12+ hour, 57+ min ago   (342+ words) At least six passengers were killed and 129 people are still missing. The Virgo Transport 8 was carrying more than 240 people when its captain issued a distress call, saying the ship was listing in rough seas with waves of up to three…...

16+ hour, 11+ min ago   (329+ words) Exit polls from public broadcaster SVT had initially shown the left-wing parties ahead by several percentage points but with two-thirds of the actual vote counted, the two blocs were nearly dead even. The exit polls set off jubilation at the…...

22+ hour, 41+ min ago   (566+ words) At least 108 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers were recovered as the search operation expanded around the vessel’s last known position. The ferry, with more than 240 people on board, was traveling from Surabaya in East Java to…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (328+ words) In an escalation of its decade-long hostility toward LGBTQ+ groups, particularly in the lead-up to elections, simultaneous police raids beginning at 1 a.m. took place in the major cities of Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Aydin and Mersin. Justice Minister Akin Gurlek announced on…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (466+ words) The ferry with more than 240 people was traveling from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, on Borneo Island, officials said. The vessel’s captain had reported rough seas with waves up to 3 meters (10 feet) before issuing a…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (851+ words) Iranian-backed Houthi rebels seized Yemen’s strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha, according to Houthi and Yemeni officials, bringing the rebels closer to controlling a critical waterway to the Red Sea. Separately, an Israeli strike killed at least four people…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (646+ words) DALLAS — Thousands of U.S. President Donald Trump’s most ardent followers have gathered in Dallas for “Trump-a-palooza” this week — and many are parroting the president’s constant bashing of Canada. Lona Heins from Tennessee said Canada is now “communist” and no longer…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (420+ words) Mokha is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a waterway that connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden and through which about 12% of the world’s goods are typically shipped. The Bab el-Mandeb’s importance to global oil…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (597+ words) An Israeli strike killed at least four people in northern Gaza, including two children, hospital officials said Thursday. The Israeli military said the attack killed a militant. Separately, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels seized Yemen’s strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha,…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (502+ words) An Israeli strike killed at least four people in northern Gaza, including two children, hospital officials said Thursday. The Israeli military said the attack killed a militant. Separately, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered Yemen’s strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha,…...