A US aircraft carrier is headed to the Middle East to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, on which thousands of sailors have reportedly faced food shortages and difficult conditions on an extended, nine-month deployment. The USS George Washington, which was near Malaysia on Thursday, could arrive in the region in about nine days, BBC analysis
Iran issued dramatic new demands around the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the United Arab Emirates said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile. Yemen’s military attacked the country’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. And Turkey’s Kurdish peace bill won approval in parliament. Here’s a look at developments across the Middle East on Saturday. Full coverage
Morrissey has canceled his four-date Las Vegas residency at The Wynn just a week before showtime, Rolling Stone reports. The musician cited “unforeseen logistical issues” as the reason for the sudden cancellation. The former Smiths frontman was set to play four shows at The Wynn’s Encore Theater starting Aug. 14. Ticket buyers were informed via
US President Donald Trump says Minnesota and its governor are to blame for recent cyber-attacks on water systems in the state after US investigators suggested Iran may have carried them out. “They blamed it on Iran. I don’t think so. I think I blame it on Minnesota because they’re grossly incompetent,” Trump said without evidence
Australian fintech company Pinch Payments is posing a huge challenge to the local startup and developer community. It’s called Pinch Me! I want a 50K hackathon and the premise is incredibly simple. They want you to create something that makes payment easy. If your solution is the best, they will give you 50,000 Australian dollars
Hundreds of Southwest Airlines flights were delayed after technical issues led the airline to temporarily halt operations Tuesday morning. Southwest said the flight delays were the result of “data connection issues resulting from a firewall failure,” an issue that caused a brief ground stop. The Federal Aviation Administration The ground stop began at the request