After weeks of facing accusations that he failed to properly declare millions of pounds received ​from a wealthy backer, Farage abruptly resigned ⁠from parliament ⁠last month to ⁠seek ​a new mandate in a "people against the establishment" ​election in the ⁠southern seaside resort of Clacton.

Nigel Farage beat trash-can wearing comic candidate Count Binface on Friday, regaining a seat in Parliament he quit a month ago to trigger the widely mocked special election.

Nigel Farage beat trash-can wearing comic candidate Count Binface on Friday, regaining a seat in Parliament he quit a month ago to trigger the widely mocked special election

Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage arrives at his polling station for the Clacton by-election, triggered by his own resignation, in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, Britain, August 13, 2026. REUTERS/Toby Shepheard CLACTON-ON-SEA,

Transit through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to grind to a near standstill on Friday after two more ships were attacked there and the United States said it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely.

Fox News chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt reports live on rising U.S.-Iran naval tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.

Shipping traffic at the Strait of Hormuz fell below the month average towards the end of the ​week due to volatile sentiment between the United States ‌and Iran, with both countries making competing claims over its control.

President Trump and Iran continue to tangle over who is in control of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for oil shipments out of the Middle East.

Loui Ridi began building a home in his native town of Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, for his two daughters. The girls grew up in Ohio, but family trips made them fall in love with their father’s Palestinian roots.

Israeli security forces have reportedly withdrawn and about a dozen settlers are said to remain at the site where two families have been besieged since Sunday.

For five nights, Israeli settlers surrounded three Palestinian homes on the outskirts of a town in the occupied West Bank, preventing the families from leaving safely as their food and water supplies dwindled.

The Israeli army demolished on Tuesday the apartment of Farouq Ramadan in the West Bank village of Tell, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

NATO jets shot down a drone that flew into Latvia’s eastern air space, the Ministry of Defense said on Friday.

NATO said Friday its fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace, the latest incursion along the military alliance's eastern flank bordering Russia. This was the second time that

The NATO jets shot down a drone that crossed into Latvian airspace close to the border with Russia after it was redirected by Russian electronic warfare

A drone entered Latvian airspace and was shot down by Italian Eurofighter jets, the military said on Friday. An air alert was lifted after the drone was intercepted, Latvia's military said on X,

Mt. Etna, Europe's largest active volcano, located on the island of Sicily in Italy continued to erupt overnight Thursday sending balls of orange fire and huge plumes of smoke into the air and causing the airport in Catania to extended the block on flight departures to August 15th at 2am local time.

Etna erupts often, but it usually doesn’t release this much ash, an expert said. Tens of thousands of travelers’ plans have been disrupted in the past week.

Italy's federation of travel agencies and tour operators has called for a task force to coordinate responses to disruptions caused by Mount Etna and a review of how airlines handled cancellations. Vie

The airport of Comiso, in the southern Ragusa province, also remained closed due to falling volcanic ash, according to the authorities.

North Korea on Friday condemned an upcoming major U.S.-South Korea joint military exercise, calling it a war rehearsal and warning to respond with "overwhelming force."

Pyongyang called the exercises “a rehearsal for an aggressive war” that is triggering a different level of instability in the region.

North Korea on Friday threatened to exercise its right to self-defense in a statement that slammed the upcoming U.S.-South Korean military drills as a war rehearsal that would be more provocative than last year.

North Korea’s unveiling of the Hwasong-20, an alleged nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), has once again put a spotlight on Kim Jong Un’s expanding long-range arsenal—and the growing threat it poses to the United States and its allies.