I'm Becky Anderson in Abu Dhabi. With the alarms going off here suggesting we should seek immediate shelter in the closest source. So we'll do that. Our breaking news coverage continues after this short break.
The Strait of Hormuz: The narrow waterway next to Iran is a choke point that handles a whopping one-fourth of the world's maritime oil trade and a fifth of liquefied natural gas shipments. Iran has previously threatened to close the strait. Still, "supply disruption to global markets would be limited even in the event that Iran retaliates against tanker traffic, given the expected US-led efforts to maintain supply through the Strait of Hormuz," Eurasia Group analysts wrote.
The ability of criminal groups to exercise this type of power and exercise this type of violence is closely linked to firearms trafficking, said Cecilia Farfan-Mendez, an expert on Mexican organised crime. If we want to see less violence in Mexico, this is a very important conversation.
After years of operating from exile, Yemen's Saudi-backed, UN-recognised cabinet is spending Ramadan in Aden, a move that has coincided with improvements in basic services and a renewed sense of relief. Yet that relief was overshadowed by the deadly confrontation between security forces and antigovernment protesters, in which at least one person was killed.
Israeli air strikes have targeted Blat and Wadi Barghouti in several strikes in southern Lebanon's Iqlim al-Tuffah region, in the latest violation of a ceasefire reached in November 2024 between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent on the ground. The Israeli military said its forces were launching attacks on Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon. This is the usual army line, but large numbers of civilians and civilian infrastructure have been targeted in the ongoing near-daily Israeli attacks.
Due to the security situation at the destination, the airline has decided to cancel its flights scheduled for February 28 to/from Tel Aviv and to/from Beirut. Air France will communicate later on its flight schedule to these destinations for the coming days.
The fastest way of arresting someone is to surprise them, when they're enjoying life, not knowing what's going on around them. You cannot hide from the invisible, or from what you cannot see. The inspiration for disguises comes from fieldwork and criminal profiling. In the lion dance case, officers were aware the suspect had fled to a new area, and that lunar new year festivities, when the streets would be busy with celebrations, would provide a good opportunity for them to blend into crowds.
According to the documents, Epstein had ties with former South African President Jacob Zuma; Karim Wade, a politician and son of Senegal's ex-president Abdoulaye Wade; and deceased Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. The new files also shed more light on Epstein's connections to a relative of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, who appeared to connect the two men.
South Africa's Foreign Minister, Ronald Lamola, met with the families of 11 South African men recently repatriated after being lured into the conflict. The ministry said it was deeply concerned by the "suspicious circumstances" and predatory recruitment tactics used. Separately, Lamola said two South Africans had died fighting for Russia.
South Korea has resisted Google's appeals since 2011, arguing that the company's precise satellite maps could endanger national security by exposing sensitive military sites when combined with commercial imagery and online data. Given that South Korea remains technically at war with North Korea, the government is cautious about exposing such locations.
I have not touched a paper note for months. I don't even have money to pay for a taxi. Now we walk a lot, for long distances. Palestinians in Gaza use the Israeli currency, the shekel, in their daily transactions, and depend on Israel to supply banks with new banknotes and coins.
At least 7,667 people went missing or died on migration routes worldwide last year, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM). The IOM has called for improved financial support for rescue organizations, as well as the dismantling of smuggling networks that put lives at risk.
Of the 129 journalists killed around the world in 2025, the Israeli military was responsible for 86, about two-thirds of the deaths, the CPJ found. The death toll is the highest since the New York-based press freedom group started tracking the killing of journalists in 1992.
The draw for the knockout rounds of the Europa League will be completed this week as teams including Aston Villa and possibly Nottingham Forest learn their potential route to May's final in Istanbul. Tonight's midweek play-off matches will send eight teams though to the last 16 to join the clubs who finished in the top eight of the league phase, with the likes of Porto, Roma and Lyon joined by Premier League high-flyers Villa.
That's when the UFO came and crashed our party. My potential alien encounter started out as a pinpoint of light that was not much bigger than one of those brilliant stars. It came straight down out of the sky and hovered a few miles away at the shore of the lake. It moved quickly along the shoreline, making 90-degree turns and other maneuvers that no helicopter or jet could have accomplished.
Retired Major-General Suresh Sallay was taken into custody at dawn in a suburb of the capital, police said on Wednesday. He was arrested for conspiracy and aiding and abetting the Easter Sunday attacks, an investigating officer told the AFP news agency. Sallay, who was promoted to State Intelligence Service (SIS) chief in 2019 after Gotabaya Rajapaksa became president, had been accused of involvement in the coordinated suicide bombings.
At least 16 people, including eight women and children, have been killed in a collision between a bus and a truck in southern Yemen, according to local authorities. The accident occurred in the Lahmar area of the Al-Mahfad district, on a key transit route linking the provinces of Abyan and Shabwa.
If you insist on proceeding with the performance, then the prime minister's residence will be reduced to a blood-soaked ruin. The bomb warning came among several emails sent to Shen Yun that threatened Albanese, a spokesperson for the group said.
