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U.S. forces launched strikes against Iranian targets shortly before the U.S. resumed its naval blockade of Iranian ports in and around the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday.
Wed 15 Jul 2026 at 5:27am
Kuwait's military said in a statement on Tuesday that one of its navy vessels was targeted in Iranian attacks, injuring four armed forces personnel.
Stocks are holding steadier after a report showed US inflation was not as bad last month as economists expected. That was even though oil prices continue to jump on worries that the United States and Iran may return to all-out war.
The fragile "no war, no peace" situation since the US and Iran signed a tentative deal last month now seems to have tipped into war.
LONDON — Andy Burnham pledged Tuesday to end the U.K.’s “cover-up culture” and put “decency back at the heart of the British state.”
Iran's military on Tuesday released footage said to show missiles being launched earlier that day towards U.S. bases in the region.
While the world has been watching the rise of China, Japan has been in the middle of its biggest defence shift since World War II.
Israeli lawmakers in the Israeli parliament discuss after the vote on a bill that seeks to equate the study of Jewish texts with military service, in Jerusalem, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A senior US official linked Brad Parscale, US President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, to a social media campaign denouncing the US-Iran ceasefire, Time Magazine reported on Tuesday.
United States President Donald Trump has backed away from his claim that Washington would levy a 20 percent transit fee for vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian responded to Trump’s comments on Tuesday, in which he claimed the US had destroyed the majority of Iran’s military capabilities.
By Ladislav Zemánek, non-resident research fellow at China-CEE Institute and expert of the Valdai Discussion Club
By Ladislav Zemánek, non-resident research fellow at China-CEE Institute and expert of the Valdai Discussion Club
House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, calls amendment ‘overly broad’ as party grapples with backlash over Israel
Medics said that a 10-year-old boy was shot and killed by Israeli forces in Rafah, in southern Gaza, according to reports from Reuters.
Medics said that a 10-year-old boy was shot and killed by Israeli forces in Rafah, in southern Gaza, according to reports from Reuters.
A joint US-Russian space mission has lifted off from Kazakhstan for the International Space Station (ISS), highlighting a rare partnership that has persisted despite tensions over the Ukraine war.
One Indian crew member was killed, and eight others were wounded in an Iranian missile strike targeting two Emirati oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, the United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.
Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
Houthi supporters walk in front of posters of some top Iranian scientists who have been killed in Israeli strikes, in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
Sudan risks facing a deepening hunger crisis due to ongoing conflict, aid funding cuts, and rising agricultural costs driven by the global disruption caused by the Iran war, a senior World Food Programme (WFP) official has said.
Defense Minister Israel Katz's request to pardon Hebron shooter Elor Azaria is a new low in acting purely from populist political instincts, which will only harm Israel's national interests both domestically and especially globally.
Eight people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a police station in northern Gaza on Tuesday, including a female officer, Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital and civil defence agency confirmed to AFP.
A US projectile reportedly exploded near a water and electricity facility on Iran's Kish Island, Iranian state media claimed on Tuesday.
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Firework displays cancelled as Paris military parade asserts ‘France’s rearmament … and Europe’s strategic awakening’
Mexico 1986, France 1998, Japan 2002 … this is a match that transcends, with Argentina’s head coach Lionel Scaloni calling for the focus to be on football, not the Falklands
Bulgaria has no place in the coalition of Western nations pushing for continued military aid to Ukraine, Prime Minister Rumen Radev has told Bulgarian broadcaster bTV.
Bulgaria has no place in the coalition of Western nations pushing for continued military aid to Ukraine, Prime Minister Rumen Radev has told Bulgarian broadcaster bTV.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that the resumption of US strikes on Iran “does not lead to resolution” and “closes the door” to future negotiations.
THE renewed war between the United States and Iran is not a distant Middle Eastern quarrel. It will reach Southeast Asia through higher energy costs, more expensive shipping and greater strategic uncertainty. Regional governments would be well advised to treat it as a direct regional concern, not as someone else’s p…
ILOILO City has taken a decisive step toward environmental protection by approving a landmark ordinance that establishes a mandatory 100-meter coastal greenbelt zone (CGZ) and prohibits all coastal reclamation projects within protected areas. The measure, considered one of Iloilo City's most significant environmenta…
Kuwait’s armed forces said on Tuesday that they are currently engaging with “hostile” aerial targets.
Apparently the late Senator Lindsey Graham's hawkish neocon legacy will continue to reverberate from beyond the grave. The 71-year old lawmaker died Saturday night "from a brief and sudden illness" - immediately after returning from Ukraine where he had toured drone and weapons factories.
The US needs to accelerate the pace of military strikes and target additional senior Iranian officials to push towards a resolution of the conflict, Beni Sabti, an Iran researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), said.
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Defense counsel and spokesman Michael Wesley Poa says that 'they did not expect' the move of the prosecution to drop Vice President Sara Duterte's Chief of Staff Zuleika Lopez and House security official Belinda Bello as witnessess in the fourth article of impeachment complete against Duterte. In a press conference …
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On Monday, the leaders of nine European countries and Ukraine gathered in Paris and announced a joint programme to develop Europe’s own Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition.
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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has requested that President Isaac Herzog pardon Elor Azaria, a former Israeli soldier convicted for killing an incapacitated Palestinian in Hebron, Israeli media reported.
The Czech Republic is in talks with Israeli firms to buy a number of air defense systems, Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka said on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Negev Conference in Dimona on Tuesday, saying Hezbollah now has only 7% to 8% of the missiles it possessed at the start of the war.
The Israeli military has continued to carry out regular strikes in Gaza despite the ceasefire with Hamas
Latest updatesIran war latest: Netanyahu threatens Iran with 'much more powerful' response if it attacks Israel
The IDF announced on Tuesday that the first woman in Israel Air Force history, referred to as "G.", was being promoted to brigadier general.
After recent strikes, Iran no longer trusts US negotiations, analyst says
The Chinese government must clarify whether they acknowledge or deny the claims made by their scholars that Batanes is an extension of Taiwan, a military spokesman for the West Philippine Sea said on July 14, 2026.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has requested that President Isaac Herzog pardon Elor Azaria, a former Israeli soldier convicted for killing an incapacitated Palestinian in Hebron, Israeli media reported.