Saudi Arabia has closed a critical oil pipeline after it was struck by drones launched from Iraq, the latest squeeze on Middle Eastern supplies after attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels this week threatened to deepen the world’s energy crisis.

State-run media say an Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and three wounded. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations monitor separately reported a vessel was hit by a projectile while transiting the strait,

Speaking at the BRICS summit, President Vladimir Putin warned European countries that sending troops into Ukraine would mean "war with Russia."

Bulgarian authorities launched investigations into an explosion at a weapons storage site in central Bulgaria overnight, which came in the wake of another blaze at a munitions depot in recent weeks, r

It comes after some Israeli ministers floated proposals for the mass displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, framing the effort as encouraging voluntary emigration.

French authorities are investigating whether sabotage caused a train derailment in Normandy that injured 44 people

A fire and riot in a prison in a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria has killed at least seven people.

Rescuers clawing through a hydropower tunnel clogged with mud, water and rock have found a pocket of air near where six workers are believed to be trapped.