Taiwan said this week that three passing merchant ships in the area were “harassed” by the Chinese coast guard which asked them for information about their point of origin and destination and claimed jurisdiction. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “Taiwan’s maritime sovereignty cannot be “violated” by Chinese efforts to create a false impression of jurisdiction,”…
An FBI agent loads collected evidence at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove, Calif. on Wednesday (June 10, 2026). | Photo Credit: AP The FBI has seized more than a dozen websites that officials say were part of a Chinese effort to target American workers who have access to classified or sensitive government information, the Justice…
File photo of United Nations headquarters. | Photo Credit: Reuters The number of people displaced worldwide by conflict and persecution fell in 2025 for the first time in a decade, but levels of refugees facing long-term displacement remain unacceptably high, a U.N. refugee agency report said on Thursday (June 11, 2026). Last year, 5.4 million…
Oil rises $2 as Iran announces closure of Strait of Hormuz following U.S. strikes Oil prices climbed more than $2 a barrel on Thursday (June 11) as Iran declared the critical energy chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz, closed after the U.S. launched additional strikes against Iran. Brent futures rose $2.30, or 2.47%, to $95.40 a…
Sri Lanka’s Opposition activists demanding the release of Suresh Sallay take part in a sit-in protest in Colombo. | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister told parliament on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) the nation’s ex-intelligence chief directed the 2019 Easter Sunday attack, in the first official statement linking him directly to the bombings…
The family of a man who lost an eye in a knife attack appealed for calm on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) after the incident triggered a wave of anti-immigrant violence in Belfast overnight, with masked men burning families out of their homes and torching vehicles. The appeal came as a Sudanese man appeared in court…
“Any vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz will be targeted” the Khatam al-Anbiya command said, according to Tasnim news agency. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s military command said on Thursday (June 11, 2026) it will target any ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz, after it struck two vessels attempting to pass through the…
The escalating attacks threatened to derail efforts to end the war, with Mr. Trump warning that Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled negotiations. | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. military said on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) night that it has begun fresh round of strikes against Iran after President Donald Trump said more were…
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People run in front of burned cars that were attacked in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on June 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 12 people on Wednesday (June 10, 2026), a Lebanese medical source said, as Israel carried out strikes…