Category: 2. World

The US has launched strikes on Iranian IRGC small boats and targets in the country in response to attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz

A fire was filmed burning in Bandar Abbas, Iran, after the US Central Command (CentCom) reported…

If you want to get a sense of the fuel crisis gripping Russia, all you need to do is spend a day driving around Moscow. At almost every petrol station we passed there was a queue of cars and lorries. Some lines were long, some short; some static,…

In a strongly worded statement, the command blamed the “terrorist American army” for violating its commitments and striking sites in southern Iran while the body of Ayatollah Khamenei was being hosted by Iraqi officials and mourners in Najaf.

It…

France is waking up bleary-eyed on Wednesday, with many still incredulous at the political uproar triggered by right-wing nationalist figurehead Marine Le Pen the night before.

Within hours of a court of appeal in Paris confirming her guilty…

At the summit, Sir Keir is expected to underline the threat posed by Russia to the UK and Nato.

The government said Nato had scrambled fighter jets to intercept Russian aircraft approaching allied airspace more than 700 times and that Russian…

A girls’ boarding school where US socialite Paris Hilton alleged she was abused as a teenager has had its licence revoked.

Utah state regulators cited unnecessary restraint, aggressive physical contact and instances of neglect among noncompliance…

Two lawmakers who endorsed Platner in March rescinded their support with Sen Gallego calling the allegations “troubling and deeply serious” and Heinrich describing it as “appalling”. Rep Khanna, who had appeared at rallies with Platner and was…

On Sunday, heavy rain began falling on Renhe village in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi.

The villagers were used to it. But the rain didn’t stop – and the water suddenly rose.

By the early hours of Monday, the water had reached their…

A 27-year-old university student, Sarah was at a crowded fuel station in the city of el-Obeid, on the front line of Sudan’s civil war, when a drone struck without warning.

She says the station lit up before everything went dark. “In front of us…