Having choked off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is now signaling it could play its most dangerous card yet: using Yemen’s Houthi allies to shut the Bab el-Mandeb gateway ​to the Red Sea, opening a new front against Washington and putting two of the world’s most vital energy arteries at risk.

The impact of artificial intelligence on society will be compared to the change brought by civil aviation 100 years ago as the prime minister unveils a new framework to deal with the fast-moving technology.

Labor risks losing voter support in a similar way to the Democrats in the US if it continues to respond to questions around Palestinian rights with “fear and loathing”, a former cabinet minister says.

The Trump administration is launching an effort to dismantle what it calls the threat ‌to U.S. sovereignty by the International Criminal Court, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday.

Ukraine and key Western allies on Monday announced an air-defence coalition that would include jointly developing a new anti-ballistic missile system as an alternative ​and cheaper solution to the U.S. Patriot system.

Ukrainian lawmakers were getting ready to vote on another government this week after the president dismissed his prime minister in a ​move he said would bring fresh thinking, but critics warned could stoke disorder at a key point in the war.

A U.S. judge on Monday found that President Donald Trump improperly used a $10 billion lawsuit he ​filed against the IRS to extract personal benefits from the government he oversees, preventing the terms of a settlement agreement from taking legal effect.

Yemen’s Houthi movement fired missiles at Saudi ​Arabia after accusing the kingdom of bombing an airport under their control on Monday, breaking a four-year truce in the conflict between ‌the kingdom and the Iran-aligned group.

Oil prices settled up more than 9% on Monday at a one-month high.

An explosive fire at a pub in Thailand’s capital Bangkok ​killed 27 people and injured dozens, officials said on Monday, with police investigating possible negligence including obstructed emergency exits as people scrambled to flee the burning venue.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to two more ​northeastern provinces, Haut-Uele and Tshopo, the country’s public health institute ‌said in its latest report.

U.S. and Iranian forces have exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults, with Tehran targeting U.S. facilities in states across the Gulf ​on Sunday and saying it had again closed the vital Strait of Hormuz.