1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (562+ words) State-run IRNA news agency quoted the Qeshm governor as blaming a “terrorist enemy.” He also said the person killed was among the cargo vessel’s 10-member crew, and that authorities had not yet identified the projectile. Separately, the United Kingdom Maritime…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (331+ words) The National Herald This Week in History: September 12th to 18th On this day in 1922, the burning of Smyrna, also known as the Smyrna Catastrophe, began, four days after Turkish forces captured the city. The fire devastated the Greek and Armenian quarters,…...

4+ day, 42+ min ago   (807+ words) (Trump, Hoping to Salvage Midterms, Makes Dubious Pledge to Give Every US Adult $5,000 if GOP Wins) Trust in government information has also become more partisan since Trump’s first term, the survey found. “It’s pretty hard to trust anything that’s being…...

4+ day, 6+ min ago   (207+ words) The central bank for the 21 EU member countries that use the euro currency raised its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.50% at a meeting held in Berlin, away from the bank’s Frankfurt headquarters. The bank said in an…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (800+ words) A new Ipsos poll finds that about half of U.S. adults name the 9/11 attacks in an open-ended question about the most important historic occurrences in their lifetimes. That’s despite other momentous events that have happened since then, including the COVID-19 pandemic…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (630+ words) President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November. (Trump Defends Iran War, Slams Democrats…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (417+ words) After spending Tuesday in Colombia meeting with new conservative firebrand President Abelardo de la Espriella, Rubio was in Quito for talks with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, who has rapidly embraced the Trump administration’s get-tough stance on counternarcotics operations and illegal…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (382+ words) Ambassador Danny Danon accused Mayor Zohran Mamdani of “doing politics” when he called the prime minister a “war criminal” and called for his arrest, which he had to withdraw because New York City does not have authority to take Netanyahu…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (552+ words) This satellite image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows a Saudi Aramco oil refinery north of Abha, Saudi Arabia, shortly before a plume of smoke began rising from the facility Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (Planet Labs PBC via AP) The most heavily…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (603+ words) Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said that the U.K. will ban imports of all goods from the settlements, and some services including financing, construction, infrastructure, real estate and advertising for settlements. It’s a significant toughening of Britain’s stance towards Israel, whose conduct…...