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Blast Rocks Iranian Tanker at Hormuz — Hours After Rivals Signed a Deal to Keep It Open

One person was killed and three hurt when a projectile struck an Iranian merchant vessel near Qeshm Island at dawn Sunday — the very morning foreign ministers gathered in Oman to sign a deal meant to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.

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140 Missing as Overloaded Ferry Capsizes in Indonesia's Java Sea

A ferry carrying 243 people capsized in the Java Sea early Sunday, leaving six dead and roughly 140 people missing as rescuers race against dangerous swells.

UKRAINE

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Lebanon's President Vows No Deals With Israel — After Blast Shakes Ground Like an Earthquake

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Blast Rocks Iranian Tanker at Hormuz — Hours After Rivals Signed a Deal to Keep It Open

Speaker Johnson Won't Promise Trump's $5,000 Checks Will Ever Actually Arrive

Sam Altman Kills OpenAI's 2026 IPO Dreams, Citing AI Safety Fears

US News

American Teens Post Worst Reading Scores in a Generation on Global Exam

Wind-Driven Wildfire Torches 4,000 Acres on California Wine Country's Doorstep

Maryland Immigrants Sue ICE Over Thousands of Warrantless Street Arrests

World

140 Missing as Overloaded Ferry Capsizes in Indonesia's Java Sea

Russia Fires 450-Plus Drones at Ukraine Overnight in One of the War's Biggest Barrages

Modi Hosts Putin and Xi in New Delhi as BRICS Leaders Confront a World at War

Lebanon's President Vows No Deals With Israel — After Blast Shakes Ground Like an Earthquake

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