- Middle East
US military leaders say ceasefire with Iran holding despite attacks in Strait of Hormuz
Dubai: US military leaders said Tuesday that a ceasefire with Iran remains in effect a day after Tehran was blamed for new attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and against the United…
- Afghanistan
Afghanistan says Pakistan strikes killed three civilians
Kabul: Afghanistan accused Pakistan of carrying out cross-border attacks into its territory on Monday, May 4, that hit civilian areas, killing at least three people and wounding 14, as tension between the…
- World
US: Shooting at lake near Oklahoma City injures at least 10
Oklahoma City: At least 10 people have been taken to hospitals following a shooting at party at a lake near Oklahoma City, police say. Edmond, Oklahoma police spokesperson Emily Ward said authorities…
- World
Cuba: Citizens struggle to survive as products dwindle due to US sanctions
José Luis Amate López hasn’t had a customer in almost two weeks, not counting the scrawny brown kitten that slinks around the bodega where he works in central Havana. The shelves once…
- World
Suspected outbreak of rare hantavirus on cruise ship in Atlantic Ocean kills 3 people
A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at least three others, the World…
- Middle East
Five killed in RSF drone strike on civilian vehicle in Sudan
Khartoum: Sudan’s paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), killed at least five people in a drone attack that hit a civilian vehicle on the outskirts of Khartoum, a local Sudanese rights…
- Middle East
Imprisoned Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi’s health ‘at very high risk’
Tehran: The health of imprisoned Iranian rights lawyer Narges Mohammadi was at “very high risk,” her foundation and family said Saturday, May 2, adding that Iran’s Intelligence Ministry was opposing her transfer…
- Middle East
US warns shipping firms over paying Iran to transit Strait of Hormuz
Beirut: The United States is warning shipping companies they could face sanctions for making payments to Iran to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz. The US Office of Foreign Assets Control…
- World
US court blocks mailing of abortion pill, restricting access
New Orleans: A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the US by blocking mailing of prescriptions of mifepristone. A panel of the…
- Middle East
Two activists taken by Israel after Gaza aid flotilla intercepted
Barcelona: Israeli authorities have said they are taking two activists who led an aid flotilla bound for Gaza — and were captured by Israel in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea —…
- World
Afghan man convicted in Kabul airport bombing conspiracy
Alexandria: An alleged Islamic State group militant was convicted on Wednesday, April 29, of a conspiracy charge in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal…
- World
New Zealand court rejects appeal by Christchurch mosque shooter
The white supremacist who shot to death 51 Muslims at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, lost an attempt to abandon his guilty pleas at the country’s Court of Appeal on Thursday.…
- Middle East
Children among biggest victims as unexploded ordnance scars Sudan’s Khartoum
Khartoum: Khaled Abdulgader noticed children using an unusual object as a football and tried to stop them. He grabbed it, and it exploded in his hand. He lost two fingers, and shrapnel…
- World
UAE OPEC exit: Asian stocks gain, oil prices decline
Stocks mostly advanced in Asia on Wednesday despite losses on Wall Street, while oil prices fell after the United Arab Emirates said it would leave OPEC in a blow to the powerful…
- World
Romania: Socialists, hard right party come together to topple centrist PM
Romania’s leftist Social Democratic Party and the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians jointly submitted a no-confidence motion on Tuesday as the two political parties seek to topple liberal Prime Minister…
