Rubio says Iran using Hormuz as leverage, calls on other countries to 'step up'

A fragile truce between Iran and the United States broke down after reported attacks by Iran on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the critical international waterway through which a fifth of the global oil and gas supply transited prior to the war
20 July 2026

Indian students cool on 'American Dream' as EU opens its doors

European tuition fees are typically 50% to 80% less than the US, according to education consultant KC Overseas, with lower living costs also reducing the bill.
20 July 2026

US launches 9th night of strikes on Iran as it hits out at Gulf neighbours

US Central Command (CENTCOM) late Sunday announced it was beginning a wave of strikes on Iran for the ninth night in a row.
20 July 2026

11 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence and hospitals said Israeli attacks on Saturday killed 11 people across the territory, among them three children and their parents.
20 July 2026

Guyana coast: 53 rescued from capsized ferry

At least 53 people have been rescued after a ferry carrying more than one hundred people capsized overnight off the coast of Guyana, Prime Minister Mark Phillips told AFP yesterday.
20 July 2026

US strike cuts water to 10,000 in Iran’s Hormozgan

A US strike on a water desalination plant in Iran’s southeastern coastal village of Bunji, in Hormozgan province, has left around 10,000 without water, a provincial official said.
20 July 2026

Russia hits Kyiv with missile barrage

Russia battered Ukraine’s capital Kyiv overnight with one of its biggest ballistic missile barrages of the war, killing at least one person and wounding 16 others, President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday.
20 July 2026

US‑Iran airstrikes intensify across Gulf

The United States carried out airstrikes yesterday to “punish” Iran after the first US military deaths since open hostilities rekindled the Middle East war.
20 July 2026

Influencer Tate, brother arrested in US

Radical social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were in custody in the US, officials said yesterday, as Britain seeks their extradition to face new charges of rape, sex trafficking and assault.
20 July 2026

Death toll from Venezuela quakes rises to 5,119

The death toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes last month has risen to 5,119, according to an official tally released Saturday.
20 July 2026

India court declines Wangchuk’s discharge

Indian authorities were right to move hunger-striking activist Sonam Wangchuk to a government hospital because he had not admitted himself despite his deteriorating health, a court said yesterday, declining to order his immediate discharge.
20 July 2026

Rubio, Lebanese president hold talks in Washington

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Washington yesterday, a State Department official told AFP, after the latest round of Lebanon-Israel talks wrapped up in Italy.
20 July 2026

Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait, where power, water plant is alight

Third attack in as many days on a power and water facility in Kuwait
19 July 2026

Ferry carrying 116 people capsizes off coast of South America's Guyana: minister

A ferry carrying 116 passengers capsized off the coast of Guyana overnight, government minister Juan Edghill said today.
19 July 2026

Russia launches deadly strikes on Kyiv after attack on Moscow warehouses

13 wounded in Kyiv after missile attack; Ukrainian drones target logistics hubs near Moscow and Tambov as wartime protests over defence shakeup enter third day
19 July 2026

Influencer Andrew Tate and brother arrested in Miami

'We have decided to prosecute Andrew and Tristan Tate for further offences including rape, arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation and offences relating to indecent images of a child,' Malcolm McHaffie, head of CPS's Special Crime Division, said in the statement
19 July 2026

Japan's superstitions make some homes hard to sell or rent

Many Japanese people are reluctant to buy or rent homes where a sudden or violent death has occurred. To reassure prospective buyers and tenants, property owners are calling in "ghost investigators."
19 July 2026

Iran's Supreme Leader says US breaches show Trump's signature is 'worthless'

Washington and Tehran have exchanged strikes after a ceasefire agreement fell apart last week, raising fears of a return to all-out war
19 July 2026

US launches new airstrikes to 'punish' Iran after two troops killed

A month after the foes signed a now-abandoned preliminary deal aimed at ending their war, Iran hit an oil facility in Kuwait as well as a power and water plant, authorities in the Gulf state said, while in Bahrain the army said air defences repelled a wave of Iranian attacks
19 July 2026

New monkey species found in Congo’s rainforest

Scientists have identified a new species of monkey in Democratic Republic of Congo’s rainforest, distinguished by patches of light-colored skin around its mouth, Florida Atlantic University said in a statement.
19 July 2026