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Seoul confirms strike on vessel in Hormuz before Pentagon talks

UPDATED: Sun., May 10, 2026

South Korea said a fire aboard a Korean-operated cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz was caused by external strikes, the first official acknowledgment by Seoul that the incident was the result of an attack, though it stopped short of assigning blame. A South Korean government joint investigation found that two “unidentified aerial objects” struck the stern of the HMM Namu about one minute apart ...

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Taiwan confident in U.S. ties but hopes for no ‘surprises’ from Trump’s China summit

UPDATED: Sun., May 10, 2026

TAIPEI – Taiwan is confident in the stable development of its ties with the U.S. but hopes there are no "surprises" on Taiwan-related issues when U.S. President Donald Trump visits China this week, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Monday.

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Relatives of Mexico’s disappeared hold Mother’s Day protest ahead of World Cup

UPDATED: Sun., May 10, 2026

MEXICO CITY – Thousands of people, led by mothers of those who have disappeared during decades of drug violence, marched in Mexico’s capital on Sunday, protesting the violence and impunity plaguing the country as it prepares to co-host the FIFA World Cup.

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Latvian defense minister resigns after Ukrainian drones hit oil tanks

UPDATED: Sun., May 10, 2026

RIGA, Latvia – Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds resigned on Sunday, after two Ukrainian ⁠drones on Thursday flew in from Russia ‌and hit oil storage facilities.

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Trump calls Iran response to peace plan ‘unacceptable.’ What we know

UPDATED: Sun., May 10, 2026

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump declined Iran’s response to his peace framework to end hostilities in the war, calling it “totally unacceptable” in a Sunday social media post.

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Israeli strikes kill three people in Gaza, medics say, testing fragile ceasefire

UPDATED: Sun., May 10, 2026

CAIRO – Israeli strikes killed at least three Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, including two members of the Hamas-run police force, health officials said, in violence that underscored the fragility of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

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Ukraine, Russia trade accusations of violating U.S.-backed ceasefire

UPDATED: Sun., May 10, 2026

A U.S.-mediated ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine appeared under serious strain on its second day on Sunday, with both sides accusing the other of violating the deal through weekend attacks.

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Evacuation flights leave Tenerife after cruise ship virus outbreak

UPDATED: Sun., May 10, 2026

TENERIFE, Spain – Groups of passengers and crew disembarked from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak on Sunday to be evacuated to their home countries where they will isolate according to national protocols to prevent further spread of the disease.

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Inside Israel’s AI targeting system: How data from a phone become a death sentence

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2026

BEIRUT – The buzz of the Israeli drone was constant that day, and every time Ahmad Turmus looked up, it seemed to be circling over him, like an all-too-patient bird of prey.

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Brazil Supreme Court justice suspends bill that ordered early release of ex-president Bolsonaro

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2026

SAO PAULO – Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes prohibited the implementation of a sharp reduction in the 27-year prison sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election, a court document showed on Saturday.

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NATO nations brace for Trump to pull more troops from Europe

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2026

U.S. allies in Europe anticipate that President Donald Trump will withdraw more forces from the continent after he announced he would pull 5,000 troops out of Germany, people familiar with the matter said. Top diplomats from NATO allies forecast that Trump will announce more drawdowns, possibly including from Italy, and scrap a plan dating back to Joe Biden’s presidency to station long-range ...

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Pope and Haiti’s leader discuss security, migration and humanitarian challenges

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2026

Haiti Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé discussed his country’s ongoing security and sociopolitical crisis, as well as humanitarian and migration challenges, during an audience with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Saturday. The visit came a day after the first American pontiff marked the first anniversary of his election as head of the Catholic Church and as the United Nations details in a ...

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Putin says he thinks Russia-Ukraine war is coming to an end

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2026

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end, remarks that came just hours after he had vowed victory in Ukraine at Moscow’s most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years.

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Russia has lost more than 350,000 soldiers, new estimate finds

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2026

BERLIN – About 352,000 Russian soldiers had died in the war against Ukraine through the end of 2025, according to a new estimate, underscoring the high cost that President Vladimir Putin is willing to bear to pursue his battlefield aims.

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Gaza flotilla activists to be released from Israel detention and deported

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2026

JERUSALEM – Two activists arrested last month when Israeli forces intercepted the Gaza-bound flotilla they were travelling on are expected to be deported in the coming days after being released from security detention on Saturday, their lawyers said.

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Starmer’s party suffers stark losses in U.K. local elections

UPDATED: Fri., May 8, 2026

LONDON – With the right-wing populist Reform UK party headed by Nigel Farage posting significant gains in local elections, Prime Minister Keir Starmer took responsibility Friday for large Labour Party losses, saying that he would “not sugarcoat” voters’ scathing verdict on his 22 months in office.

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Frederiksen fails to form governing coalition in Denmark

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2026

Denmark’s king announced on Friday night that he was putting a center-right politician in charge of trying to form the next government after Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen failed to build a new coalition.

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Large oil slick detected off key Iranian oil depot

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2026

A large oil slick is spreading in the Persian Gulf off Kharg Island, Iran’s primary crude oil export terminal, satellite images show, raising concerns about the state of Iranian oil infrastructure straining under a U.S.-imposed naval blockade.

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War and energy shortages boost China’s influence in Asia

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2026

HONG KONG – As the war in Iran drags on, China has deepened its influence with fuel-starved neighbors, offering to ease shortages while pushing its renewable energy technology.

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Russia holds scaled-back WWII victory parade as worries over war in Ukraine deepen

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2026

MOSCOW – Russia held its most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years on Saturday due to the threat of attack from Ukraine, where victory for Moscow’s forces has proven elusive more than four years into the deadliest European conflict since World War II.

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