The U.S. military reported on Tuesday morning that an anti-ship cruise missile hit a commercial ship on Monday evening. The missile was launched from a region in Yemen controlled by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. This incident is part of a series of recent attacks at an important maritime chokepoint in the Red Sea.
The foreign ministers of Germany, France, and Italy have jointly written a letter to European Union Foreign Minister Josep Borrell, urging the prompt implementation of sanctions targeting Hamas and its supporters in response to the Middle East crisis.
Ukraine’s president arrived in Washington on Monday to try to rescue a multi-billion dollar military aid package after already suffering setbacks with a vital member of the European Union.
Iran-backed terror groups have stepped up attacks against American forces and diplomats in the Middle East over Washington’s backing of Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza, U.S. officials say.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) struggled to explain Sunday all its limitations to users interested in the world’s first AI rules unveiled by the European Union.
World leaders and United Nations officials condemned the United States on Saturday for vetoing a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza that would have pressured Israel to end its declared intention to destroy Hamas, which it regards as a terrorist organization.
Germany’s eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt now requires individuals seeking German citizenship to confirm in writing that they “recognize Israel’s right to exist and condemn any efforts directed against the existence of the State of Israel.”
On Friday, the United States vetoed a UN resolution seeking an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, which the UN Secretary-General described as a “humanitarian nightmare.”
Under pressure from U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, the United Nations Security Council was to vote Friday on urging an immediate ceasefire in the weeks-long Israel-Hamas war.
The world’s biggest oil exporters, Russia and Saudi Arabia, have urged all members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) to cut production.
China, the world’s second-largest economy, faced more hurdles Thursday as Moody’s Investors Service cut its outlook for eight Chinese banks to “negative” from “stable” following the same downgrade to China’s government.
The United States is in talks with allies about the possibility of creating a naval task force to escort commercial ships in the Red Sea after Houthi Islamic jihadist militants in Yemen fired ballistic missiles at three vessels in the region on Sunday, the Associated Press reports.
The Philippines, already reeling from deadly earthquakes, saw more suffering Wednesday as 17 people died when a passenger bus careered off a road and plunged down a central mountain, officials said.
In an apparent effort to shore up support in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to make a rare one-day trip to both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and to host Iran’s president in Moscow this week, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.
Australia’s central government has unveiled a digital identity document (ID) scheme that it hopes will be rolled out nationwide by July next year.
The Philippines experienced aftershocks Wednesday of powerful earthquakes that impacted the capital, Manila, and other areas of the Asian nation, killing at least three people.
Christians urged prayers after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a church service in the southern Philippines that killed at least four people and injured dozens.
The United States is one of more than 20 countries which issued a declaration of their aim to triple nuclear energy production to achieve net-zero carbon emissions and limit climate change by 2050, CNBC reports.
A computer program that could provide digital identification for the entire world population is expected to be used by 1 billion people within 18 months, Worthy News learned.
Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano erupted again Monday, forcing rescuers to end the search for 12 missing climbers and raising the number of confirmed or presumed dead to 23.