http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:01:15 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/08/us-military-destroyed-5-iranian-oil-tankers-missile-attacks-navy-warship/stories/20260908103 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/08/us-military-destroyed-5-iranian-oil-tankers-missile-attacks-navy-warship/stories/20260908103#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:19:14 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/08/us-military-destroyed-5-iranian-oil-tankers-missile-attacks-navy-warship/stories/20260908103 WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response to the latest attacks on its warships and Tehran hit back at American targets in Jordan, the latest burst of back-and-forth strikes that have lurched the sides back toward open hostilities in a more than 6-month-old war. A motorboat travels past commercial vessels anchored amid haze in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Sept. 7. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/08/canada-tariffs-take-effect-seeks-closer-eu-ties-trump-response/stories/20260908094 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/08/canada-tariffs-take-effect-seeks-closer-eu-ties-trump-response/stories/20260908094#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:32:11 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/08/canada-tariffs-take-effect-seeks-closer-eu-ties-trump-response/stories/20260908094 TORONTO — The United States is banning the import of some dairy products and motorcycles from Canada along with most alcoholic beverages, the White House said Tuesday, as part of a trade war that shows little sign of cooling off. Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to journalists as he arrives at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council in Ottawa, Canada on Sept. 1. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/08/putin-trump-moscow-no-aggressive-plans-europe/stories/20260908096 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/08/putin-trump-moscow-no-aggressive-plans-europe/stories/20260908096#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:31:44 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/08/putin-trump-moscow-no-aggressive-plans-europe/stories/20260908096 KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin assured President Trump in a phone call Tuesday that Moscow doesn’t harbor aggressive intentions toward Europe, a senior Kremlin official said, after European officials blamed Moscow for sabotage campaigns on their soil. A rescue worker puts out a fire of a building destroyed after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sept. 8. Smoke rises following a Russian missiles attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Sept. 8. Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to acting governor of Tver region Vitaly Korolyov during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Sept. 8. A man walks along an underpass as smoke rises following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Sept. 8. Firefighters try to extinguish a fire following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Sept. 8. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/08/us-hits-remaining-parts-irans-aviation-sector-sanctions/stories/20260908095 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/08/us-hits-remaining-parts-irans-aviation-sector-sanctions/stories/20260908095#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:31:29 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/08/us-hits-remaining-parts-irans-aviation-sector-sanctions/stories/20260908095 The Trump Administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on additional elements of Iran’s aviation industry, targeting more than two dozen commercial and private airlines as well as foreign cargo service providers in its new push to isolate Tehran from its remaining trading partners. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrives for the G20 Finance Ministerial in Asheville, N.C., on Aug. 31. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/06/military-strikes-three-iranian-tankers-retaliation-missile-attacks/stories/20260906141 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/06/military-strikes-three-iranian-tankers-retaliation-missile-attacks/stories/20260906141#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:01:19 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/06/military-strikes-three-iranian-tankers-retaliation-missile-attacks/stories/20260906141 The United States military said Saturday its forces struck three Iranian crude oil carriers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles toward two U.S. Navy warships. A motorboat leaves a harbor as other boats lie moored in Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Sept. 6. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/06/us-envoys-witkoff-kushner-arrive-kyiv-talks-putin-moscow/stories/20260906140 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/06/us-envoys-witkoff-kushner-arrive-kyiv-talks-putin-moscow/stories/20260906140#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2026 11:54:23 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/06/us-envoys-witkoff-kushner-arrive-kyiv-talks-putin-moscow/stories/20260906140 KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday in their first official visit to Ukraine as part of a renewed push for peace more than 4½ years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, and U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys Jared Kushner, right, and Steve Witkoff, left, walk prior to their talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 6. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, greets U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff prior to talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 6. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, and U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner, center left, walk prior to their talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 6. U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff, center, and Jared Kushner, right, arrive in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 6. President Vladimir Putin, right, greets U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, prior to talks at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow on Sept. 5. