The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center says the vessel sustained damage. The report of a strike came hours after Iran threatened vessels to stop using the route. Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority says transit outside its own designated routes “will not be covered by the guarantee of safe passage”
The number of vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz has risen significantly since the MOU was signed, according to maritime intelligence firm Kpler. Hundreds of ships still appear to be waiting in the Persian Gulf. But the number of ships crossing the strait is still below the levels seen before the war, when more than 100 ships a day used it.
After nearly three decades of WNBA basketball, only three players have ever climbed to 53 points. For nearly 30 years, scoring 50 points in a WNBA game has been one of basketball's rarest accomplishments. Marina Mabrey just joined one of the WNBA's most exclusive clubs: The history behind every 50-point game.
A former Arby’s manager in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, is facing charges. Three employees at a South Carolina Wendy's have been arrested. A significant magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattled northern California early Wednesday. A federal judge in California struck down Trump ICE in a sweeping and decisive ruling. A 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Devastated Caracas, Venezuela.
"The Crowd was incredible last night, packed to the brim — At least 45,000 people were there, with a huge Television and online audience," Trump posted Thursday. NBC News estimated attendance at “more than 1,000,” while the Washington Post reported that “the crowd thinly covered an area about the length of the National Museum of American History, smaller than some summer outdoor movie screenings”
Small Property Owners of New York said the vote should have been postponed until Smyth was replaced. Ann Korchak, board president of the group, said Mamdani’s RGB unleashed “irreparable destruction on affordable housing, small owners, and the millions of New Yorkers we house.”
The Supreme Court ruled June 25 that President Donald Trump can immediately end deportation protections for Haitians and Syrians. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants from dangerous countries have been allowed to temporarily live and work in the United States. With this ruling, the court has now cleared the way for the Trump administration to remove legal protections for TPS recipients.
South Korea to train 500,000 personnel to become 'drone warriors' The initiative, announced by Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back, aims to turn half a million military personnel into "drone warrior" In 2022, five small North Korean drones infiltrated South Korean airspace, exposing vulnerabilities in Seoul's security.
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Ryanair will allow parents to sit with their children for free from Thursday. The change comes two weeks after Britain's competition watchdog launched a probe into the policy. The surcharge typically cost around £8 ($10.70) each way and may constitute forcing parents to pay Ryanair to meet its own child safety and disability obligations.
Billionaire investor Leon Black will testify before the House Oversight Committee this morning about his business relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein. John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, will be arraigned on a charge of retaining national security information and is expected to plead guilty.
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana was one of a handful of Republicans who defied the president on Tuesday. Cassidy: "I stood and said, 'You have not told the American people what's going on'" Later that day, the senator changed his vote to help defeat another war powers resolution in the Senate - a move that was welcomed by Trump.
Two U.S. Navy ships and aircraft in the Caribbean have been assigned to support relief operations in Venezuela that are being led by the State Department. Marine Maj. Gen. Kevin Jarrard is heading to Venezuela to oversee the Pentagon's earthquake relief efforts. "Our joint forces are moving quickly to bring the unmatched airlift, logistics, and lifesaving capabilities of the U.s. military to help save lives," command says.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States is immediately deploying assistance. Qatar, Brazil, Portugal and Canada have vowed to send help. Media reports have shared notable moments of hope among the destruction, including a young man brought out on a stretcher in the San Bernardino district of Caracas.
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Researchers believe the speed at which the species were found and identified may be a record. The expedition coincided with the unveiling of plans by the Trump administration to dismantle one of the world's most important deep-sea observation systems. The $368m (£278m) Ocean Observatories Initiative uses more than 900 instruments to collect data on ocean health.
Oliver Blume, who became Volkswagen CEO nearly four years ago, presented the plans to senior executives earlier this week. The plans are likely to face strong resistance from unions and the state of Lower Saxony, which is the carmaker’s second-largest shareholder. Blume and Chief Financial Officer Arno Antlitz aim to fundamentally restructure the 89-year-old company.
The Supreme Court ruled that federal pesticide law bars state-court lawsuits alleging that Monsanto failed to warn consumers that its Roundup weedkiller could cause cancer. The court found that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act expressly preempts state failure-to-warn claims. The Environmental Protection Agency has approved Roundup's label without a cancer warning.
Glasgow and Boston have a lot in common, beginning with population. Scotland has a long history of Irish immigration, and a strong Irish community, and Boston ... well, you already know about Boston. The Scots already have a sister town in Massachusetts. At least one Boston sports franchise owner is already l
Venezuelans search rubble for survivors after two earthquakes kill at least 235 people. At least 4,300 people injured in the quakes in Venezuela's north. The quakes are the worst to hit the country since a devastating earthquake in 1998. The tremors are believed to have been caused by a powerful earthquake in the north.
Doublets occur when two quakes of similar magnitude happen in close succession. They can potentially cause more damage than a single quake. It's going to take days or longer for seismologists to piece out the event, an expert says. A weaker doublet struck there in September 2025, according to USGS.
President Trump and House conservatives are holding Congress hostage over the SAVE America Act. He threatened earlier this year not to sign most other bills until Congress passed the act. Asked Wednesday whether he would be open to provisions of the Act in a reconciliation measure, Mr. Trump responded, "Not really, no"