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Cargo Ship in Hormuz

May 3rd, 2026 - 09:03 GMT

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Small boats attack cargo ship near strait of Hormuz

ALBAWABA - According to the UK Maritime Trade Operations, several small boats attacked a cargo ship near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. This has raised new security worries in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. About 11 nautical miles west of the Iranian port city of Sirik, where the event happened, the ship's captain said that several small boats were coming up behind them and aiming at ...

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February 14th, 2021 - 09:13 GMT

Audacious! Oxford University Plans to Jab Children as Part of Its Trials

Head of the intensive care unit at Lebanon's Rafik Hariri Hospital battling the coronavirus, Mahmoud Hassoun, receives the first jab of the COVID-19 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at the hospital premises as the country kickstarts its inoculation campaign, in the capital Beirut, on February 14, 2021. Lebanon gave its first COVID-19 vaccine dose to a doctor, as it started inoculation it hopes will keep the pandemic in check amid a deepening economic crisis. ANWAR AMRO / AFP

February 14th, 2021 - 09:06 GMT

Lebanon Launches Vaccine Drive With First Medical Doctor Jabbed

Japanese woman Taeko Naito stands next to her scattered kitchen at her home in Soma, Fukushima prefecture on February 14, 2021, after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's east coast late on February 13. STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP

February 14th, 2021 - 08:09 GMT

A Big One! A 7.3 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes The Coast of Japan

Twenty four-year-old protester Damilare Adenola speaks from a black truck as he is detained after being arrested along with 13 other protesters during a demonstration against police brutality, at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos on February 13, 2021. Nigerian police arrested a small group of protesters in Lagos after they tried to hold a rally demanding justice for victims of a deadly shooting during demonstrations last year. Activists had called for new protests after a judicial panel authorised the reopening o

February 14th, 2021 - 08:01 GMT

Justice! Nigerian Police Arrest Protesters After They Tried to Hold a Rally

Activists take part in a protest against the military coup in Myanmar in Tokyo on February 14, 2021. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP

February 14th, 2021 - 07:53 GMT

Myanmar Protesters Are Creative, Passionate and in No Mood to Go Home

In this file photo taken on January 06, 2021, US President Donald Trump greets supporters on The Ellipse near the White House in Washington, DC. One year after his first impeachment, former president Donald Trump finds himself the subject of an unprecedented second trial beginning Tuesday in the Senate, whose members must determine whether he incited a deadly assault on the US Capitol. The 100 senators will also step into controversial, uncharted territory when they sit in judgment of a president who is no

February 14th, 2021 - 07:33 GMT

US Senate Acquits Donald Trump on Charges of Impeachment

Leftist activists disperse as police baton charge during a protest against different policies of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) led state and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led central government, in Kolkata on February 11, 2021. Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP

February 14th, 2021 - 07:27 GMT

Plot to Kill Modi: Indian Activists Arrested Via Israeli Spyware

In this file photo taken on July 16, 2014, a Palestinian relative of the four boys killed in Israeli bombardment while playing on the beach, all from the extended Bakr family, reacts at the morgue of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. The International Criminal Court's ruling that it has jurisdiction over the situation in the Palestinian territories opens the way to it investigating alleged war crimes committed in the 2014 Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza. In the summer of 2014, Israel launched what it

February 14th, 2021 - 07:22 GMT

Israel Destroys 178 Palestinian Homes Since The Beginning of 2021

French President Emmanuel Macron delivrs initial remarks during the Act-A visionconference meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on February 12, 2021. The Act-A launched by the World Health Organization is the initiative to coordinate a global response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ian LANGSDON / POOL / AFP

February 14th, 2021 - 06:58 GMT

Despite Draconian Measures The French Muslim Community Fights For Survival

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February 14th, 2021 - 06:39 GMT

Ninety-Nine World NGOs Demand Freeze on Arms Sales to Saudi and UAE

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February 14th, 2021 - 06:18 GMT

The Guardian Fires Columnist After Joking About US Arms Sales to Israel

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) walks on the fourth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on February 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump's defense team presented the defense that Trump should not be held responsible for the January 6th attack at the U.S. Capitol on first amendment grounds and the fact that he is no longer in office. Jabin Botsford - Pool/Getty Images/AFP

February 13th, 2021 - 06:37 GMT

Democrats, Republicans Fight it Out at Trump's Impeachment Trial