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/05/rescuers-nepal-pull-2-people-alive-10-days-floods/stories/20260905084 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/05/rescuers-nepal-pull-2-people-alive-10-days-floods/stories/20260905084#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:55:24 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/05/rescuers-nepal-pull-2-people-alive-10-days-floods/stories/20260905084 KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers in Nepal pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country, as teams continued searching for thousands of missing people. In this photo provided by the Nepal Army, a Chinese national is seen after being rescued by soldiers during an ongoing operation at the Trishuli-3A hydropower project in Nepal's Rasuwa district on Sept. 5. In this photo provided by the Nepal Army, a Chinese national is seen drinking water after being rescued by soldiers during an ongoing operation at the Trishuli-3A hydropower project in Nepal's Rasuwa district on Sept. 5. A drone view shows a damaged residential building along the swollen Trishuli River in the aftermath of flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Sept. 3. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/04/us-issues-sanctions-turkish-bank-calls-critical-financial-lifeline-iran/stories/20260904094 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/04/us-issues-sanctions-turkish-bank-calls-critical-financial-lifeline-iran/stories/20260904094#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:46:29 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/04/us-issues-sanctions-turkish-bank-calls-critical-financial-lifeline-iran/stories/20260904094 WASHINGTON — The Trump Administration announced Friday that it has imposed sanctions on a Turkish financial institution as part of its latest effort to sever “critical financial lifelines” for the Iranian government. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the G20 Finance Ministerial in Asheville, N.C., on Sept. 1. A boy plays with a toy truck on a beach along the Strait of Hormuz in Kuhestak, Iran, on Sept. 4. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/04/russian-drone-strikes-ukraine-security-service-headquarters-as-us-talks-on-the-war-are-expected/stories/20260904085 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/04/russian-drone-strikes-ukraine-security-service-headquarters-as-us-talks-on-the-war-are-expected/stories/20260904085#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:22:36 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/04/russian-drone-strikes-ukraine-security-service-headquarters-as-us-talks-on-the-war-are-expected/stories/20260904085 KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s security service in central Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, ahead of diplomatic talks with U.S. officials on ending the war. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Steve Witkoff, special envoy of the United States, meet at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on Dec. 15, 2025. Firefighters walk among debris at a destroyed pharmaceutical warehouse after Russian drone attacks on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine Sept. 3. Firefighters work at a residential building after a Russian drone attack struck in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv Sept. 3. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/02/symbolic-funerals-nepal-lost-missing-tourists/stories/20260902103 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/02/symbolic-funerals-nepal-lost-missing-tourists/stories/20260902103#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:24:39 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/02/symbolic-funerals-nepal-lost-missing-tourists/stories/20260902103 KATHMANDU, Nepal — Tourists previously reported missing in Nepal have made contact with authorities, officials said Wednesday, as families of locals still unaccounted for after last week’s catastrophic floods held symbolic funerals for their loved ones. Men perform rituals during symbolic last rites for their relatives who remain missing and are presumed dead following flash floods in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 2. People whose relatives remain missing and are presumed dead following flash floods perform symbolic last rites on the banks of the swollen Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district Sept. 2. A man, right, comforts a woman after he performed rituals during symbolic last rites for his family members who remain missing and are presumed dead following flash floods in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 2. People whose relatives remain missing following flash floods perform symbolic funeral rites on the banks of the swollen Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district Sept. 2. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/02/iran-fires-gulf-neighbors-retaliating-us-strikes-wedding/stories/20260902102 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/02/iran-fires-gulf-neighbors-retaliating-us-strikes-wedding/stories/20260902102#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:24:25 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/02/iran-fires-gulf-neighbors-retaliating-us-strikes-wedding/stories/20260902102 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired on U.S. allies in the Gulf early Wednesday following a night of American bombardment that Iranian state media says included a deadly strike on a wedding party. A child wounded, according to Tasnim news agency, in a strike on a home where a wedding was being held in Kuhestak, southern Iran, receives treatment at a hospital in Menab, Iran, early Sept. 2. Damage is seen at a building that Iranian media said was hit in a U.S. strike in Kuhestak, southern Iran, early Sept. 2. A child wounded, according to Iranian media, in a strike that hit a home where a wedding was being held in Kuhestak, southern Iran, receives treatment at a hospital in Minab, Iran, early Sept. 2. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/01/us-strikes-iran-tehran-fires-back-hostilities-flare-again/stories/20260901108 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/01/us-strikes-iran-tehran-fires-back-hostilities-flare-again/stories/20260901108#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 21:41:23 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/09/01/us-strikes-iran-tehran-fires-back-hostilities-flare-again/stories/20260901108 WASHINGTON — The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. One U.S. strike hit a home hosting a wedding, killing two people and wounding dozens, local officials said. Cars and residential buildings damaged in a U.S.-Israeli strike on March 8 remain in ruins in Tehran, Iran, on Aug. 27. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 31 in Washington. A small boat sails past cargo ships and other commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Aug. 5. