Larak Island is just offshore from the key port of Bandar Abbas and sits right on the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for global shipping. Iran is currently making tanker traffic pass by this island for checking and reportedly forcing vessels to pay $2m (£1.5m) to cross. Hossein Mohebbi, the IRGC’s spokesman called the…
Aeny Mishra with her mother Lopamudra Kar and father JyotiRanjan Mishra The internet came across Aeny’s story through a video posted on her Instagram account. In the clip, 5-year-old Aeny is learning to walk with a cane, taking careful steps as her mother, Lopamudra Kar, guides her from a distance.Aeny moves forward, feeling her way…
A New Mexico man is accused of fatally shooting his cousin after an evening of drinking escalated from an argument over enchiladas into a fistfight, according to an arrest warrant. Ervin Joaquin Gutierrez, 22, is charged with an open count of murder in the Aug. 27 killing of Nathaniel Cavazos at an apartment complex in…
A British woman has died after being stabbed at a railway station in southern Germany in the early hours of Sunday morning, police have said. The 31-year-old woman was attacked at the station in Rosenheim, Bavaria, shortly before 01:00 local time (00:00 BST). She was taken to hospital where she died as a result of…
This reflects the boom in total tourism to Japan since the pandemic, with a record number of foreign visitors in 2025. The Brits in their 20s and 30s I spoke to gave a long list of reasons for wanting to go to Japan – the cityscapes, food, anime, nature, history, gaming, temples. But they largely…
Cat attends convocation with graduate; professors’ reaction leaves internet amused Convocation days are often filled with proud moments, formal photographs, and celebrations. But one recent ceremony has caught attention for a rather unusual reason. A video from the event has sparked a wave of comments online, with viewers focusing on an unexpected part of the…
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Ted Cruz says Ken Paxton can ‘absolutely win’ Texas Senate race: Full interview 17:39 Jim Clyburn says Democrats must do ‘better job’ turning out voters: Full interview 09:37 Ted Cruz says ‘there will be a time’ to make a decision…
Nasa says its “crisp, sweeping surveys will help scientists investigate dark energy and dark matter, discover and characterise exoplanets, map billions of galaxies, study black holes, and explore objects from our own solar system to the edge of the observable Universe.” Dark matter, which is invisible, acts as a kind of gravitational glue, while dark…
There’s a particular kind of quiet influence a mother has in shaping the man her son eventually becomes, often without either of them fully realising it’s happening. The lessons that stick aren’t usually the ones delivered as formal lectures, they’re the ones absorbed through everyday moments, how mom handles a mistake, how she talks about…
Chicago police are investigating a mass shooting on the city’s South Side, with one person dead and at least nine others injured. According to Chicago police, officers were attempting to disperse a large crowd on the 5400 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue just after 11:30 p.m. when gunfire rang out. Police say at least…