North Korea Test-Fires Missile, Warns of South Korean and Japanese Nuclearization

US Lifts Sanctions On Iraqi Airline Blacklisted Over IRGC Ties Via The Cradle The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) lifted sanctions on Iraq's Fly Baghdad Airlines and two of its aircraft on Wednesday, clearing a carrier Washington had blacklisted in January 2024 over alleged support for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force.  The Baghdad-based carrier was delisted from the Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) list under each of its three registered names, Fly Baghdad Airlines Company, Fly Baghdad, and Iraq Express. @JetPhotos Two Boeing 737 aircraft flown by the airline, carrying the tail...

3 Dead, 149 Trapped Onboard: Track Cruise Ship With Suspected Deadly Virus Outbreak A luxury cruise ship carrying 149 passengers and crew is facing a suspected hantavirus outbreak that has already left three people dead. The vessel is currently anchored offshore near Cape Verde, the island nation in the central Atlantic off the west coast of Africa, as health officials rush to assess the scale of the outbreak. The MV Hondius is currently anchored offshore near Praia, the capital and largest city of Cape Verde. Ship-tracking data show the vessel...

Iran FM Warns American Bases Are Legitimate Targets, Cites 'No Tangible Progress' In Talks At a moment it's become more than clear that the US and Iran are not anywhere closer to the negotiating table, and after they've shown little progress after a week of clashes - as one Friday morning Bloomberg headline reads, Tehran has again putting US bases in the region on notice, while admitting "no tangible progress" in negotiations on ending the conflict. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in fresh remarks has said that "standing against the world's...