19+ hour, 48+ min ago   (334+ words) The company also continued to pare its stake in financial companies and a number of other stocks in the April-June quarter. CEO Greg Abel, who took over from Warren Buffett at the start of the year, agreed in June to…...

22+ hour, 39+ min ago   (692+ words) Rising supply risks in the Strait of Hormuz are increasing the importance of alternative oil export routes, with Türkiye’s southern district of Ceyhan emerging as a potential hub for global crude oil and petroleum products trade. “We can turn Ceyhan…...

17+ hour, 31+ min ago   (431+ words) First aid responders search the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted a village in southern Lebanon. Israel on Aug. 16 vowed it would hit Hezbollah again if threatened, as it identified what it described as a commander killed in…...

17+ hour, 30+ min ago   (537+ words) Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran. The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran appeared set to expire on Aug. 17, with no last-minute agreement in sight to extend the truce or…...

19+ hour, 50+ min ago   (372+ words) Cabin crew members of easyJet went on strike over the weekend, protesting repeated changes to their working hours and flight assignments. British budget carrier easyJet has called off about 100 flights out of French airports on Aug. 15-16 because of a strike…...

16+ hour, 39+ min ago   (358+ words) Türkiye’s Ambassador to Damascus Nuh Yılmaz has said the main security threats along the Turkish-Syrian border have been eliminated since Syria’s new administration took office. Yılmaz discussed the diplomatic engagement between Ankara and Damascus and regional developments in an interview…...

16+ hour, 38+ min ago   (670+ words) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has noted that Egypt could join the new joint defense pact alongside Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, signaling that the nascent alliance is open to expanding its reach. “This agreement has sent an important message to…...

21+ hour, 23+ min ago   (535+ words) Authorities retrieved 25 bodies from Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba on Aug. 15 to take the death toll from last week's ferry capsizing to 72, police said, as the search continued for victims. The overloaded passenger ferry run by the government's Rural Infrastructure Development Agency…...

17+ hour, 47+ min ago   (700+ words) The warring countries have significantly stepped up long-range attacks deep behind each other's lines. (STRINGER / AFP) Overnight strikes killed 12 people in Russia and Ukraine, authorities said on Aug. 16, as waves of drones and missiles pummeled civilian infrastructure on both sides....

20+ hour, 45+ min ago   (397+ words) Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars’ moons to retrieve samples that may unlock the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth, although a rival Chinese mission aims to make it back first. The unmanned Martian Moons…...