A U.S. military official said the president’s seemingly dramatic announcement on Wednesday referred to a previously reported effort to shepherd commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

The South African police said that at least 12 people were killed and at least nine others were wounded in an attack at a settlement in Johannesburg on Tuesday night. Investigators are still trying to determine a motive for the shooting.

The Hong Kong government announced on Wednesday that it charged seven people and two companies following an investigation into the deadly fire at the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex in November 2025.

With no end to the turmoil in the Middle East, the U.N. secretary general lamented that a cease-fire had become “more like a lesser-fire.”

Protesters opposed an Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya on Tuesday that would be reserved exclusively for U.S. citizens.

A senior Russian military officer was killed in a car explosion on Tuesday, a Ukrainian official and Russian media outlets said. The incident appears to be the latest targeted assassination of high-profile opponents of Ukraine in Russia.

The victim is an outspoken critic of Indonesia’s powerful military, and military prosecutors took over the case despite his objections.

The president’s comments come at a crucial moment in talks between the three countries over the renewal of their free-trade agreement.

Indian sailors aboard a tanker that was struck by a U.S. missile sent distress calls for more than two hours before being rescued by the Omani military. U.S. Central Command said the ship was trying to sail to an Iranian port.