Simon Kent

Iran confirmed Monday a targeted Israeli air strike killed the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval units, Alireza Tangsiri, who Israel held responsible for the blocking of the vital Strait of Hormuz.

Restrictions on Japan’s coal-fired power plants were relaxed Friday as the Asian industrial giant seeks to ease an energy crunch caused by the Middle East war choking oil supplies.

NASA entered final preparations Friday for the launch Artemis II, its first astronaut mission to the moon since 1972. Liftoff is set for no earlier than April 1.

Hollywood actor Josh Duhamel believes his condescending peers should stop preaching politics and just get on with their jobs, declaring Wednesday he eschews day-to-day commentary on affairs of state because, “Why would I alienate half my audience?”

Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez scolded the U.S. and Israel on Wednesday for their ongoing attacks on Iran, calling the conflict an “absurd, cruel and illegal” challenge to international law.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier grimly forecast a “deep rift” growing with traditional NATO ally the United States on Tuesday, slamming U.S.-Israeli military action against Iran as a “breach of international law.”

All flights into and out of Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey were halted Monday morning after air traffic controllers evacuated the tower due to the ingress of smoke from an elevator.

Leftist Hollywood actor Robert De Niro has called for his fellow left-wing comrades to take to the streets and oppose “mentally ill tyrant” President Donald Trump.

Recreational and tourist sites worldwide will now be a target for Iran’s aggression and what remains of the Islamic state’s leadership further added Friday it is still building missiles.

Israel claimed Wednesday that Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib was “eliminated” in a precision overnight strike, adding another name to the increasingly long list of senior Iranian government figures to be assassinated.

Australia has flung open its borders and taken in a record number of migrants in the past year, despite left-wing Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government’s solemn promise to cut back on fresh arrivals.

Cometh the hour, cometh the payout. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Chief Executive David Zaslav stands to pocket $800 million in severance and other payments after rival Paramount PSKY acquires the media company, Warner said in a securities filing.

The Israeli military killed two top Iranian security officials in separate overnight strikes, multiple reports Tuesday indicate, further eroding the Islamic dictatorship’s senior leadership and command structure.

Oscar-winning director David Borenstein claimed his Academy Award on Sunday night and used the moment to rant against governments that commit murder on the streets and unnamed oligarchs who “take over the media.”

Australia and Japan have rejected a call by U.S. President Donald Trump for warships to be sent to secure the Strait of Hormuz, confirming Monday they do not plan to join military operations in the contested zone.

The 98th Academy Awards on Sunday night will be the usual explosion of a champagne-fueled, self-obsessed celebrity glory orgy — that comes, every year, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in free luxury gifts thrown in. This year’s swag bag price tag reached a value of nearly $350,000 for the select 25 Oscar nominees, given free for simply getting out of bed and attending.

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres arrived in Beirut for a “solidarity” visit to Lebanon on Friday, cutting short a stay in Turkey where he joined fasting Muslims for Ramadan while calling for the world to “eradicate the scourge of Islamophobia from every country and community.”

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung delivered a very public character appraisal of The Late Show‘s Stephen Colbert on Thursday in a social media post, summing his subject up as “a sad and pathetic excuse for a human being.”

Islam in general and Ramadan in particular hold the key for society to prosper if it embraces a “noble vision of hope and peace” that Muslims hold dear, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells the world in a newly released video message.

Iran ⁠cannot ⁠- and will not – participate in the FIFA World ⁠Cup after the ⁠U.S. eliminated its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ‌the country’s sports minister Ahmad Donyamali vowed Wednesday.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Turkey on Wednesday as part of what his office calls an “annual Ramadan solidarity visit,” where he is joining fasting Muslims while calling for the world to “eradicate the scourge of Islamophobia from every country and community.”

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has moaned he was punched in the face by a fellow Rikers Island inmate and is “constantly threatened and derided” by other prisoners.

Australia responded Tuesday to a call for help from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as it faces bombardment from Iranian drones, despatching a sophisticated Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail spy plane and air-to-air missiles to the region.

Well, that didn’t take long. Mojtaba Khamenei has risen to the appointment of Iran Supreme Leader, as the country’s national television news service confirmed Monday, however it has since emerged the man following his father into the post has been wounded in an unspecified incident at a time and place unknown.

Pop star Britney Spears was arrested for a DUI on Wednesday night in Ventura County, California, multiple sources have reported.

Xavier Alexander Musk, who now goes by the name Vivian Jenna Wilson, has been seen been making a name for himself as a women’s sports bra model for Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty brand.

A defiant Iran despatched a second warship towards Sri Lanka’s territorial waters Thursday, barely 24-hours after a U.S. submarine destroyed an Iranian Navy frigate in the area, killing at least 84 sailors, a minister told parliament.

You’ll be sorry. That was the warning from Iran to the U.S. on Thursday as it responded to the torpedoing of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, with a Muslim leader adding a call for “Trump’s blood.”

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is being tipped to rise up and assume leadership of the country despite the fact he’s never been elected or appointed to a government role.

President Donald Trump despairs at the diminishing relationship between the U.S. and Britain, saying Monday the historic union is “not like it used to be.” He pinpointed left-wing UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s stumbling response to events in Iran while “pandering to Muslim voters” at home as emblematic of the problem.

Wunmi Mosaku — Nigeria-born, UK actress who has risen to public prominence via her roles in the 2025 film Sinners and the Disney+ series Loki – has no time for ICE. She made her feelings clear Sunday night at the 2026 Actor Awards.

Three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury in Iran, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reported Sunday.

At least nine people were killed during pro-Iran protests outside the United States consulate in the Pakistan megacity of Karachi on Sunday, with dozens more injured as they tried to storm the diplomatic outpost.

A grieving Russian President Vladimir Putin mourned the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claiming Sunday it was “a cynical violation of all norms of human morality and international law.”

Former President Bill Clinton will be questioned Friday by members of the House Oversight Committee about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will appear before U.S. House lawmakers in New York on Thursday, testifying under oath as part of a congressional investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.