An 80cm wave has already struck Kuji Port. Evacuation orders cover 128,000 people. Fifteen years after the same coastline was devastated, the early verdict is cautiously optimistic.
Saudi Arabia's last remaining oil export route faces closure after Houthi militants threatened to shut the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Iran simultaneously resumed drone attacks on US Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
Three days after Trump threatened to destroy "every bridge and power plant" in Iran, US Marines blew a hole in an Iranian cargo ship's engine room and took custody of the vessel. Iran says it's done negotiating.
The youngest was 18 months old. An eighth child was found dead on the roof, apparently trying to escape. Police say the gunman was their father.
US negotiators head to Islamabad on Monday to extend a ceasefire that runs out Wednesday. Iran says it won't send a delegation while the American naval blockade holds. The strait that carries a fifth of the world's oil remains shut.
Trump posted an expletive-laden ultimatum on Truth Social: accept a deal or watch every bridge and power plant in Iran be destroyed. Tehran says it won't even send negotiators while the US blockade holds.
The Netherlands has become the first European government to formally activate energy crisis provisions over the Strait of Hormuz disruption. The plan was designed after Russia's invasion of Ukraine — but never used until now.
Four missile launches in April alone, timed for a Sunday when the world is watching Hormuz. Pyongyang isn't just testing weapons — it's testing whether anyone is still paying attention.
Police in Trinidad and Tobago discovered 50 infant bodies and six adults discarded at a cemetery, most bearing morgue identification tags. The official explanation so far: "unlawful disposal of unclaimed corpses."
The gunman was born in Moscow, posted pro-Kremlin extremism online, and held a legally registered rifle. Six people are dead in Kyiv, and investigators want to know whether Russia directed the attack.
Less than 24 hours after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz open, its gunboats fired on two Indian crude oil tankers. India summoned Tehran's ambassador. The Hormuz crisis is now kinetic.
The Strait of Hormuz was open for less than 24 hours. Oil prices plunged, ships scrambled through — then Iran locked it down again because Trump refused to lift the US naval blockade.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will build Australia's next warships in Japan's largest-ever defense export deal. A decade ago, this contract would have been constitutionally illegal.
The UN's $1.46 billion humanitarian plan for South Sudan is 22 percent funded. A hospital serving 100,000 people has been stripped bare. The next famine is arriving on schedule.
Five days after ending Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule, Péter Magyar has refused the prime minister's luxury office, confronted state broadcasters, and welcomed EU officials to discuss unlocking €17 billion. The COVID recovery tranche expires in August.
Oil crashed 13 percent and the Dow surged 1,000 points on news that Hormuz is open. The US blockade of Iran hasn't moved. Neither has the war.
Two oil tankers slipped through the Strait of Hormuz this week — the first since a US naval blockade compounded Iran's closure. Now 40 nations are meeting in Paris to plan a reopening operation the US demanded but won't join.
Min Aung Hlaing, the general who seized power in Myanmar's 2021 coup and installed himself as president last week, has pardoned the man he deposed. Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence was trimmed — by four and a half years of her 27-year term.
Trump claims a deal is days away and Iran has agreed to surrender its enriched uranium. Tehran hasn't confirmed either claim, no second round of talks has been scheduled, and the Strait of Hormuz is still closed.
Trump says Tehran will surrender its enriched uranium. Tehran hasn't confirmed it. Hours earlier, the Pentagon was threatening bombs. The gap between those two statements is where this war actually stands.
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