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Shipowner Offers Sailors 6-Fold Pay To Cross Strait Of Hormuz: Report
According to a document seen by Bloomberg, a company offered seafarers an additional six months' salary if they completed a round trip through the strait to collect crude oil from Saudi Arabia or Iraq and unload it in the Gulf of Oman.
Kuwait Says Iran Hit Several Power, Water Desalination Plants
Kuwait's ministry of electricity confirmed fires at several facilities due to repeated attacks by Iran over four days.
France Sees Worst Wildfire Season Since Record 2022 Blazes
The devastated area is about four times the size of Paris. And the area burned so far in 2026 has already far exceeded the total for all of 2025. France's all-time annual record stands at 66,300 hectares burned in 2022.
144 Refugees Dead Or Missing Since Mauritania Maritime Incidents: UN Report
The UN refugee agency UNHCR said that overall, three rescue and disembarkation operations were conducted between July 14 and 18 in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, bringing 387 people of various nationalities safely ashore.
Opinion: Opinion | Kaveri To J-20, How China Overtook India In A 40-Year-Old Race To Build Fighter Jets
Both launched ambitious military jet engine programmes during the 1980s. Both depended heavily on Soviet and Russian technology. Four decades later, however, the finish line tells two dramatically different stories.
US Justice Department Probes Harvard's China-Based Financial Aid Programs
The Justice Department said Chinese donors have given money to Harvard to support financial aid programs limited to students from certain countries.
US Student Visa Rule Change: F-1, J-1 Holders Advised To Return By This Day
According to DHS, students already in the US under D/S on September 15 can continue to remain until the programme completion date mentioned on their Form I-20 or until the end of approved optional practical training.
Opinion: Opinion | US Attack On Chabahar, And Why It's Time India Stopped Playing By Others' Whims
As the US destroys Chabahar in Iran, one thing is clear: India cannot wait eternally for the whims of others to do what is vital for its own interests.
In Gaza, A Mother's Search For Water Reveals A Worsening Health Crisis
Families queue for hours beside battered water trucks to receive a few litres, before returning to disease-stricken, overcrowded tent camps.
Deadly Heatwaves Push Ageing France To Prepare For A Hotter Future
Historic high temperatures, arriving ever-earlier in the year, have sparked unprecedented wildfires near Paris, shuttered schools and strained ill-equipped hospitals.
Andrew Tate, Brother Tristan Fight Extradition To UK Over Rape, Sex Trafficking Charges
The brothers are already charged with rape, bodily harm, human trafficking, and controlling prostitution for gain relating to three other alleged victims in the U.K. between 2012 and 2015.
5 Killed In Apparent Mass Drowning In Ohio River In US
As the swimmer began to struggle in the water, two other adults tried to assist him but began floundering themselves, leading two more adults to make rescue attempts before all five disappeared in the river
Cybercrime Gangs Extorted Over $88 Billion In Scams From Asia-Pacific: Report
Criminals in Southeast Asia, an epicentre for cyberfraud by mostly Chinese-origin syndicates, are outpacing crackdowns, diversifying revenue streams, exploiting corruption and harnessing artificial intelligence.
Iran Say It Hit US Military Targets In Bahrain, Kuwait
The announcement came as the United States said it struck Iranian military command centres, air defence systems and missile launch sites in overnight attacks.
Brazil To Austraia: World Shifts Towards Social Media Bans For Children
A proposal to ban social media for under-15 children is to be voted on by France's parliament on Tuesday.
China May Tighten AI Export Rules To Block Western Buyouts: Report
Regulators led by China's Ministry of Commerce have been consulting top homegrown AI and chipmaking companies on how to stop China's advanced technologies and leading start-ups from being acquired by the west
Iran Targets Another Ship In Hormus Amid US Strikes On 10th Consecutive Night
The interim deal signed last month that was meant to end the fighting has crumbled. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has largely stalled. And as fighting intensifies, both sides have targeted civilian infrastructure relied on by millions of people.
"Unacceptable": India Protests Deaths Of 4 Indian Sailors In Russian Attack Near Ukraine
India has condemned the attack and reiterated that targeting commercial shipping and endangering innocent civilian crew members is "deplorable and should be avoided."
'Iran Would Pay Many Times Over': Trump's Big Warning After US Troop Deaths
President Trump vowed Iran will pay dearly for every US soldier killed, as fatalities hit 17 and Houthi rebels threaten a Saudi port blockade
