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The UN warns disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could drive up food and fertiliser costs, and worsen global hunger.The next global food crisis is unfolding in a narrow stretch of water.The United Nations warns that if fertilisers cannot pass through the Strait of Hormuz within just a few weeks, the world could face mass starvation.It says the consequences could be severe if shipping disruptions linked to the Iran conflict drag on.Food prices are already at a three-year high, while fertiliser costs critical for agriculture have rocketed.Aid agencies fear a prolonged disruption could push tens of millions more people into…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with counterparts from Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior on Thursday during a high-level visit to the island nation amid “complex bilateral relations” between the long-time adversaries.A CIA official told Fox News correspondent David Spunt that Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raulito Rodriguez Castro, Minister of Interior Lazaro Alvarez Casas and the head of Cuban intelligence services in Havana to “personally deliver President Trump’s message that the United States is prepared to seriously engage on economic and security issues, but only if Cuba makes fundamental changes.”During the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Emergency crews are responding after a small plane crashed Thursday into a home in Ohio, killing two people on board and sparking a large fire.The crash took place at about 3:45 p.m. local time in a residential neighborhood about 15 minutes south of downtown Akron, and heavy, black smoke was reported in the area, the City of Akron Fire Department confirmed to Fox News Digital.The two people on board were found dead inside the Piper PA-28 aircraft, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).Fire officials evacuated the affected home and a nearby…

Ontario’s new and more restrictive freedom-of-information laws have quashed another request, this time for documents that may have given a glimpse into potential hospital cuts. More than 70 per cent of Ontario hospitals are forecasting deficits, and Health Minister Sylvia Jones has told them to come up with three-year plans to balance their budgets.Any “low risk” cost-saving moves with no or “minimal” front-line reductions should be made immediately, Jones’ ministry told hospitals, and “high risk” moves with service impacts for patients should only be considered if all lower-risk options are exhausted.Hospitals’ plans for how they were going to get to…

Treble-hunting Melbourne City will start warm favourites in the A-League Women’s grand final when they take on first-time finalists Wellington Phoenix.

Against this backdrop, the political reality is that UMNO is not in a position to fully break from coalition politics.Contesting solo risks three-cornered fights that historically benefitted PAS. Without PH or other alliances shoring up support from non-Malay voters, UMNO’s ceiling in mixed or urban seats drops sharply. The party’s machinery, once formidable and historically backed by a deep election chest, now shows signs of weaker grassroots mobilisation and difficulty attracting new talent. BETWEEN AMBITION AND REALITYUMNO cannot keep operating in its pre-2018 mode. Without a clean break from the Najib-era old guard, revival seems improbable. Mr Zahid’s bold talk carries the optimism…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After it was revealed earlier this month that cops have been called to the home of former MLB pitcher Carl Pavano and his ex-wife nine times over the last two years, more heinous allegations against Pavano have emerged.Pavano was initially accused of “controlling behavior,” including name-calling, cutting off her expenses and threatening to take their children amid an ugly prenup battle.Their divorce was finalized last December, but a new court filing by Pavano’s ex, Alissa, claims that Pavano would pee in her shampoo bottles and “intentionally soiled the bed in which Plaintiff…

NewsFeedGeopolitical analyst Steve Okun says despite the summit in Beijing, the US and China are still in an adversarial relationship. He says China is benefiting from the war on Iran, using the crisis to expand its influence while the US faces rising costs and an ongoing trade war with China.Published On 14 May 202614 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of former U.S. Air Force special agent and counterintelligence specialist Monica Witt, who was charged in 2019 with espionage in connection with accusations she shared highly classified U.S. intelligence with Iran.The FBI said in a statement Thursday that it’s still trying to locate Witt, who they say defected to Iran in 2013.”The FBI has not forgotten and believes that during this critical moment in Iran’s history, there is someone who knows something about her whereabouts,” said Daniel Wierzbicki, special agent in charge of the FBI Washington Field Office’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The former mayor of a small Kansas town who pleaded guilty last month in connection with illegally voting in several elections turned himself in to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday.Jose Ceballos-Armendariz, a Mexican green card holder, appeared at the ICE office in Wichita, FOX4KC reported. He is being held in the ICE’s detention facility in Chase County.”I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Ceballos said outside the facility. “I don’t know where they’re going to take me and what I can and can’t do inside there.”KANSAS MAYOR HIT WITH…