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A Bahrain-based United States military installation has sustained severe damage during recent months of fighting with Iran, the acting secretary ...

In a historic move last week, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to encourage the use of new world ...

Not long after several planes were hijacked and used to wreak devastation on downtown New York and Washington, DC, a ...

United States President Donald Trump has promised a $5,000 payout for every adult US citizen if the Republican Party holds ...

As the United States and Iran trade strikes on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz this week, Iran has ...

Israel has announced four retaliatory measures against the UK in response to its decision to ban the import of all ...

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said its naval forces have captured an unmanned United States submarine near the Strait ...

Yemen’s more than a decade-long civil war has flared up once again after the Houthi rebel group launched an offensive ...

The United Kingdom has announced a ban on the import of all goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the ...

One year ago, thousands of young people took to the streets in multiple Nepali cities to protest against corruption. Following ...

Yemen’s Houthi group has carried out attacks in southern Saudi Arabia, with Riyadh saying that dozens of people have been ...

Tehran has threatened “serious consequences” for South Korea if it interferes in the US-Israel war on Iran.The warning comes amid ...

EXPLAINERArgentina’s sovereignty claim is enshrined in its constitution, but oil production raises the economic stakes.A dispute between Argentina and Britain ...

A Jamaican delegation to the United Kingdom has said it will file a petition addressed to King Charles III to ...

Germany is back before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague over its support for Israel, more than ...

The shipping industry, already heavily constrained by restrictions on transit through key waterways such as the Strait of Hormuz, faces ...

Iran says it plans to establish a new restricted zone around the Strait of Hormuz, a global energy chokepoint, after ...

EXPLAINERThe average US household has spent $763 extra on fuel in six months, as the US-Israel war on Iran pushes ...

Yemen’s internationally recognised government says its forces have made significant gains against the Houthis as fighting has escalated in recent ...

EXPLAINERPick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you ...