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Kuwait says it foils infiltration operation by Iran’s IRGC 

12 May 2026

Kuwait has arrested four men it accuses of being members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) after they...

Spain reports new hantavirus case in passenger evacuated from cruise ship 

12 May 2026

News|Health A Spanish passenger evacuated from the cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak has tested positiv...

Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni sworn in for seventh term as president 

12 May 2026

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been sworn in for a seventh term, extending his 40-year tenure following a landsli...

Why the hantavirus outbreak is different from COVID-19 

12 May 2026

The last of the passengers on the hantavirus-struck MV Hondius cruise ship have been flown to the Netherlands. But new c...

Trump-Xi meeting: Could China, US form a ‘G2’? 

12 May 2026

US President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for a two-day summit with China’s President Xi Jinp...

Why the Iran war is threatening whales near South Africa 

12 May 2026

The United States-Israel war on Iran has disrupted global supplies of energy, fertilisers, medicines and even helium, de...

A secret Israeli base in Iraq? What we know 

12 May 2026

Israel built a secretly operated military outpost deep inside the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign in the run-up...

Pakistan scrambles to salvage US-Iran diplomacy as ceasefire faces collapse 

12 May 2026

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has rejected allegations that it had sheltered Iranian military aircraft from potential...

At least nine people killed in explosion at Pakistan market 

12 May 2026

News|Pakistan Taliban An explosion in a busy market in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least nine people and wounded...

Israeli military kills six in Lebanon, issues more displacement threats 

12 May 2026

Israel’s military has killed six people in an air raid on a house in southern Lebanon, the latest violation of a Unite...