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Ireland's new government jet was delivered without an Israeli-linked vision system that can help pilots approach airports in fog and other low-visibility conditions, an omission that is reportedly attributed to Dublin's policy against awarding ...

Millions of Shiite Muslims observed the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage Tuesday in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, under the shadow of ongoing regional tensions and fears of another round of escalation in the U.S.-Iran war.

Russia is trying to turn the Black Sea into a "second Strait of Hormuz," Ukraine's acting foreign minister warned as attacks on Ukrainian ports and commercial vessels are prompting shipowners to halt calls through the country's main maritime export ...

Negotiations between Oman and Iran over future control over the Strait of Hormuz are making significant progress, Iran's foreign ministry announced on Tuesday, as Washington touts an incoming deal to reopen the waterway.

Big oil companies are booking massive profits as fighting in Iran disrupts energy markets and sends oil and gasoline prices sharply higher.

Spanish actor JAVIER BARDEM ties Israel to Ceuta crisis: "We don't know who engineered this crisis, but we know who benefits from a weakened, destabilized Spain: Israel and the Western far right eager to turn migration onto a weapon against Muslims."

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's migration policies faced fierce criticism as leaders from across the European Union met Tuesday following last week's rush of migrants to the Spanish territory of Ceuta in North Africa.

Floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains have left at least seven people dead in Sri Lanka's tea-growing mountainous regions, forcing the closure of some schools, officials said on Tuesday.

Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German battleships are emerging into view.

A mass funeral was held in Gaza City on Tuesday for 112 Palestinians whose bodies were recovered nearly three years after Israeli warplanes flattened a residential block.