Israel carried out strikes in Gaza that killed at least 12 Palestinians, even as a ceasefire agreement was nominally in place. Hamas condemned the attacks, saying they exposed the international community's failure to enforce the truce. The group framed the strikes as a deliberate escalation rather than an isolated incident. No immediate response from Israeli authorities was included in the source material. The ceasefire, which was meant to pause hostilities in Gaza, is now under serious strain. Hamas's framing places the burden on external guarantors, the countries and bodies that brokered or backed the agreement, to take action. If those parties do not respond, the truce risks collapse entirely. The immediate question is whether mediators such as Qatar, Egypt, or the United States will push back on Israel or call for accountability. Any breakdown would likely restart large-scale fighting in Gaza, with severe consequences for civilians already facing acute shortages of food, medicine, and shelter.
Iranian armed forces attacked a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, briefly halting traffic through the waterway. The strike threatens a fragile US-Iran arrangement and could push shipping insurance costs and oil prices higher.
The US has struck Iran, with President Trump citing an Iranian attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz as justification. The action raises immediate risks for global oil flows through one of the world's most critical shipping chokepoints.
The US struck ten Iranian targets on the second consecutive day of military action, putting a fragile ceasefire under serious pressure. The escalation raises immediate risks for Gulf shipping, global oil supply, and regional stability.
Venezuela's twin earthquakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, have killed at least 164 people and injured 971, interim president Delcy Rodriguez confirmed Thursday. The quakes are the country's strongest since 1900, collapsing buildings across Caracas and prompting a state of emergency, with the death toll expected to rise as
