Iranian state media have shared footage appearing to show the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boarding two cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The video shows small boats carrying masked and armed men approaching the MSC Francesca and the Epaminondas. Analysis by BBC Verify indicates that parts of the video appear to have been filmed…
The prime minister says he is increasingly worried a number of countries are behind attacks in the UK. Source link
A new Fox News poll found that Democrats have the edge over Republicans on economic issues for the first time since 2010. The survey, released Wednesday, found that 52 percent of respondents think Democrats would do a better job on the economy, while 48 percent backed Republicans on the issue. The last time Fox News……
In the central Ukrainian village of Vodyane, locals turned out en masse to say farewell to two brothers who served in the same Ukrainian military brigade and were killed by Russian drones just one day apart. Source link
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is at its “most stable” shape on the battlefield in months as the European Union formally approved a major, long-debated loan to Ukraine and a new sanctions package against Russia. “Today is an important day for our defense and for our relations with the European Union,” Zelenskyy wrote on X…
The gunshots rang out amid stopped midday traffic, panicking bystanders on a busy road in the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa. Masked men wearing bulletproof vests pulled other men from a white minivan, throwing them to the pavement and pounding on them to make them stay still. The masked men were from Ukraine’s main…
New Zealand all-rounder Suzie Bates will retire from international cricket after this year’s Women’s T20 World Cup, ending an illustrious 20-year career on the world stage. The 38-year-old will be part of the White Ferns’ 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup taking place from 12 June to 5 July in England, where they will…
Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago, according to fossil evidence. Source link
Surrey Police said following its “extensive” investigation into the incident, which sparked protest and public disorder in the town, they now believe the woman concerned “sustained an accidental head injury” following a night out and made “a confused report”. Source link
When the head of a Russian tractor manufacturer set off on the 370-kilometer journey to the Moscow Economic Forum earlier this month, he was about to put his company on the map with some stinging criticism of his country’s authorities. Video spread online of Vladimir Boglayev saying he could not remember a time since the…