Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy said it struck a Togo-flagged oil tanker which was attempting to make an “illegal passage” through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said early on Friday (September 18, 2026). The tanker which was attacked on Thursday (September 17, 2026) came to a halt after catching fire, the Revolutionary Guards Navy…
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0 claims checkedPolish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned on Thursday (September 17, 2026) that Russia is planning hybrid strikes with drones or rockets on European countries supporting Ukraine, among them…
North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of leader Kim Jong Un, on Friday (September 18, 2026) blamed U.S.-led military drills for “ever-worsening” tensions on the Korean Peninsula and vowed…
Organized crime and drug-related deaths rise Germany September 18, 2026 "We are experiencing a flood of cocaine in Germany," German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, from the Christian Democrats…
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Bolivia's tilcayo tiger cat becomes first new wildcat species in 100 years Andrew Zinin Chief Editor Scientists have discovered a new species of wild cat for the first time in more than a century, a…