A 48-hour walkout by Lufthansa pilots is causing widespread cancellations and delays across multiple airlines, with passengers facing major disruption at the start of the week

European NATO members, including the UK and France, say they will not take part in a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports ordered by Donald Trump, instead pushing for a multinational mission to restore navigation once hostilities end

Iranian envoy Mohammad Fathali says Tehran is in “good contact” with New Delhi over Indian vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route disrupted by the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran

The U.S. Central Command has notified seafarers of a blockade covering the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, warning that all vessels entering the zone without authorization risk interception as tensions rise in the Iran conflict

U.S. President Donald Trump launched an unusual attack on Pope Leo XIV, calling him “terrible” and “weak,” prompting criticism from Catholics and officials as tensions grow over war and migration policy.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Britain will not be drawn into the Iran conflict and opposes any blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, stressing efforts to fully reopen the critical global shipping route

Oil prices jumped more than 7% after the US announced plans to block shipping linked to Iran through the Strait of Hormuz, reviving supply fears and pushing crude back above $100 a barrel amid failed peace talks

With partial results showing a commanding lead, the centre-right opposition movement Tisza, led by Péter Magyar, is projected to secure a two-thirds parliamentary majority

The service was attended by clergy, diplomats and members of the faithful from greater New York City area. Mamdani had been invited by the Archbishop of America Elpidophoros

The United States and Iran opened their most senior direct talks since the 1979 Islamic Revolution on Saturday, meeting in Islamabad under Pakistani mediation in a diplomatic push to end six weeks of conflict in the Middle East, even as a standoff over mined waters in the Strait of Hormuz continued to choke a fifth […]

The US is struggling to replenish key weapons systems, including Tomahawks that the duration of the conflict is consuming faster than they can be produced

The man leading the race in Artificial Intelligence, Sam Altman, is asking the state, across 13 pages, to tax and regulate the very technology he himself is building

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team will ask a US appeals court to reverse his prostitution conviction and 50-month prison sentence, arguing the trial judge wrongly considered acquitted conduct in determining punishment

Ankara on Wednesday revisited claims of discrimination against members of the Muslim minority in Greece's Thrace province, whom it calls "Turkish", saying they are not given the right to elect muftis - who are appointed by the state, as happens in Turkey

Jasveen Sangha was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to supplying ketamine that contributed to the 2023 death of actor Matthew Perry, marking the latest conviction in a broader federal drug case

Benjamin Netanyahu stated in a post that Israel will continue striking Hezbollah despite pressure it is facing for a ceasefire

The Justice Department says former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not appear before a House committee investigating the Epstein files after her dismissal, while lawmakers continue to seek her testimony.

Russia transferred the remains of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers back to Kyiv, while receiving the bodies of 41 of its own servicemen in return

Iran’s forensic authority says more than 3,000 people were killed during the war that began in late February, with a significant share of victims still undergoing identification before being returned to their families

Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut and southern Lebanon killing over 250 people, while Hezbollah responds with rocket fire and international leaders urge Lebanon’s inclusion in fragile Iran–US ceasefire efforts.