Trump says he paused attack on Iran at Gulf allies' request

US President said he was planning major new assault on Iran, but held off as he saw hope for securing a so far elusive agreement to end the war
19 May 2026

Trump official helped secure US visa for fugitive Polish minister

No. 2 US diplomat ordered visa for wanted former Polish minister
19 May 2026

Trump drops IRS lawsuit in exchange for DOJ $1.8 billion 'weaponisation' fund

Settlement creates $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponisation Fund for legal claims
19 May 2026

Three killed in San Diego mosque shooting, both suspects dead

TV footage from a helicopter showed armed response teams gathered outside a building, with one unidentified person lying in a pool of blood
19 May 2026

Israeli forces intercept Gaza-bound aid flotilla

The organisers of a flotilla of aid vessels bound for Gaza said yesterday that Israeli forces had intercepted 10 of their boats and that contact had been lost with a total 23 vessels in the eastern Mediterranean.
19 May 2026

Nigeria, US carry out new strikes on IS in Nigeria

Nigeria and the United States have carried out fresh strikes against Islamic State jihadists in northeast Nigeria, the US military said yesterday.
19 May 2026

Russia attacks Odesa, Dnipro

Russia struck the Ukrainian cities of Odesa and Dnipro in missile and drone attacks that damaged residential buildings and injured dozens of people, and Russian officials reported two deaths in Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia.
19 May 2026

Guns in Iran streets as Trump renews threats

As night falls over Iran’s sprawling capital, and the snowy peaks of the Alborz mountains fade into the darkness, thousands of Iranians have been routinely taking to the streets for state-sponsored rallies aimed at mobilizing supporters against the United States.
19 May 2026

Ebola outbreak: Health workers race to respond in DR Congo

Medical personnel were rushing yesterday to the frontlines of a new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo whose late detection and quick spread have alarmed health experts.
19 May 2026

Hezbollah, Israel war persists despite truce extension

Israel carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon yesterday, Lebanese security sources and the state news agency said, while Hezbollah announced new attacks on Israeli forces, continuing the war in Lebanon despite the extension of a US-backed truce.
19 May 2026

US weighs drone threat from Cuba

Cuba has obtained more than 300 military drones and recently began discussing plans to use them to attack the US base at Guantanamo Bay, US military vessels and possibly even Florida, Axios reported Sunday, citing classified intelligence.
19 May 2026

Pakistan deploys jet squadron, thousands of troops to Saudi Arabia during Iran war

Deployment includes 8,000 troops, JF-17 jets, drones, HQ-9 air defence system
18 May 2026

How Trump’s crypto venture and Iran’s top exchange tapped into the same industry networks

Iranian money has kept moving through two digital ledgers during the US and Israeli war against the Islamic Republic
18 May 2026

Iran war saddles global companies with $25 billion bill - and counting

Businesses are grappling with soaring energy prices, fractured supply ‌chains and trade routes severed by Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz
18 May 2026

Israeli strike in east Lebanon kills Islamic Jihad commander: state media

17-year-old daughter among dead; emergency workers search rubble for survivors
18 May 2026

Brain implants allow us to move and talk. But they could also be hacked

Scientists are investigating if a kind of technology, known as the brain-computer interface, could help patients move and communicate better
18 May 2026

WHO keeps evaluation of hantavirus as 'low risk'

The World Health Organization said Sunday it was maintaining its assessment of the hantavirus outbreak as "low risk" as the cruise ship where the outbreak originated approached the Netherlands
18 May 2026

Israel-Lebanon talks a ‘dead-end’

Israeli strikes targeted eastern and southern Lebanon yesterday, state media reported, despite a fragile ceasefire, as a Hezbollah lawmaker called Lebanon’s negotiations with Israel a “dead-end”.
18 May 2026

WHO declares Ebola emergency in DR Congo

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 80 as authorities warned there was no vaccine for the strain in a crisis that the World Health Organization declared an international health emergency yesterday.
18 May 2026

Iran eyes new power source under Hormuz

Emboldened by its successful wartime blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is turning to one of the hidden arteries in the global economy: subsea cables beneath the waterway that carry vast internet and financial traffic between Europe, Asia and the Persian Gulf.
18 May 2026