US President Donald Trump said negotiations between Iran and Oman over the Strait of Hormuz are “moving along,” even after some Iranian lawmakers said they would seek to bar American and Israeli ships from the waterway as part of the deal.

President Trump has claimed several times that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is close. Now Iran is saying it too, but in a deal that is being negotiated directly with Oman. Progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed eked out a primary victory for a Michigan Senate seat.

Hopes rise for an interim deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. A record El Niño threatens already fragile economies. And Frida Kahlo is still making waves in the in

President Trump told reporters that an announcement on the Strait of Hormuz could happen soon, following talks between Iran and Oman.

Royal Thai Police spokesperson Trairong Piwpan confirmed with The Associated Press the shooting happened at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in the province northwest of Bangkok. He

Police say a student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok, killing at least six people and wounding several others. The shooting happened at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School

At least seven people have died after a 14-year-old student opened fire at his home and school on the outskirts of Thailand's capital Bangkok, according to authorities. Thailand's health minister said the student is believed to have shot dead his grandparents at home before opening fire in school,

At least seven people were killed, including the suspected gunman, following a shooting at a Thai school on Friday Morning, authorities said.

Ukraine's President Zelensky says its military hit refineries in Bashkortostan and Yaroslavl, where the regional governor called it the "largest-ever enemy attack".

The regional governor says Russia has repelled 92 drones in Yaroslavl, home to the Slavneft-Yanos refinery, about 150 miles north-east of Moscow.

Two oil refineries in Russia have been attacked in a humiliating blow to Vladimir Putin's war machine, Ukraine claims. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted footage on Thursday (August 6) showing huge plumes of thick black smoke billowing over what he said were facilities hundreds of miles inside Russia.

Ukraine has said it conducted multiple overnight strikes deep inside Russia, hitting two oil refineries, as well as patrol boats and other vessels in the Black Sea. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Bashneft-Novoil and Slavneft-Yanos refineries were struck in the attacks aimed at limiting oil revenues Moscow "uses to finance" its war.

The attacks were a major escalation since a de facto truce in Yemen in April 2022 that halted major fighting between the Houthis and a Saudi-led coalition, which backs the internationally recognized government.

The Houthis say they launched missiles and drones at "Saudi military build-ups" in the central provinces of Marib and Hadramawt.

Houthi rebel attacks in central and eastern Yemen kill at least 30 government forces, Yemeni government officials say.

Assaults mark one of the deadliest escalations since a truce with Yemen's Saudi-backed government in 2022 Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis killed at least 58 government troops in missile and drone attacks on Thursday,

UEFA is holding on to its threat of a World Cup boycott, despite apologies from FIFA and Gianni Infantino for plans to sell stakes of the tournament.

European soccer’s governing body says it has retained its threat to boycott FIFA competitions despite FIFA apologizing for its failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup

UEFA said its participating members could still boycott FIFA competitions, including the World Cup, despite Gianni Infantino's apology statement.

Gianni Infantino is weathering a storm over his proposal to privatize football. But Europe’s governing body sees a window to oust him.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing a sweeping overhaul of its response to the country’s largest Ebola outbreak as the number of new cases continues to spike.

The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday urged authorities to step up the Ebola response and better protect frontline health workers, during a visit to the DR Congo where a deadly

DR Congo has recorded nearly 4,000 confirmed cases of Ebola and over 1,800 deaths, as the epidemic resurges. The country is experiencing the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.

The proportion of confirmed Ebola patients dying in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has climbed above 45% from 31% at the end of June, worsening the toll of an epidemic that's already claimed more than 1,