The United Kingdom has quietly moved a big piece into place for a possible operation to clear mines from the Strait of Hormuz. RFA Lyme Bay is loaded in Gibraltar with autonomous mine‑hunting drones, ammo and command gear. Minister for the Armed Forces Alistair Carns showed reporters around the ship to prove the plan is More
President Donald Trump said a memorandum of understanding on a U.S.–Iran peace framework is “largely negotiated” and that the deal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Markets reacted fast: oil prices slid and stocks jumped on the hope that a long-running threat to global energy flows could be easing. The claim is big — and More
The situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has gone from worrying to chaotic. A second mob stormed the Mongbwalu General Hospital this week, demanding the bodies of relatives they believe died of Ebola. At the same time, World Health Organization leaders say surveillance has now identified more than 900 suspected cases. That combination More
A fast‑moving diplomatic story is unfolding: the United States and Iran appear to be circling toward a short, one‑page memorandum of understanding that could pause the fighting, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and buy time for broader nuclear talks. President Donald Trump has been blunt — only a “great” deal will pass muster — while More
The latest Star Wars movie, The Mandalorian and Grogu, opened to a three-day domestic haul of about $81.96 million and roughly $102 million over the four-day Memorial Day frame. Those are real numbers, and they mark the weakest opening for a Disney-era Star Wars theatrical release. Call it studio miscalculation, franchise fatigue, or the crowd More
Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, has dropped into the global debate on artificial intelligence like a thunderbolt — telling tech bosses, politicians and anyone with a keyboard that they must stop treating AI as just another profit engine. The pope didn’t whisper. He warned that unchecked AI risks a culture of power, remote More