Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy says it has temporarily closed the Strait of Hormuz “until further notice”, according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Iran’s state broadcaster.
On June 17, 2024, Seaman First Class Jeffrey Facundo’s right thumb was severed when Chinese forces violently tried to stop a civilian vessel and two small Philippine Navy boats from bringing fresh troops and supplies to the grounded BRP Sierra Madre on Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal.
It’s exciting, propulsive and not based on the same old threadbare franchises … this adaptation of a French comic book series is a steampunky tale of a secret experiment to inject wounded first world war fighters with a serum
Poland has commemorated the anniversary of the Volhynia massacre, a large-scale ethnic cleansing operation perpetrated by Ukrainian Nazi collaborators during World War II and a hot-button topic that sparked a recent diplomatic clash between Warsaw and Kiev.
Poland has commemorated the anniversary of the Volhynia massacre, a large-scale ethnic cleansing operation perpetrated by Ukrainian Nazi collaborators during World War II and a hot-button topic that sparked a recent diplomatic clash between Warsaw and Kiev.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., speaks at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration at the South Carolina Statehouse, Jan. 19, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)
WARSAW, Poland — Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday announced the creation of a new monument to civilian victims of what he called a "genocide" by "Ukrainian nationalists" in World War II.
Military delegations from the United States and Lebanon have met in Beirut to work out how to implement the first phase of a US-brokered framework agreement intended to achieve an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
Marc Guehi has won his fitness race and is expected to start England's World Cup quarter-final against Norway alongside a recalled John Stones in central defence.
In January, I detailed how tens of thousands of weapons are smuggled into Israel every year through the Egyptian and Jordanian borders via organized smuggling networks using drones. The weapons flow into mixed Jewish-Arab cities and from there penetrate Judea and Samaria, fueling both organized crime and terrorist a…
A Democratic lawmaker from the United States says he and his tour group were detained by rifle-wielding settlers during a trip to Palestine and has promised to release more details of the ordeal in the coming days.
For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings …
Russia hopes by mid-July to have a commercial logistics hub up and running in one of two berths at the naval base it leases in the Syrian port of Tartous, while keeping a military presence at the other, Syrian officials told Reuters.
Armed Israeli settlers carrying US-made weapons held Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna at gunpoint in the occupied West Bank as he visited Palestinian communities to witness Israel’s human rights abuses first-hand.
BEIJING — China announced a temporary export ban on helium on Friday, effective immediately, as the resumption of military conflict in the Middle East threatens to trigger new shortages of the gas critical for chip manufacturing.
Damascus, Syria – For many Syrians, the decades of rule by the al-Assad family – Hafez al-Assad from 1971 to 2000, then his son Bashar from 2000 to 2024 – were filled with oppression from the state and eventually more than a decade of civil war.
Several New York Times journalists were summoned to testify under oath after they reported alleged security concerns involving President Donald Trump's new Air Force One plane, the US newspaper said.
Today, 26 years ago, on July 11, 2000, one of the most consequential diplomatic conferences in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict convened at Camp David in Maryland.
Iran has warned that it will no longer be bound by a deal with the US aimed at ending the war if Washington's violations of the agreement continue, Iranian state television reported.
Spanish Military Emergency Unit (UME) firefighters battle a deadly wildfire in Los Gallardos, Almeria province overnight on July 10 and into July 11, 2026. At least 12 people died attempting to flee and 23 were missing, in one of the country's deadliest blazes on record.
A US military delegation has met with Lebanon's army in Beirut to discuss the implementation of Israel's withdrawal from one of the so-called "pilot zones" it occupies, a Lebanese military official told AFP.
SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung returned home Saturday after attending this year's North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Ankara and paying a state visit to Mongolia.
El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump habla con reporteros a bordo del Air Force One tras aterrizar en la base de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos en RAF Mildenhall, en Suffolk, en el este de Inglaterra, el miércoles 8 de julio de 2026. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon)
Israel is home to hundreds of war memorials and monuments to those who lived and bled for the land, but the monument that stands at the peak of the Ammunition Hill Heritage Site in the heart of Jerusalem is one of a kind.
SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Saturday sought an arrest warrant for a former military commander for his alleged role in ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law bid.
Ukraine's military will organize a new force tasked with making incursions deep in Russian territory to degrade Moscow's fighting capabilities, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Friday night.
The Israeli military extensively shelled the town of Deir Seryan in southern Lebanon on Friday after carrying out extensive demolitions overnight in Khiam, hours after a US official claimed Israel was ready to begin the lengthy withdrawal process from south Lebanon.