44+ min ago   (322+ words) An Iranian commercial ship was struck early Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed, Iranian state media say. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired drones and missiles toward southern Saudi Arabia, putting new…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (128+ words) State-run media say an Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and three wounded. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations monitor separately reported a vessel was hit by…...

5+ hour, 47+ min ago   (232+ words) Prime minister’s office says tragedy ‘result of strong winds and marine warnings not being heeded’ Emergency teams were searching for more than 30 people after an inter-island ferry sank in Vanuatu, leaving at least one person dead. The MV Matui went…...

6+ hour, 5+ min ago   (159+ words) Authorities say vessel’s last known position was in Java Sea Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation on Sunday after a passenger ship carrying 240 people lost contact while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan on Borneo island, officials said. The…...

12+ hour, 45+ min ago   (686+ words) Danish drama ‘Woman Unknown’ won the Golden Lion prize for Best Film May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown, a drama exploring Denmark in the wake of the Nazi occupation, won the prestigious Golden Lion at the 83rd Venice Film Festival on Saturday. The…...

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16+ hour, 38+ min ago   (442+ words) Waymo does not allow riders to carry weapons in its vehicles Two minors were arrested last week in San Francisco after a Waymo allegedly detected they were carrying a gun and alerted the police. On September 3, a Waymo employee was…...

20+ hour, 57+ min ago   (704+ words) Donald Trump’s last-ditch midterms pitch to voters comes as Republican candidates are falling behind in polling red-purple states, writes John Bowden Donald Trump’s latest desperate act has even Republicans scratching their heads. As he cajoled voters from the Dallas stage…...

21+ hour, 35+ min ago   (1045+ words) US President Donald Trump has said he would "love" to ⁠see a united Ireland and that he thinks it will ⁠happen eventually. Talking to the press during a weekend visit to Dublin and his Irish golf course, the president called…...

21+ hour, 35+ min ago   (273+ words) Niger’s junta leader appointed a new armed forces chief, less than two weeks after a deadly mutiny threatened the junta’s grip on power. Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani named Brig. Gen. Mamane Sani Kiaou chief of staff of the armed forces in…...