12+ hour, 44+ min ago   (502+ words) SYDNEY, 13, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - At least one person was killed and 30 are missing after a ferry sank off the coast of Vanuatu, the South Pacific nation's government said on Sunday. The vessel, MV Matui, had set sail on Friday with more…...

17+ hour, 8+ min ago   (723+ words) DUBAI, Sept 13, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Within a matter of days, Yemen's Houthis have swept south and seized the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, cementing their rise as a force to be reckoned with in the constellation of Iran-backed armed groups across the…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (495+ words) SANAA, Sept 9, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Yemen's Houthi rebels reported dozens of Saudi airstrikes on Wednesday as daily attacks continued in a conflict that has reignited during the Middle East war, with hundreds of people killed in fighting near the Red Sea....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (292+ words) WASHINGTON, United States, Sept 5, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions Friday on a Turkish bank over its alleged ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as Washington pushes to economically isolate Tehran six months into their war....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (624+ words) MOSCOW, Sept 5, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner landed in Moscow on Saturday to discuss a plan to end more than four years of war between Russia and Ukraine. After talks in Moscow the pair, sent by…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (167+ words) ISTANBUL, Sept 5, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Rescuers recovered another body on Saturday from a ferry disaster off Cyprus, raising the death toll to 13, while 15 people remain missing, officials said. The FiloJet ferry was carrying 267 people when it capsized shortly after departing from…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (604+ words) CAIRO, Sept 2, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Middle Eastern countries on Wednesday to oppose "external interference" and said Beijing was ready to work with regional states to safeguard maritime shipping, jeopardised by the US-Iran war. Xi's remarks to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (118+ words) ISTANBUL, Sept 2, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Turkish authorities said Wednesday that they had lost contact with a cargo ship and its 10 crew members after it collided with another vessel. The two ships hit each other in the Sea of Marmara, southwest of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (804+ words) ROME, Sept 2, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Giorgia Meloni's hard-right government on Friday becomes the longest-lasting in Italy's postwar history -- a notable record that belies considerable challenges ahead of elections next year. In a country once a byword for political instability, Italy's first…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (625+ words) BERLIN, Sept 1, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Germany on Tuesday blamed Russia for an attempted "hybrid attack" involving an explosive-laden drone at a strategic airport last month and announced diplomatic counter-measures. The European Union expressed "full solidarity" with Germany, NATO assured that it…...