Pezeshkian’s words of defiance came as Iran’s deputy foreign minister said a deal with Oman would bar all military vessels from the Strait of Hormuz in an escalation of Tehran’s demands that drew opposition from Washington, which has previously threate…
Less than three months before the midterm elections, Republicans are already facing tough headwinds – and now an unlikely issue has the potential to galvanise voters against them even further.
Monsoon rains from June to September regularly trigger deadly floods and landslides across South Asia.
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Commander Mazloum Abdi announced the SDF’s dissolution at the presidential palace in Damascus, ending the existence of the Kurdish-led force that served as Washington’s main partner against the so-called Islamic State terrorist group.
A rare 1920 Mondrian painting, Composition III, unseen for 25 years, will sell at Christie’s London in October with an estimate of £20m to £30m.
The edict covers energy, transport, logistics and any facility deemed critical to national security, and can be imposed by presidential instruction alone. Experts called it “hybrid nationalisation,” warning it would be used to seize assets from compani…
Myanmar’s ruling junta seized power in a coup in 2021 that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government, ending a 10-year experiment with democracy and plunging the country into turmoil and a humanitarian crisis.
The month before President Donald Trump returned to office, immigration arrests stood at just over 8,000, mostly involving immigrants transferred from local or state detention facilities to ICE for deportation.
More than 1,000 volunteers pull Japan’s Hirosaki Castle back to its original site in Aomori after a decade of renovation work on the 400-year-old keep.