Malaysian authorities apprehend a Chinese barge on suspicion of looting WWII British warship wrecks. |
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Malaysia's maritime agency said it discovered a World War II cannon shell aboard a Chinese-registered vessel and was looking into whether the barge carrier was involved in the plundering of two British naval wrecks in the South China Sea.Read More |
Near Collision, as China ship maneuvered in Taiwan strait, blocking the US warship. |
The Chinese Communist Party's most recent aggressiveness, this time directed against a U.S. ship, was "unsafe," according to the U.S. military, which made the statement during a Saturday possibly deadly encounter in international waters in the Taiwan Strait.Read More |
Saudi Arabia will reduce oil production by 1 million barrels per day in order to raise prices. |
In their meeting on June 4, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, known as OPEC+, demonstrated their commitment to higher oil prices, with Saudi Arabia proposing more output cuts and several other members extending their voluntary cutbacks until the end of 2024.Read More |
Head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Rocket-Launching Unit Killed in Israeli Airstrike |
According to reports, another Palestinian Islamic Jihad military leader was killed in an early morning Israeli attack on an apartment complex in Gaza on May 11.Read More |
Volkswagen Defends China Record at Meeting with Flying Cake, Shouted Slogans, and Shareholder Questions |
A cake flies through the air at a German conference venue.Read More |
In Ukraine, a journalist with the AFP news agency was killed. |
PARIS—The Ukraine video coordinator of the French international news agency Agence France-Presse was killed Tuesday in a rocket strike in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.Read More |
Pakistan deploys troops to quell unrest following the arrest of former Prime Minister Khan on new charges. |
ISLAMABAD—Pakistan's government called in the military Wednesday in areas rife with deadly violence in the aftermath of the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was dragged from a courtroom and ordered held for another eight days on new corruption charges, infuriating his supporters and deepening the country's political turmoil.Read More |
The first babies born in the United Kingdom to '3 Parents' |
For the first time in the United Kingdom, babies were born using DNA from three parents, according to the country's reproductive authority.Read More |
The Biden Administration sends $1.2 billion to Ukraine, bringing the total military aid to $36.9 billion. |
The Biden administration will give Ukraine up to $1.2 billion in military aid "to bolster [Ukraine's] air defenses and sustain its artillery ammunition needs," the Pentagon stated Tuesday.Read More |
Russia Commemorates Victory Day with New Strikes Against Ukraine |
MOSCOW/KYIV—Russia launched cruise missiles at Kyiv on Tuesday and marched troops across Moscow's Red Square as part of its yearly commemoration of World War II triumph.Read More |