1+ hour, 2+ min ago  (276+ words) Ukrainian drones hit a dozen more Russian tankers in the Sea of Azov overnight, Ukraine's military said on Thursday, the latest in a campaign aimed at disrupting fuel supplies to Russian forces and isolating Moscow-occupied Crimea. The vessels were used…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (367+ words) The defence minister of the Philippines on Thursday rejected as "baseless" and "ludicrous" assertions by Chinese scholars that its northernmost island-chain province belongs to Beijing, calling the claim concerning and worthy of challenge. Chinese state-run news site GDToday reported on…...

8+ hour, 44+ min ago  (845+ words) The US military said on Wednesday it launched fresh strikes on Iran to keep the Strait of Hormuz open to shipping, triggering Iranian attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain in the latest escalation to derail efforts to end the war. The…...

9+ hour, 19+ min ago  (839+ words) Control over the Strait of Hormuz has become a "golden weapon" to Iran, for which it is willing to risk new escalations with the United States, and is a bigger priority than a nuclear programme for which it accepted decades…...

8+ hour, 58+ min ago  (321+ words) China only gave the United States a few hours notice ahead of a ballistic missile test launch on July 6 and provided insufficient detail, a State Department official said on Wednesday. China's military test-fired the missile from a nuclear-powered submarine into…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (855+ words) President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded the United States cut trade ties with Spain and made renewed claims on Greenland, but later said there had been love and "a lot of unity". Speaking in the Turkish capital Ankara, Trump called…...

23+ hour, 54+ min ago  (352+ words) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to attack Iran again after saying an initial ceasefire deal with the Islamic Republic was, "over", though he has not made clear whether Washington would be returning to full-on war with Iran. Speaking…...

23+ hour, 59+ min ago  (832+ words) The possible collapse of US-Iran peace talks and the stop-start flow of tankers through the Strait of Hormuz are a nightmare scenario for Persian Gulf nations desperate to return to normal after a bruising multi-month conflict. What was meant to…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (176+ words) The US military has launched a series of strikes against Iran, US Central Command said Tuesday, adding that the strikes were in response to what it said were Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (681+ words) A Qatari LNG tanker suffered significant damage after the vessel was hit as it travelled through the Omani side of the Strait of Hormuz, four sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday, after reports that Iran's Revolutionary Guards…...