Oil prices again spiked this week after a few weeks of relative stability following the renewed fighting as Iran continues to maintain a stranglehold over the strategic Strait of Hormuz, responsible for roughly 20% of global oil shipping.
The US recognises Britain's administration of the Falkland Islands but remains neutral over the competing sovereignty claims.
The Trump administration says its proposed legislation aims to make university equal and accessible to all and end “woke” campaigns which deliberately favour certain students over others due to socioeconomic or racial backgrounds.
About 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects in Nepal, with roughly 500 believed to be trapped in tunnels, according to local authorities.
Search and resuce operations are ongoing with teams yet to reach the wreckage of the Tuğberk İmamoğlu or locate its voyage data recorder (VDR) or "black box."
A federal judge's ruling that compliance was "practically impossible," paired with a whistleblower's warning that millions of ballots could go undelivered, has thrown the run-up to a pivotal midterm vote into legal disarray.
The durability of Meloni’s coalition has been a rarity in postwar Italy, where governments have often fallen before the end of their mandates.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had earlier said Ukraine would hold off on strikes while Witkoff and Kushner made the trip, while calling on Moscow to do the same.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had targeted Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon "in response to Hezbollah’s attempted attack yesterday against IDF troops operating in the security zone."
Ten days after floods devastated Nepal, one woman and one man were pulled alive on Saturday in separate search and rescue operations. Meanwhile, more than 5,000 people remain missing and at least 1,300 were killed.
The Bolivian Defence Minister said the first explosion "involved black powder from pyrotechnic material stored at the site," while the second, "much larger" blast was still being investigated.
Thousands are expected at Mladić's burial in Belgrade on Monday, which will proceed without serving officials, artillery salutes or ceremonial military presence. Brussels has said earlier any glorification would be "incompatible with the values on which the EU path is built".
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that it targeted three oil tankers and three US-affiliated vessels in the Strait of Hormuz as the cycle of violence spirals after the US military struck three Iranian oil tankers earlier on Saturday, in response to Iran targetting the US navy on Friday.
It comes after the US military announced that it had struck three Iranian oil tankers in response to what it said were ballistic missile strikes launched by the IRGC against two navy warships.
Netanyahu defended Israel’s 2025 strike on Doha and called Qatar a “hostile state," while Qatar separately accused Iran of selectively quoting a Qatari security assessment to justify attacks on its territory.
Axios reported that the plan remains in its early stages but that it could set out US policy towards the Middle East for the remainder of Trump's term.
Qatar is stepping up its mediation efforts as regional tensions remain high and direct US-Iran talks remain stalled, with Doha focused on de-escalation, dialogue and restoring freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Video. A flash flood swept through China’s Gyirong port on 26 August after a major disaster struck nearby Nepal. Footage shows mud and debris engulfing the border trade hub.
Malaysia hosts more than 215,000 refugees and asylum seekers registered with the UN refugee agency, including more than 126,000 Rohingya from Myanmar, its largest refugee community.
