Category: 2. Middle East

WASHINGTON — Iran’s military struck a Singaporean-flagged cargo ship with a projectile on Thursday after the vessel attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz.

The targeted ship was hit on its starboard side 7.5 nautical miles southeast of…

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ANKARA, June 25 (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed the earthquakes in Venezuela and the country’s need for aid in a call with his Venezuelan counterpart Yvan Gil on Thursday, a Turkish foreign ministry source said.

Fidan…

LONDON, June 25 (Reuters) – The United Nations’ shipping agency on Thursday paused an evacuation effort to get hundreds of stranded ships and thousands of seafarers out through the Strait of Hormuz after a vessel was attacked in the Gulf of…

WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) – NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Thursday that tens of billions of dollars in new defense-related contracts will be announced at the alliance’s upcoming Julysummit in Ankara.

In remarks at the Atlantic Council, Rutte…

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Soccer fans will be permitted to bring in rainbow flags when Egypt’s national team faces off against Iran on Friday at the World Cup in Seattle, FIFA said Thursday, as the match turned into a flashpoint for two countries where LGBTQ+ communities…

An attack on a ship Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz led the UN to suspend efforts to evacuate trapped mariners as the United States warned against Iran charging fees for passage through the vital waterway.

The New York Times and other US media…