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Indonesia says 6 killed, 129 missing after ferry capsizes off Java

BANJARMASIN, Indonesia — Rescuers in Indonesia said at least six people were killed and 129 others were missing on Sunday after a ferry sailing between the islands of Java and Borneo was hit by bad weather and capsized. The Virgo Transport 8 — which authorities said carried 213 passengers and 30 crew — lost contact with its shipping company early Sunday after departing from Surabaya in East Java. Basarnas, Indonesia's national search and rescue agency, said in its latest update that six people were killed and that one more survivor was found, bringing the number of people rescued to 108. Another 129 people were still missing. The first rescue ship carrying survivors arrived before nightfall at a pier in Banjarmasin, a city on the southern coast of Borneo island, an AFP reporter saw. Some of the survivors were carried on stretchers into waiting ambulances. Others were put into wheelchairs or needed help walking. In ferry disasters in Indonesia, search efforts are typically suspended during the night. Indonesian Transport Minister Dudy Purwagandhi said the ship had capsized. "From the inf

1d agoBy AFP
Indonesia says 6 killed, 129 missing after ferry capsizes off Java
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Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen claim new attacks on Saudi Arabia

CAIRO — Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen overnight claimed new attacks on neighboring Saudi Arabia , as the Saudi-backed Yemeni government described the rebels' swift advance along the Red Sea coast as a “painful” development in a new front in the Iran war. The Houthis' capture of a key port city and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz, in recent days has alarmed markets and Yemeni civilians who fear a return to devastating civil war. The Houthis claimed more attacks with missiles and drones on Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen's internationally recognized government. A Houthi military spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, claimed in a statement that they targeted a military base in Sharurah province in Saudi Arabia's Najran region. He didn’t provide evidence or say when the attack occurred. The Saudi civil defense overnight said a projectile fell in al-Tawwal governorate near the border with Yemen along the Red Sea, injuring two people and damaging a mosque and several other buildings. The statement blamed the Houthis. It al

1d agoBy AP
Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen claim new attacks on Saudi Arabia
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GOP congressman swims to safety after plane makes emergency landing in lake

WAUSAU, Wis. — A Republican congressman says he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says he was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner when the light aircraft lost power as it approached Wausau Downtown Airport. The pilot made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau. They both ended up in the water and swam to safety. “After landing, we called 911. As the plane began to submerge, we exited the aircraft and swam to a shallow area, where we waited until emergency responders reached us by boat," he wrote on X. Emergency responders got both Tiffany and the pilot to a nearby hospital, where they were treated for minor injuries. Tiffany is running for governor on the Republican ticket in Wisconsin and has been endorsed by President Donald Trump. The plane Tiffany was traveling in was a single-engine, four-seat Bonanza aircraft.

1d agoBy AP
GOP congressman swims to safety after plane makes emergency landing in lake
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Search underway for about 130 people missing after Indonesian passenger ship overturns

BANJARMASIN, Indonesia — Indonesian rescuers say about 130 passengers and crew are missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people sank in bad weather in the Java Sea on Sunday. At least 107 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers were recovered as the search operation expanded in waters around the vessel’s last known position. The ferry was traveling from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, officials said. The vessel’s captain had earlier reported rough seas with waves up to 3 meters (10 feet) before issuing a distress message, saying the ship was listing, said I Putu Sudayana, who heads the Banjarmasin Search and Rescue Office. Authorities later received information indicating the vessel had overturned and then sunk. The rescue agency in Banjarmasin said it received a report two hours after contact was lost with the Virgo Transport 8 at about 2 a.m. Sunday. The ship had departed from Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city, en route to Banjarmasin, a city on Borneo Island. “The ship’s operator reported the incident to author

1d agoBy AP
Search underway for about 130 people missing after Indonesian passenger ship overturns
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Iranian commercial ship is struck near Strait of Hormuz with 1 dead, Iranian media say

CAIRO — An Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz , with one person killed and four wounded, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran seeks to brief regional countries on its contested efforts to manage shipping traffic there. State-run IRNA news agency quoted the Qeshm governor as blaming a “terrorist enemy.” He also said the person killed was among the cargo vessel's 10-member crew, and that authorities had not yet identified the projectile. Separately, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations monitor reported a vessel was hit by a projectile while transiting the strait, later adding that a fire had broken out and local authorities were evacuating those on board. There was no immediate comment by the U.S. military, which previously has struck Iranian-flagged vessels as it keeps up a blockade of Iranian ports — while facing a new threat in recent days from Iranian ballistic missiles launched at its warships. Qeshm Island, located about 14 miles (22 kilometers) from the port city of Bandar Abbas, is key to Iran assertin

