WASHINGTON, Aug 30 – U.S. forces carried out their first confirmed military strikes against Iranian targets in about a month on Sunday, hitting rocket launchers near the Strait of Hormuz as tensions again rose around the strategically important waterway. The strikes ended a period of relative calm in direct U.S.-Iranian military operations after months of … Read more
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug 30 – Icelandic voters have rejected a proposal to reopen negotiations on joining the European Union, more than a decade after the country abandoned its previous attempt to become a full member of the bloc. The closely watched referendum produced a narrow but clear victory for opponents of renewed accession talks. According … Read more
NICOSIA, Aug 30 – At least seven people have died and 23 remain missing after a passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people overturned off the coast of North Cyprus on Sunday, triggering a major search-and-rescue operation in the eastern Mediterranean. The privately operated ferry, identified by the Turkish Cypriot Interior Ministry as the FILOJET, was … Read more
NUWAKOT, Nepal, Aug 29 – Rescue teams on Saturday continued searching through mud, debris and damaged communities along the Nepal-China border, bringing survivors to safety while thousands of families waited for information about relatives still unaccounted for after devastating flash floods swept through the region. Four days after the disaster, the scale of the destruction … Read more
DUBAI, Aug 29 – Six months after the start of a devastating war with the United States and Israel, Iran’s leadership appears to be settling into a more confrontational posture, with powerful military commanders and hard-line clerics taking prominent positions across the country’s security establishment. The shift marks a significant departure from the early hopes … Read more
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 – President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States has reached a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that could give American interests access to 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, in a move his administration says could reshape Venezuela’s energy industry and eventually help ease fuel prices in the United States. … Read more
DEVIGHAT, Nepal, Aug 27 – Rescue crews searched through mud, debris and damaged communities along the Nepal-Tibet border on Thursday after a massive surge of water and sediment swept through the Himalayan region, killing at least 273 people and leaving more than 1,300 others missing. The disaster struck a day earlier after the collapse of … Read more
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug 26 – Fourteen newborn babies were killed Wednesday when a fire broke out in a nursery at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), one of Islamabad’s largest public hospitals, after an air conditioner reportedly exploded, officials said. Fifteen babies were inside the nursery when the blaze began, and hospital officials said … Read more
TEHRAN/WASHINGTON, Aug 25 – Iran has pledged to resist a new round of US sanctions aimed at putting greater pressure on its economy, while officials in Tehran said Washington appears interested in restarting diplomatic negotiations. The latest measures, announced by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, expand the campaign against Iran and threaten countries and companies … Read more
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 – President Donald Trump’s approval rating remained at its lowest level recorded in national polling as Americans showed growing reluctance to support the United States’ military campaign against Iran, according to a new national poll conducted by Reuters/Ipsos. The survey found that only 31% of Americans support continued U.S. military action against … Read more