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President Donald Trump has said that the US operation to guide stranded vessels through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused for a "short period of...
A Dutch cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak on board is to sail to the Canary Islands, Spain has said. Spain's health ministry said officials were...
Sudan has recalled its ambassador to Addis Ababa, accusing Ethiopia of being behind attacks on Khartoum’s airport. International Crisis Group’s Alan Boswell says the escalation risks...
Miscalculation over Strait of Hormuz could ‘bring an all-out war’ Sultan Al-Khulaifi, a senior researcher at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, warns that neither...
US says it will hike tariffs to 25 percent because the EU has not complied with a trade deal last year that set tariffs at 15...
Mauritania’s plan to shut most private primary schools and move students into free public schools is sparking backlash from private educators, even as authorities say it...
Iran has attacked a UAE petroleum site in Fujairah, just days after the United Arab Emirates announced it was leaving OPEC. As the Strait of Hormuz...
A US Central Command spokesperson says the mission to secure a safe passage of ships in the blocked waterway has begun. A military operation titled “Project...
Israel kills one boy, injures officers in strike on Gaza police station A 15-year-old boy, Mahmoud Sahweil, was killed when Israel struck a Gaza police station....