Two oil tankers seized by Iran have been noticed off the coast of one of many nation's key port cities on the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Satellite photos present the Advantage Sweet and Niovi tankers anchored close to a naval base south of town of Bandar Abbas in Iran's Hormozgan province. It is the newest ship seizure performed by Iran amid tensions with the West over its quickly advancing nuclear programme, although it seems the 2 ships could have been taken for various causes.Iran seized the Marshall Islands-flagged Advantage Sweet, staffed by 23 Indians and one Russian, on 27 April because it travelled within the Gulf of Oman. Image: The seized oil tanker Advantage Sweet off the coast of Bandar Abbas Tehran claimed ...

Syria took one other main step towards ending a decade of isolation as Arab League international ministers assembly in Egypt Sunday voted to permit the regime of President Bashar Assad again into the fold. Despite reservations expressed by the Biden administration, the ministers backed a partial lifting of...

The US has skilled extra mass shootings than days thus far in 2023, with hundreds lifeless because of this.There had been not less than 191 within the first 127 days of the yr, with the most recent in a busy Texas shopping center leaving 9 individuals lifeless, together with the suspected gunman.On common, the US has seen greater than 39,000 gun deaths a yr since 2014, and as of 1 May not less than 13,959 individuals have been shot lifeless in 2023, in accordance with information from Gun Violence Archive.That is a charge of 115 deaths per day. And on every one, America is extra prone to see a mass taking pictures than not.Gun Violence Archive broadly defines a mass taking pictures to imply 4 or extra individuals (excluding the perpetrator) shot at roughly the identical time ...

At least 12 folks have been killed and 31 others injured - together with three severely - in a multi-vehicle crash in southern Turkey, officers stated.The incident occurred on Saturday night in Hatay province - one of many areas worst hit by an earthquake earlier this 12 months. The pile-up occurred when a truck driver misplaced management on the Iskenderun-Antakya freeway, crossing over into the alternative carriageway.The truck collided with 9 automobiles and two minibuses, the state-run Anadolu information company reported.Many of the autos have been parked on the roadside close to a petroleum station as buddies and relations stated goodbye to males leaving to hold out necessary army service. The non-public Demiroren information company stated the truck was carrying excava...