Former DP World boss Bin Sulayem takes charge of Malaysia MMC Port, memo shows: Reuters

Top management and port CEOs told to report directly to Bin Sulayem
15 July 2026

Bangkok bar fire toll rises to 32 as PM vows venue overhaul

Blaze tore through Rong Beer Na Lad Phrao restaurant and bar on Sunday night
15 July 2026

Nine die in protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Seven civilians, one paramilitary personnel and one police officer were killed
15 July 2026

Kuwait, Bahrain say intercepted Iran attacks

Kuwait's military said it intercepted attack drones
15 July 2026

US strikes kill at least seven at Iranian army base: Tasnim

It added that a number of personnel were also wounded and promised a "decisive response" to the attack.
15 July 2026

Australian PM says to enact laws to govern AI

Albanese says Australia must write its own AI rules to safeguard national interests
15 July 2026

Iran Guards say they targeted US Fifth Fleet facilities in Bahrain, warn on energy routes

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said today it had targeted what it described as command-and-control, logistics, fuel and military equipment facilities belonging to the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
15 July 2026

After Hormuz, Iran turns to Red Sea gateway as new pressure point

Analysts fear another key global shipping route could come under pressure
15 July 2026

US launches new Iran strikes, reimposes naval blockade

Trump warns power plants and bridges will be targeted next week unless Tehran agrees to negotiate, as fighting spreads across the Gulf
15 July 2026

US ICE agent fatally shoots driver in Maine

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers shot a driver to death in a coastal town of Maine on Monday, less than a week after an ICE agent in Houston, Texas, shot and killed a man in a traffic stop during a deportation crackdown there.
15 July 2026

Tehran may target Trump in White House

A former senior commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued an unusual direct threat against US President Donald Trump, saying the Islamic Republic is capable of harming him even inside the White House.
15 July 2026

Japan House tightens social media rules for polls

AI-generated images and videos will have to be marked as such under new rules on the use of social media during elections in Japan, the internal affairs minister said yesterday.
15 July 2026

Wildfires advance in forest south of Paris

Wildfires raging in a forest south of Paris have devoured more land overnight, firefighters said yesterday, ahead of France’s national day celebrations.
15 July 2026

Israeli strike, fire kill nine in Gaza

An Israeli strike and gunfire killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 10-year-old boy, and a senior Hamas police officer, in the Gaza Strip yesterday, Gazan health and police officials said.
15 July 2026

Israel wooed former Iran president Ahmadinejad

Israel engaged in a multi-year effort to recruit and re-install as leader Iran’s former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, The New York Times reported Monday, citing US officials and sources with knowledge of the failed Israeli plot.
15 July 2026

Ukraine strikes two Russian oil refineries

Ukraine’s military said yesterday that it struck two Russian oil refineries in the Bashkortostan and Krasnodar regions overnight.
15 July 2026

3,000‑year‑old tomb found near Egypt’s Luxor

Archaeologists uncovered a 3,000-year-old tomb near the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, authorities said on Sunday, the latest in a series of discoveries that officials hope will boost tourism.
15 July 2026

Iran executes two over charges of IS membership

Iranian authorities yesterday hanged two people convicted of being part of the Islamic State group, the judiciary’s news website reported.
15 July 2026

Control of Hormuz: Iran, US step up attacks, battle

Iran fired missiles at Jordan and Bahrain yesterday after the United States launched a five-hour attack on Iranian targets, stepping up a battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz that has pushed up oil prices to four-week highs.
15 July 2026

Thomson Reuters to sell 51% stake in global print business to KKR for $500 million

Deal will allow Thomson Reuters to keep intellectual property rights and editorial control ​over its content portfolio
14 July 2026