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Ship runs aground in Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state TV reports
A ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz while using a route not approved by Iran More »
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As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children
The Feb. 28 attack on a primary school in southeastern Iran was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran More »
In Mideast and around the world, everyone's talking 'ceasefire.' But what does it really mean?
Ceasefires in the Middle East are not bringing the peace many people expect More »
Spotless uniforms, stalled cranes: Inside Venezuela’s faltering quake rescue effort
Many Venezuelan earthquake survivors across northern La Guaira state, in Caracas and surrounding regions are asking the same question More »
Venezuelan medics fear infections from quake injuries as search for untold dead continues
With far more dead than living people taken from the rubble a week after Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes, doctors say the biggest dangers now facing survivors were untreated wounds and infectious diseases More »
Zelenskyy says Ukraine has hit a Russian oil refinery for the second time in a week
Ukrainian forces have struck Russia's major Ufa oil refinery for the second time in a week, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday More »
Monaco authorities detain then release a person in their probe of this week's explosion
Monaco authorities say a person was arrested but later released as they “very actively” pursue their probe of an explosion that reportedly wounded a Ukrainian tycoon with ties to Russia and two other people More »
Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries plunge Russia into a summer fuel crisis
Lines are growing at Russian gas stations -- and so is the frustration and uncertainty as several months of Ukrainian attacks have set oil refineries ablaze and choked supplies for motorists across the vast country More »
Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with bishop consecrations in Switzerland
A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics has directly defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his consent More »
As the World Cup grows more global, many fans still struggle to get there
FIFA has spent decades expanding the World Cup to include more countries from Africa, Asia and the Middle East More »
