More News14 Aug 2026 | 10:16 PMBrussels, Aug 14 (UNI) Transit through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to have come to a near standstill on Friday after two more ships were attacked in the strategic waterway and the US said it could maintain its naval blockade of Iran indefinitely.
see more.. 14 Aug 2026 | 10:02 PMWashington, Aug 14 (UNI) The aircraft carrier USS George Washington is heading to West Asia to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, a US official told CBS News, as the Lincoln nears the end of a deployment that has lasted almost nine months.
see more.. 14 Aug 2026 | 9:42 PMQuetta, Aug 14 (UNI) Baloch leader Mir Yar Baloch has called on Baloch people around the world to observe August 14, Pakistan's Independence Day, as a "Black Day", and issued sharp condemnations against the Pakistani military's recent airstrikes in the Surab region that left dozens of civilians dead and injured.
see more.. 14 Aug 2026 | 9:17 PMLondon, Aug 14 (UNI) Commercial shipping navigating the Persian Gulf and waters around the Arabian Peninsula has come under a double threat due to the violence plaguing the Strait of Hormuz and the constant Houthi harassment of vessels in the Bab al-Mandeb, meaning that there is “currently no genuinely ‘safe’ side of the Arabian Peninsula”, maritime intelligence group Marisks said in its latest intelligence update.
see more.. 14 Aug 2026 | 5:55 PMWashington/Jerusalem, Aug 14 (UNI) During the meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office two weeks back, the US president reportedly shied away from endorsing the Israeli premier while asking him about how he was performing in the polls for the upcoming October 27 general elections in the Jewish nation.
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