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/31/united-arab-emirates-intercepted-iranian-drone-territorial-waters/stories/20260831083 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/31/united-arab-emirates-intercepted-iranian-drone-territorial-waters/stories/20260831083#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:50:32 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/31/united-arab-emirates-intercepted-iranian-drone-territorial-waters/stories/20260831083 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates said that it intercepted an Iranian drone over its waters Monday, an attack that comes after the United States and Iran exchanged fire over the weekend for the first time in a month. Vehicles pass a banner showing a portrait of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in downtown Tehran, Iran, on Aug. 31. People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Aug. 31. A small boat sails past cargo ships and other commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Aug. 5. A boy walks on shallow water as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Aug. 31. Vehicles pass a billboard depicting President Trump inside a catering container alongside a magician and the words "No tricks! Blink, you're gone," in downtown Tehran, Iran, on Aug. 31. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/31/hundreds-feared-stuck-hydropower-tunnels-flood-nepal-china/stories/20260831084 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/31/hundreds-feared-stuck-hydropower-tunnels-flood-nepal-china/stories/20260831084#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:40:27 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/31/hundreds-feared-stuck-hydropower-tunnels-flood-nepal-china/stories/20260831084 KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers raced Monday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll climbed and increasingly desperate families searched for missing loved ones. Relatives console Muna Khadka, center, who lost her son Aayush Khada, in flash floods, during mass burials in Chitwan, Nepal, on Aug. 31. People stand on remnants of a bridge which spanned across Trishuli river and was washed away in flash floods, in Dhading District, Nepal, on Aug. 30. A student smiles after locating her bag from a pile extracted from the mud brought in by the recent flash floods, at the Shree Bagheswori Madhyamik School in Galchhi, Dhading district of Nepal on Aug. 30. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/30/nasa-newest-space-telescope-launches-quest-explore-hidden-universe/stories/20260830126 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/30/nasa-newest-space-telescope-launches-quest-explore-hidden-universe/stories/20260830126#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:29:46 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/30/nasa-newest-space-telescope-launches-quest-explore-hidden-universe/stories/20260830126 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the space observatory Roman Telescope lifts off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/30/nepal-warns-possible-fresh-flooding-communities-grapple-devastation/stories/20260830125 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/30/nepal-warns-possible-fresh-flooding-communities-grapple-devastation/stories/20260830125#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:28:23 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/30/nepal-warns-possible-fresh-flooding-communities-grapple-devastation/stories/20260830125 DHADING, Nepal — Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. A drone view of the aftermath of flash flooding along the Trishuli river amidst fresh water surge warning in the Trishuli Bazaar area of Nuwakot district, Nepal. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/30/us-strikes-iranian-rocket-launchers-on-strait-hormuz/stories/20260830124 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/30/us-strikes-iranian-rocket-launchers-on-strait-hormuz/stories/20260830124#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:27:16 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/30/us-strikes-iranian-rocket-launchers-on-strait-hormuz/stories/20260830124 WASHINGTON — U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. Vowing to retaliate for what it called a deadly attack, Iran later said it had launched missiles at U.S. sites in Jordan. Crowds fill a street during celebrations marking Prophet Muhammad's birthday in Tehran, Iran. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/30/nepal-warns-possible-fresh-flooding-grapple-devastation/stories/20260830109 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/30/nepal-warns-possible-fresh-flooding-grapple-devastation/stories/20260830109#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:33:21 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/30/nepal-warns-possible-fresh-flooding-grapple-devastation/stories/20260830109 DHADING, Nepal — Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. A resident looks at the swollen Trishuli river in Galchhi, Dhading District, Nepal, on Aug. 30. A drone view shows rescue workers inspect the area and damaged structures following recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, on Aug. 29. A farmer cleans his corn crop after flash floods in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on Aug. 29. Authorities use drones to distribute relief materials in the areas cut off from the flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district, onAug. 29. A girl holds a child as they watch a rescue helicopter fly by in Trishuli Bazaar area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, on Aug. 30. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/israeli-strikes-gaza-west-bank-deaths/stories/20260828102 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/israeli-strikes-gaza-west-bank-deaths/stories/20260828102#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:18:31 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/israeli-strikes-gaza-west-bank-deaths/stories/20260828102 Israeli airstrikes killed five people in Gaza and three in the West Bank on Friday, despite a fragile ceasefire brokered by the United States. Palestinians walk past a food-aid warehouse damaged in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a nearby house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip on Aug. 26. Children play at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Aug. 26. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/russian-drones-batter-ukraines-kyiv-region/stories/20260828103 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/russian-drones-batter-ukraines-kyiv-region/stories/20260828103#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:03:32 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/World/2026/08/28/russian-drones-batter-ukraines-kyiv-region/stories/20260828103 KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces on Friday resumed their drone barrage of Ukraine’s Kyiv region, hitting more than a dozen apartment buildings and storage depots in a second straight day of aerial attacks, officials said. Cars burn as firefighters try to put out a fire following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Aug. 28. Cars burn as firefighters try to put out a fire following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Aug. 28. A woman observes a daily nationwide minute of silence in memory of soldiers killed in the war with Russia, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 28.