kashmir shows a man firing a gun at former chief minister Farooq Abdullah. Abdullah escaped unhurt after the attack, which took place on Wednesday evening.
Police told the BBC the…
The site of an Israeli strike in Beirut
Attacks on ships in the Gulf have intensified. Iraqi authorities say one person has died and another 38…
In addition to attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Russia has been intensifying strikes on the country’s rail lines. On Sunday, a Russian drone hit a civilian train carrying 200 passengers from Kyiv to Sumy. Nobody was injured, but the…
In a brief call with Barak Ravid of Axios today, President Donald J. Trump said “The war is going great. We are way ahead of the timetable. We have done more damage than we thought possible, even in the original six-week period.” He added…
Key events
Lebanon said an Israeli strike on central Beirut’s seafront killed at least seven people early on Thursday –…
Senegal’s parliament on Wednesday approved a bill doubling the maximum prison sentence for same-sex relations to 10 years.
Lawmakers passed the government-backed legislation by 135 votes to none, with three abstentions.
The law, which now…