Israel has been added to a United Nations blacklist over allegations of conflict-related sexual violence in Palestinian territories, according to Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon, who sharply condemned the move as “political” and detached from reality.
A fire at a girls' boarding school in Kenya has killed 16 students, the government has said.
The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on a new agency in charge of managing Iran's Persian Gulf and strategic Strait of Hormuz.
The US also shot down four Iranian attack drones that posed a threat, the official said.
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims gathered at the Jamarat area in Mina, near Makkah, on Wednesday, May 27, to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil, marking the conclusion of the main Hajj rituals.
Global oil prices have climbed sharply, with benchmark crude crossing $100 per barrel on Wednesday (May 27), as renewed geopolitical tensions between Iran and the United States reignite concerns over energy supply stability.