Iran yesterday fired back at US President Donald Trump’s claim that he would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz part of US territory, saying the crucial energy waterway it has blockaded “will remain Iranian”.

A man suspected of shooting and killing five people in northern ​Michigan on Friday was found dead ‌after a manhunt, Michigan State Police said in a statement on social media.

At least 47 people were killed after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, and dozens of aftershocks struck off eastern Indonesia yesterday, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said in a statement.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham yesterday called for “reflection” after the death of Cambridge academic Jason Arday as his family denounced what they called years of harassment amid accusations of plagiarism.

President Donald Trump dismissed concerns Friday over living conditions and the mental health of service members on a US aircraft carrier deployed against Iran, while confirming the ship would soon rotate out.

One victim remained hospitalized ​in critical condition, the police said

Trump has repeatedly said that the key energy waterway, which Tehran effectively closed at the start of the Middle East war, is under US control -- an assertion the Islamic republic denies.

Within hours, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dismissed the prime minister's comments, saying they "cause extreme outrage and are absolutely unacceptable".

The Taliban managed to retake power in Afghanistan on August 15, 2021. Now, they face armed factions who challenge the Taliban rule and strain their central claim of providing security

Rescue teams have yet to reach Nagekeo, the region closest to the epicentre

In an interview with The Times earlier this month, Arday admitted making academic "mistakes" but said he was being wrongly "portrayed to be a liar and a fantasist and an academic fraud"

No sign of peace talks on the horizon

A strong 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Flores island in eastern Indonesia early Saturday, sending thousands running in panic after authorities issued a tsunami warning

A person in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic has been fined 50,000 kroner ($5,255) for using a foghorn to wake a sleeping polar bear, local officials said Thursday.

A powerful explosion rocked an ammunition factory near Rome but no injuries were reported, emergency services and the factory owner said.

A fire tore through several homes, residents were evacuated and “extensive” damage reported as firefighters battled multiple blazes in central England, which experiencing its hottest day of the year.

Some sailors have reportedly tried throwing themselves into the sea, basic supplies can run short and sanitation is going awry: life on America’s giant Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier is increasingly difficult as the Iran war drags on.

Russia has dismissed the idea of a ceasefire with Ukraine in the Black Sea, saying it saw no grounds for “half-measures that merely grant the Kyiv regime a temporary breathing space”.

Record rainfall in Japan stranded thousands of travellers at Tokyo’s Narita airport yesterday, bringing floods to the surrounding area that disrupted transport, knocked out power to 20,000 homes and killed eight.

Activists attempted to deliver supplies to Palestinians under an almost week-long settler siege in the West Bank yesterday, with the Israeli military again deployed at the flashpoint site.