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A boat approaches the St Kitt's and Nevis-flagged container ship Marsa Victory while crusing in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Khasab in Oman's northern Musandam peninsula on June 25, 2025. (photo credit:  Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images ) French  shipping group CMA CGM said on Wednesday that one of its vessels, the San Antonio, had been targeted in an attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in injuries among crew members and damage to the vessel. The incident, which CMA CGM said occurred on Tuesday, is the latest disruption in the crucial shipping route during the Middle East conflict. The war has blocked hundreds of vessels and brought roughly 20% of global oil trade to a virtual standstill. The injured crew members from the attack, which took place on Tuesday, have been evacuated and are being provided with medical care, the company said. Go to the full article > >

The IDF killed several Hezbollah terrorists and struck multiple structures in southern Lebanon on May 5, 2026. (credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit) Overnight, the IAF intercepted a drone over southern Lebanon after it approached an area where IDF soldiers were operating. The IDF killed several  Hezbollah  terrorists and struck multiple structures in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, the military announced on Wednesday. In addition, the  IDF  struck approximately 25 Hezbollah targets over the past day, the military said. Go to the full article > >

Outgoing air force chief Tomer Bar (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT) Outgoing  Air Force  Chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar on Tuesday called for an independent  inquiry into the October 7  disaster at the ceremony in which his top deputy, Omer Tishler, was appointed to replace him. Bar said he would never forget the  IDF 's, and the air force's failure that day, allowing Hamas to invade southern Israel and kill 1,200 Israelis. Bar insists that the current state of affairs, in which the political class has not been probed at all for two-and-a-half years, is unacceptable Go to the full article > >

U.S. Vice President JD Vance casts his ballot with his son Vivek at a polling location at St. Anthony of Padua Maronite Catholic Church as he votes in the state’s primary election, on May 5, 2026, in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt-Pool/Getty Images) Vice President JD Vance made a stop in the Buckeye State Tuesday morning to cast his ballot in Ohio’s primary elections. Vance brought his son, Vivek, to vote in an election that will decide the nominations for the upcoming November midterm elections this year. The Ohioan also handed out endorsements to the candidates who earned his vote. “Great to be in Cincinnati this morning to vote for Vivek Ramaswamy for Governor, Jay Edwards for State Treasurer and Eric Conroy for Congress (OH-1). I hope you’ll do the same, Ohio!” the vice president posted to X on Tuesday.   The primaries include a special election for the U.S. Senate to decide who will be filling Vance’s seat, which he vacated to become vice president. U.S. Senator J...

Palestinian members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement. (photo credit: ABED RAHIM KHATIB/FLASH90) The gaps between  Hamas  and the  Board of Peace  on the issue of Gaza’s disarmament are very wide, according to several sources who spoke to  The Jerusalem Post . “Hamas didn’t say no, but essentially it is almost impossible to bridge the gaps,” the sources told the  Post . In recent weeks, a number of meetings have taken place between senior Board of Peace officials, including the council’s director-general Nickolay Mladenov, and senior Hamas figures, in an attempt to reach an agreement on Hamas disarmament. An Israeli source told the Post that Israel is coordinating with the Board of Peace and the US administration to plan the next steps following Hamas’s refusal. Go to the full article > >

An ambulance boat approaches the pilot door on the starboard side of the cruise ship MV Hondius, while stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 5, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) A cruise ship has been barred from port in the Atlantic Ocean after a rare outbreak of hantavirus on board, which killed three of the ship’s 150 passengers and left four others seriously ill. Passengers first started to get sick on April 6 th . The ship was refused permission to dock on Tuesday to allow time for two ill crew members to be evacuated for treatment. “The plan is to medevac those two individuals. That’s in the works; that’s underway. The plan is for the ship to continue to the Canary Islands. We’re speaking to the Spanish authorities,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, an American epidemiologist and technical adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO), at a news briefing early on Tuesday. The remaining passengers are taking strict precautionary measures, such as isolati...