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Two oil tankers seized by Iran have been spotted off the coast of one of the country’s key port cities on the strategic Strait of Hormuz.  Satellite images show the Advantage Sweet and Niovi tankers anchored near a naval base south of the city of Bandar Abbas in Iran‘s Hormozgan province. It is the most

Drones have been part of the military inventory for decades, but the war in Ukraine has seen a massive escalation in their exploitation. Does this herald the start of a new era in modern warfare, and will the rapid development of AI lead to the inevitable dawn of drone wars? Unmanned flight predates manned, but

Hit Australian children’s TV show Bluey has edited an episode after concerns that it was potentially fat-shaming characters. A co-production between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and BBC Studios, Bluey is set in Australia and is about the life of an eponymous blue heeler puppy, her little sister Bingo and her parents Bandit and Chilli. The

Six people, including four teachers and two other members of staff, have been killed in a shooting at a school in Pakistan. A group of gunmen stormed the government school where students were taking exams. The atrocity could have been in retaliation for an earlier attack in which another teacher was shot dead on a

Grenada is showing increasing interest in becoming a republic, with the country’s prime minister hoping it will be under his leadership. In an interview with Sky News, Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell spoke about republicanism, the Commonwealth, and the relationship the island nation has with the UK ahead of the King’s coronation. When asked if

The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is expected to peak in the early hours of Saturday 6 May. It’s time to camp out, gather your sleeping bags and prepare for a night of stargazing, as you might be able to see a spectacular display of 120-160 shooting stars per hour. The Eta Aquariids occur when the

We barely slow for red lights as cars pull out of our way. We virtually take off as we scream over a hilly stretch of road. We’re on board a Red Cross ambulance answering an emergency call in the northern Mexican city of Tijuana. It’s one of the most dangerous cities in the world. A

World Health Organization officials have said COVID is no longer a global health emergency. “It’s with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “That does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat.” In May last year, WHO experts said the end

Ukraine has said it has shot down more than a dozen Russian-launched drones in the early hours of Thursday morning. The 18 drones were among 24 launched in pre-dawn attacks across Ukraine, with a number aimed at Kyiv – all of which were destroyed alongside an unspecified number of missiles, city officials said. Administration officials

A Nigerian senator, his wife and a medical “middleman” have been jailed for conspiring to traffic a market trader to the UK to harvest his kidney. Politician Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and 25-year-old daughter Sonia stood trial accused of a conspiracy to bring the man to Britain from Lagos for his organ.

A man has been shot dead and several people left injured during celebrations for Napoli’s first league title win in 33 years. The 26-year-old man was taken to hospital in Naples in a serious condition where he later died, Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica reported. Friends and relatives of the victim allegedly vandalised the emergency

For the world’s most powerful, there can be no fixture quite as rare, glittering and sought after as a British coronation. There has not been one for seven decades and leaders and their retinues are flying in to take part. For Britain, it is a chance to show off its best assets and exude and

At least eight people have been killed and 13 injured in a drive-by style shooting in Serbia as police hunt for the suspect, state TV reported. The attacker used an automatic weapon to shoot randomly at people near the town of Mladenovac, some 50km south of the capital Belgrade, the Radio Television of Serbia (RTS)