Britain joins US-proposed security mission in Gulf

Britain says it has joined the United States in a new maritime security mission to protect vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz.
Mass shootings in US renew gun control debate
Mass shootings on both Saturday and Sunday have shocked people in the United States and renewed debate on gun control.The first shooting occurred in the border city of El Paso, Texas, on Saturday.
Iran: Latest tanker seized was an Iraqi vessel
Iran's state-run broadcaster reports the oil tanker seized on Wednesday by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps was an Iraqi vessel. Iranians say the ship was trying to smuggle fuel.
19 killed, 30 injured in multi-vehicle crash in Cairo
Nineteen people were killed and 30 others wounded after a multi-vehicle crash and the ensuing explosion on Monday in central Cairo, Egypt's Health Ministry said in a statement.
16 militants killed in separate airstrikes in Afghanistan
At least 16 Taliban militants have been killed in separate airstrikes in Afghanistan within the past 24 hours, command of Afghan special forces said Monday.
U.S. tolerates short-range ballistic missiles, Abe told by Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump has directly told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that he is tolerant of North Korea's launches since May of short-range ballistic missiles, diplomatic sources said Saturday.
Texas shooting: hate crime is one possibility
Police in the US state of Texas have detained a suspect in a fatal mass shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso. They are investigating the incident with a number of possibilities in mind, including it being a hate crime against Hispanic immigrants.