While Benjamin Franklin famously noted that nothing is certain except death and taxes, many modern nations prove that personal income tax is not a universal necessity.

Sovereignty of the Falkland Islands "rests with the UK", Downing Street has said, following a report the US could review its position on Britain's claim to the territory.

A category five storm has hit the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the tiny US territory in the north-western Pacific Ocean. Winds of more than 250 km/h have been recorded.

A super typhoon is targeting several remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean, bringing heavy rain and tropical storm-force wind gusts to Guam just hours before its expected arrival.

Tropical Cyclone MAILA-26 has swept across parts of the Pacific, impacting the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea between April 4 and April 9, with authorities monitoring the situation closely as powerful winds batter vulnerable communities.

Recent international climate model updates suggest that a Super El Niño could form as early as 2026, heightening the risk of extreme weather events across many regions worldwide.

Severe tropical cyclones Maila and Vaianu have prompted alerts across the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea (PNG), and Fiji.

A tanker caught fire off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, according to early reports, after what Iranian media claimed was an attack on a vessel linked to the United States.

Two explosive-filled unmanned boats hit the tanker Safesea Vishnu at an Iraqi port on Wednesday, causing a massive explosion that set the vessel’s port side ablaze and gave the crew just seconds to flee, according to an initial report from its U.S. owner.