Aerial footage shows ships off Khasab in Oman’s Musandam governorate, near the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

Shipping through the vital waterway has faced disruption amid the widening conflict involving Iran.

Student protests and blockades took place in Paris as students demonstrated over a lack of resources and teachers.

Images show clashes between protesters and police, while a fire damaged the entrance of a vocational high school.

Indian police detained protesters in New Delhi following a rally calling for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in voter rolls.

The Indian Express recently reported alleged impropriety during a large-scale revision of voter lists, while India’s Election Commission has rejected allegations of wrongdoing.

A mass funeral was held in Gaza City for 105 Palestinians whose remains were recently recovered from beneath destroyed buildings.

The remains had been trapped under the rubble since October 2023. Families and mourners gathered as they were carried to Sheikh Radwan cemetery for burial.

For many families, this was the first chance in nearly three years to finally bury their loved ones.

A school for displaced Palestinian children is operating in Al Arish, Egypt, giving children who were forced from Gaza a place to continue their education.

The Bright Minds Palestinian Academy in North Sinai began with around 150 children and has expanded to about 350 students. The school was also approved by local authorities in Al Arish.

After years of disrupted education, the school gives these children the chance to return to a classroom and continue learning.

Palestinians transferred the body of a relative from Al-Shifa Hospital for burial in Gaza after 'Israeli' strikes hit a camp for displaced people in Jabalia on Tuesday, killing at least seven people, including a Hamas commander.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says 'Israeli' forces have killed more than 1,400 people since a ceasefire with Hamas was announced last October.

More than 170 demonstrations by public sector workers, including firefighters, were held across France on Tuesday following a call from a broad trade union coalition.

The protests came two days before the government was due to unveil its 2027 budget proposal, with workers seeking to put pressure on the government.

High school students continued their mobilisation outside schools in Lille, Bordeaux and Lyon, calling for replacements for absent teachers, increased resources and “decent” learning conditions.

The USL student union has called on high school and university students to join forces and launch a “second act” of the protest movement.

Young people in Lyon, France, some wearing masks, set fire to a row of rubbish bins to block a road leading to their high school.

Students have staged protests outside schools since last week over concerns including school timetables, class sizes, teacher shortages and overheated classrooms following recent heatwaves.

SpaceX's Starship rocket has successfully reached Earth's orbit on its landmark 14th test flight from Texas.

The 120-meter vehicle overcame an ascent engine failure to complete its orbital burn, deploy next-gen Starlink satellites, and test booster return maneuvers in the Gulf of Mexico.

This milestone marks a critical transition toward operational missions to the Moon and Mars for SpaceX and NASA's Artemis program.