UAE says tanker targeted by missile in Hormuz Strait

 One of the vessels belonging to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was targeted by a missile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz early Saturday, according to a statement by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ukraine promises to end attacks on US-linked oil terminal – Bloomberg

Ukraine has promised not to strike non-Russian oil tankers or the internationally owned Black Sea pipeline terminal used to transport Kazakh crude to Europe and Asia, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing a US official familiar with the matter.

Russia Damages Two Ships With Military Equipment for Ukraine in Black Sea

The Russian forces struck two dry cargo ships in the Black Sea that were delivering military equipment to the Ukrainian troops, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan to consider attack on one country as attack on all

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have officially signed a trilateral defense agreement, establishing a mutual defense commitment whereby an attack on any one of the signatory nations will be regarded as an attack on all three. 

Yemen’s Houthis launch major attacks on Saudi-backed forces

Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they launched coordinated drone and ballistic missile attacks on several camps belonging to forces of the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government on Thursday. The flare-up follows four years of relative calm in the small Arab nation, which has been plagued by civil war since 2014 and sits at a strategic shipping chokepoint on the Red Sea.

UN experts condemn latest US measures against Cuba, urge lifting of sanctions

UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned recent US measures against Cuba, urging Washington to lift sanctions and warning they are worsening the island's humanitarian crisis.

Ukraine strikes refineries, West gives Kiev carte blanche to commit crimes

The governor of the Yaroslavl region - north of Moscow, where Mr Zelensky said a refinery had been hit - said 92 drones had been downed there in what he called the "most massive" attack on the region of the war.

Guterres makes no mention of who carried out Hiroshima atomic bombing

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres once again did not mention that the United States was the country that carried out the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in his message marking its 81st anniversary.