Iran and Oman have agreed a route for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and were finalizing arrangements for jointly managing the strategic waterway, Tehran said Wednesday, even as fresh security incidents highlighted continued risks for regional shipping.

Indonesia has condemned Israel’s renewed attacks on Gaza amid ongoing negotiations over the territory’s postwar reconstruction plan, saying the strikes have worsened the plight of Palestinians and urging Tel Aviv to fully honor its obligations under the ceasefire agreement. 

A top US official said Tuesday that a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be struck "today or tomorrow", sending oil prices tumbling on hopes of increased shipments through the vital waterway.

The Foreign Ministry has come to President Prabowo Subianto’s defense over his controversial remarks on Iran’s possession of nuclear weapons, saying the comments merely reflect Jakarta’s concerns over escalating tensions in the Middle East.

EU countries will seek on Tuesday to draw early lessons from the Ceuta crisis after the migrant rush on Spain's North African enclave sent tensions spiking between Madrid and the bloc's more hawkish member states.

Conflicting signals from the United States and Iran over the status of talks to end their five-month-old war boosted uncertainty on Tuesday, with the latest attack on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz highlighting risks to global energy flows.

The US State Department sent in notices to some congressional committees that it planned to close its posts in St. George's, Grenada; Nagoya, Japan; Medan, Indonesia; Douala, Cameroon; and Winnipeg, Canada.

Indonesia welcomed its first Thai prime ministerial visit in 15 years on Monday, as Anutin Charnvirakul held talks with President Prabowo Subianto amid ASEAN's push to forge a common position on Myanmar ahead of its leaders’ summit in November.

The government said on Monday it increased the levy for its planned News Bargaining Incentive to 2.5 percent from 2.25 percent.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner has been in detention since February 2021 when an elected civilian government led by her was ousted by Myanmar's military in a dawn coup, plunging the impoverished Southeast Asian nation into turmoil.

President Prabowo Subianto has drawn criticism over his suggestion that Iran possessed nuclear weapons and his declaration of readiness to help mediate dialogue between South Korea and North Korea.

The warning, posted online by US embassies in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, came a day after US President Donald Trump threatened to hit Iran "very hard".

The southeastern city of Yangsan saw the temperature reach 42.5C at 1:26 pm (0426 GMT), the Korea Meteorological Administration said on its website.

Hundreds of firefighters in Greece on Saturday were being pushed to the limit to save a popular coastal resort and other areas as violent winds lashed the country, the civil protection minister said.

US President Donald Trump said late on Saturday he would hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal could be reached quickly to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

In Morocco, where deep-seated anger towards poor public services and poverty spilled over late last year into major protests, many young people spend years waiting for a chance to cross the border in search of better prospects.

Australia's internet regulator eSafety found children aged 10 to 15 were using social media just as frequently in March as they had before the ban came into force on Dec. 10, while parental awareness of their online habits had actually declined.

United States President Donald Trump announced on his social media account that an agreement for a "complete disarmament" of Hamas had been reached, calling the deal a precedent for the next phases of the 20-point plan for lasting peace in Gaza.

The 39-year-old pilot, identified only by his initials, MSO, was arrested Wednesday at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta international airport shortly after arriving from Kuala Lumpur.

The Palestinian Islamist group's weapons have been one of the key sticking points in implementing a ceasefire deal in place since October.

Far from the city's bohemian neighborhoods with their hip clubs and trendy cafes -- areas which reliably vote for leftist and green parties -- this working-class district is Berlin's ground zero for a shift to the hard right.

The Spanish government's delegation in the enclave told AFP that the bodies of nine migrants who died while trying to reach Ceuta by swimming had been recovered.

"We're looking at controls. We're also making sure that we lead," Trump said when asked about the rogue agent. OpenAI CEOSam Altman met with US senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to talk about his company's upcoming models.

During a debate about New Zealand's response to the Covid pandemic on Wednesday, populist NZ First leader Peters was asked by China-born Green Party member Lawrence Xu-Nan: "Are you vaccinated?"

The reignited hostilities have drawn in the Islamic republic's proxies, and appear to have dashed hopes of a quick return to negotiations between the foes.

At least 13 people were confirmed dead and 10 still missing as of July 29, a day after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's southern main island of Kyushu, according to figures issued by authorities.

The combined air operation came as President Donald Trump met with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington for their first in-person talks since the Middle East war began in late February.