The MV Sounion was carrying nearly a million barrels of crude from Iraq to Greece. The Greek-flagged MV Sounion crude oil tanker, which was attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Red Sea last week, is still ablaze and appears to be leaking, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. “Sounion now sits immobilised in the Red Sea, where it is […]
Greek oil tanker attacked by Houthis appears to be leaking, Pentagon says. Read More »
An investigation is under way. Two workers have been killed and another was seriously injured after a tyre explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport. Delta said the explosion occurred while wheel components were being disassembled for maintenance at a wheel and brake garage. The parts were not attached to
Firefighters are struggling to control a blaze aboard a Greek-flagged tanker and oil appears to be leaking into the Red Sea after the vessel was attacked last week by Iran-backed Houthi rebels who are attempting to restrict maritime traffic through the area, Defense Department officials said Tuesday. The MV Sounion was hauling about 1 million
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Three other people have been injured. A typhoon has begun dumping rain on southern Japan, with strong winds, high waves and significant rainfall expected in most of the country. Typhoon Shanshan has prompted the highest-level warnings from the Japan Meteorological Agency. Three people have been injured and three others are missing due to a storm-related
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PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors are expected to charge or release the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, after his police custody order expires on Wednesday. Durov was detained Saturday at Le Bourget airport outside Paris as part of a judicial inquiry opened last month involving 12 alleged criminal violations. They include
AL-FARAA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, where its forces killed at least nine Palestinians and sealed off the volatile city of Jenin, according to Palestinian officials. Israel has carried out near-daily raids across the West Bank since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack out
The girl died while attempting a viral challenge she saw on TikTok that dared people to choke themselves until they lost consciousness. A U.S. appeals court revived on Tuesday a lawsuit filed by the mother of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who died attempting a viral challenge she allegedly saw on TikTok that dared people to choke themselves
“I believe the government pressure was wrong and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it,” he wrote. Mark Zuckerberg sent a letter to the chair of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, saying his Facebook platform took pressure from the federal government to remove certain COVID-19 content from its site. In his
Fighting has gotten uncomfortably close to one of Russia’s largest nuclear power plants as he is ready to present President Biden with a victory plan. his is a critical moment for Ukraine on two fronts as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday he plans, in just a few weeks, to present to President Joe Biden as
he UAE has frozen the implementation of the contract of purchasing 80 fighter jets from France and is also considering the possibility of blocking military cooperation with the European state due to the arrest of Pavel Durov. Media outlets reported that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is considering the possibility of a complete blockade of
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