The United States has intensified its strikes targeting Iran, hitting targets further north. American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the

By Enas Alashray, Tala Ramadan and Yomna Ehab CAIRO/DUBAI, July 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. launched two waves of attacks on Iran's coastal defenses and missile sites on Wednesday after reimposing a naval

UAE says 2 tankers hit by Iran cruise missiles; 1 killed Early Tuesday morning, the UAE's Ministry of Defence said that the national tankers Mombasa and Al Bahiyah were targeted by two Iranian cruise missiles in the southern passage of the Strait of Hormuz in Omani territorial waters.

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More than half the House Democrats voted Wednesday to strip $3.3 billion in U.S. aid from Israel, the most substantial signal yet that once rock-solid bipartisan support for the country is disintegrating in the aftermath of its war in Gaza that has killed thousands of Palestinians.

More than 100 Democrats in the House of Representatives voted to slash U.S. aid to Israel, spotlighting a deepening public divide within the party that could reverberate at the ballot box in the midterm elections.

The symbolic vote showed how far Democratic politics on Israel have shifted, as progressive candidates turn anger over Gaza and U.S. military aid into a campaign issue.

The amendment to block military assistance failed, but partisan split cemented the increasingly polarized view of the U.S. ally.

Amid a sweeping government reshuffle in Ukraine, the country’s Defense Minister Mykhaylo Fedorov has lost his job despite recent military successes – sparking a public protest and discord within the armed forces.

Russia's ⁠defence ⁠ministry said on ⁠Thursday it hit military and industrial ​facilities in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, as ‌well as infrastructure at ‌ports in Odesa and Pivdennyi and ⁠a ⁠maritime vessel.

It was the first time in almost two weeks that Ukraine said it had downed Russian ballistic missiles, which are harder to stop than drones or cruise missiles and have pummeled the country in Moscow's 4-year-old full-scale invasion.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko, writing on Telegram, said two people had died and six others, including a 16-year-old teenager, had been injured in the attacks.

Human rights lawyer Jared Genser announced on social media that his client was free and headed back to the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump has called the release of a U.S. citizen held in Iran a "gesture of goodwill", even ​as conflict raged for a fifth night across the Middle ‌East.

Jared Genser, a lawyer who has been involved with high-profile cases of U.S. citizens detained in Iran, named the released citizen as his client, Dena Karari.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that Iran has freed a U.S. citizen detained in the country since 2024 as a "gesture of goodwill."

Argentina players celebrated while holding a banner reading "Las Malvinas son Argentinas", which translates as "The Falklands are Argentine".

Argentina players celebrated their World Cup semi-final victory over England by holding a banner about the Falkland Islands on the pitch in Atlanta.

After beating England, the Argentinian team unfurled a banner that read “Malvinas are Argentinian,” a reference to the British-administered Falkland Islands.

Argentina could face disciplinary action from Fifa after several of their players celebrated with a banner supporting their country’s claims to the Falkland Islands following the World Cup win over England.

Two UN organizations have raised the alarm over a possible boat disaster in South-East Asia involving more than 500 refugees. Two boats full of migrants set off from Myanmar's coast in recent days,

UN agencies fear over 500 people died, including Rohingya refugees, after reports of boats capsizing in recent weeks.

Karl Sexton Two boats carrying more than 500 people are feared to have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent weeks, according to a joint statement released by two UN agencies on Thursday. "According to preliminary information,

More than 500 people fleeing violence in Myanmar are feared dead after two boats disappeared in rough conditions off the country’s coast, according to two UN migration bodies.