During the 1984 “tanker war,” Iran laid mines in the Strait of Hormuz and harassed ships in response to Iraqi attacks. Throughout both these conflicts, however, the Strait of Hormuz remained in use.

The control of waterways has long been used to thwart adversaries and shape strategic outcomes. In 1951, after Tehran nationalized its oil industry, the United Kingdom used naval pressure to prevent ...

JAKARTA: A new mechanism to tighten state control over key commodity exports is Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto’s latest ...

Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands have fauna found nowhere else on Earth – even if they can be elusive at times.

Starting at the birthplace of Buddhism, a writer traces how its teachings spread across Asia, transforming the continent ...

Hiring a senior engineer in Germany in 2026 takes, on average, 12–20 weeks from job post to first day — including the notice ...

From Tim Cook to former Chief Justice Earl Warren, The Hatchet takes a look back on past commencement speakers.

At least seven narco subs have been discovered in Pacific waters in recent years, signalling a troubling new reality.

80,000+ IBM employees currently using IBM Bob; surveyed users report average 45% productivity gain Multi-model orchestration automatically routes each task to a suitable model based on accuracy, ...

In Kenya, more and more young women are using sugar daddies to fund a lifestyle worth posting on social media. Transactional sex was once driven by poverty, says film-maker Nyasha Kadandara. But now, ...

Every year, millions of travelers dream of sipping coffee by a Venetian canal, watching the Santorini sunset from a ...

Picking a JavaScript framework in 2026 is not the casual decision it was a decade ago. The framework you choose today will ...