211 articles in the World News category.
By Tommy Flynn
DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates carried out covert military strikes against Iranian targets during the ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel, including a direct hit on an oil refinery on Iran’s Lavan Island in the Persian Gulf, according to a Wall Street Journal...
By Tommy Flynn
DUBAI — Three very large crude carriers successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz last week and over the weekend with their automatic identification system (AIS) transponders switched off, shipping data from Kpler and LSEG showed Monday. The vessels were carrying roughly 6...
By Tommy Flynn
VATICAN CITY — Secretary of State Marco Rubio met privately with Pope Leo XIV on May 7 and later revealed that he updated the pontiff on the U.S. perspective regarding Iran, emphasizing the dangers the regime poses to global security. Rubio spoke to reporters after the roughly...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday dismissed Iran’s counterproposal to the latest U.S. peace offer as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE,” signaling continued deadlock in efforts to end the 10-week conflict in the Middle East. Iran sent its formal reply through Pakistani...
By Tommy Flynn
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin stated Saturday that the war in Ukraine is “coming to an end,” hours after presiding over a scaled-back Victory Day parade in Moscow and as a U.S.-brokered three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine began. Speaking to reporters,...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — A classified CIA assessment delivered to the White House concludes that the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports is inflicting significant damage on Iran’s economy, sharply reducing oil revenues and limiting funding for its nuclear program and terrorist proxies,...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Iran launched a coordinated assault Thursday on three U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, violating the fragile indefinite ceasefire and prompting immediate U.S. self-defense strikes on Iranian military targets. U.S. Central Command...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet disabled the rudder of an Iranian-flagged oil tanker attempting to run the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports, U.S. Central Command confirmed on May 6, 2026. The incident occurred in the Gulf of Oman around 9 a.m. Eastern Time....
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran are making tangible progress toward a framework agreement that would formally end the two-month-old conflict, with both sides reviewing a proposed one-page memorandum of understanding that would pause major hostilities and open the door to...
By RWTNews Staff
PARIS — France has ordered its aircraft carrier strike group, led by the nuclear-powered Charles de Gaulle, to deploy to the Red Sea, French officials confirmed on May 6, 2026. The deployment is intended to protect commercial shipping and support freedom of navigation amid...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran are nearing agreement on a one-page memorandum of understanding aimed at formally ending the two-month conflict and establishing a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations, according to multiple officials and sources briefed on the...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The United States, together with Bahrain and other Gulf Cooperation Council nations, has drafted a new United Nations Security Council resolution demanding that Iran immediately cease attacks on commercial shipping, stop imposing illegal tolls, disclose the...