1d agoBy AP
Iranian commercial ship is struck near Strait of Hormuz with 1 dead, Iranian media say
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BRICS leaders voice concern over Middle East, condemn unilateral sanctions at India summit

NEW DELHI — The BRICS group of emerging economies on Saturday expressed concern over rising tensions in the Middle East and condemned the use of sanctions not authorized by the U.N., as the leaders met in New Delhi to strengthen their position in global affairs seen as dominated by the West. The meeting, which included Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, voiced concern over “deliberate attacks” on civilian infrastructure and peaceful nuclear facilities under the U.N. atomic energy agency's safeguards, saying nuclear safety and security must be protected during armed conflicts. The statement was seen as indirect criticism of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. The leaders also took aim at unilateral sanctions not authorized by the U.N. Security Council. They did not name any countries, but Russia, one of the founding members of BRICS, has faced Western sanctions following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. “We call for the elimination of such unlawful measures, which undermine international law and the principles and purposes of the U.N. Charter,”

1d agoBy AP
BRICS leaders voice concern over Middle East, condemn unilateral sanctions at India summit
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Search underway for about 140 people missing after Indonesian passenger ship overturns

JAKARTA — Indonesian rescuers said about 140 passengers and crew were missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea on Sunday. At least 102 people were rescued and the body of a passenger was recovered as the search operation expanded in waters around the vessel’s last known position. The ferry was traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan province, officials said. The vessel’s captain had earlier reported rough seas with waves up to 3 meters (10 feet) before issuing a distress message, saying the ship was listing, Sudayana said. Authorities later received information indicating the vessel had overturned, said I Putu Sudayana, who heads the Search and Rescue Office. The rescue agency in South Kalimantan's city of Banjarmasin said it received a report two hours after contact was lost with the Virgo Transport 8 at about 2 a.m. Sunday. The ship had departed from Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city in East Java province, en route to Banjarmasin on Borneo Island. “The ship’s operator reported the incident to authorities afte

1d agoBy AP
Search underway for about 140 people missing after Indonesian passenger ship overturns
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New report of attack on Strait of Hormuz shipping fans fears of threats to oil supplies

ADEN/DUBAI — Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, adding to concerns about Iran-related threats to energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline. The British navy-affiliated agency UKMTO said it had a report of a projectile hitting a vessel as it moved through the Strait of Hormuz. The amount of damage and the status of the crew were unknown as of early Sunday, the agency said. UKMTO's report came the day after Saudi Arabia said it had temporarily closed its East-West pipeline as a precaution after a drone attack that both Baghdad and Riyadh said had originated in Iraq, where Iranian-backed militias operate. Ongoing attacks in the widening Middle East war could send energy prices even higher after a week that saw the cost of Brent crude surge back above $100 a barrel. The 1,200-km (745-mile) East-West pipeline running across the Arabian Peninsula has served as the main route out for global supplies of Middle East oil for the past six months while the Strait of Hormuz has been largely shut by war. It has been

1d agoBy Reuters
New report of attack on Strait of Hormuz shipping fans fears of threats to oil supplies
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Who are Yemen's Houthis?

DUBAI — Within a matter of days, Yemen's Houthis have swept south and seized the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, cementing their rise as a force to be reckoned with in the constellation of Iran-backed armed groups across the Middle East. Once considered a relatively isolated religious and military movement, the Houthis now hold all of Yemen's Red Sea coast, as well as significant territory in the country's north, including the capital Sanaa. Minority community The Houthis belong to the Zaidi community, an offshoot of Shia Islam, which is a minority in Yemen's mostly Sunni population. They rose up in the 1990s in response to alleged sectarian discrimination against the Zaidis, who are mostly present in the country's impoverished north. The Houthi movement, also known as Ansar Allah (Supporters of God), is named after its late spiritual leader Badreddin al-Houthi and his son Hussein, who was killed by Yemeni government forces in 2004. Houthi's other son, Abdulmalik, assumed the reins of power, delivering fiery speeches and transforming his group from an isolated faction in the northwest in

1d agoBy AFP
Who are Yemen's Houthis?
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Houthi fighters in Yemen say they hit Saudi military base

SANAA — Houthi fighters in Yemen said Sunday they used drones and missiles to attack a military base in southern Saudi Arabia. The attack at the Sharurah base targeted "weapons depots and command and control centres that are managing the aggression against our nation and people", Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree wrote on X. The date of the operation was not specified. Clashes have increased this week between the Iran-allied Houthis and Yemeni government forces, which are backed by Riyadh.

1d agoBy AFP
Houthi fighters in Yemen say they hit Saudi military base
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