Regulators around the world have been ramping up enforcement against social media companies that violate laws around protecting children's data, privacy and safety

Strait of Hormuz traffic plummets and oil prices continue to rise

The Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing “exponentially”, with more than 2,500 deaths now recorded, with half in the last 20 days, the United Nations’ senior Ebola coordinator said yesterday.

Turkey has sought an international arrest warrant for Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu accusing him of “genocide” linked to Israel’s interception of an aid flotilla for Gaza, the justice minister announced yesterday.

Iran said yesterday that its response to any new US threats would be “devastating” after Washington pledged to impose the toughest financial penalties in history with the aim of toppling the Iranian leadership.

A plane crash at a remote US Air Force site in Alaska killed eight people on Thursday, the military said.

Myanmar’s military has deployed hundreds of troops to forcibly clear areas marked for a Russia-backed special economic zone in the country’s south, burning villages and sealing off surrounding tracts of land, according to resistance fighters and a local activist with direct knowledge.

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan was briefly taken to hospital, declared medically fit and sent back to prison within a few hours early yesterday, a surprise move that his supporters and party said violated a top court directive.

US President Donald Trump has threatened “tremendous economic consequences” for any country offering Iran an economic lifeline, declaring an “economic D‑Day” six months into Washington’s costly war with Tehran.

International Criminal Court (ICC) President Tomoko Akane of Japan yesterday warned against “the demise of international rule of law” after the United States targeted her with sanctions.

This year’s El Nino weather pattern will be the biggest in over a century, warming sea surface temperatures to an “unheard-of” level, Britain’s national weather agency predicted yesterday.

Ukraine’s military hit a Russian oil refinery in the city of Perm overnight, more than 1,600 km from the Ukrainian border, President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday.

At least 13 vessels have been attacked off Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden this year, compared with five in all of 2025

Claimants face further costs after court found serious allegations were based on speculative evidence

US seeks more than 1,000 annual launches and reentries by 2030 amid growing competition with China

Former premier’s party accuses authorities of contempt as supporters protest his return to prison

Party still plans ‌nationwide march on September 27

From September 15, number of vessels allowed through each day will fall from 36 to 32

India and Japan agreed to bolster security ties including maritime cooperation yesterday after their defence ministers met in New Delhi.

Pakistan summoned Washington’s top envoy in Islamabad and “strongly condemned” remarks by the US ambassador to New Delhi calling disputed Kashmir “an important part of India”.