World News Live: Trump says US has ‘total control’ over Hormuz, calls Iran ‘bully of Middle East’

Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched an attack on a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, killing six people, said Yemeni authorities.

Yemen's coast guard said that the victims included four crew members and two members of the government-allied National Resistance Forces.

According to the Transportation Ministry of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, Houthis fired three ballistic missiles at the Yemeni commercial vessel.

Pakistan's interior minister is visiting Iran to discuss regional security, stability and other developments, the foreign office said on Wednesday, according to news agency AFP.

"He is discussing bilateral relations, security, regional security and stability, and constructive engagement amongst the parties in the region and regional developments," foreign ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi, whose government has been mediating to end the fighting in the Middle East, told reporters in Islamabad.

Four drones struck three Iranian Kurdish opposition camps near Erbil in Iraq on Wednesday, with no casualties reported, news agency Reuters reported citing security sources.

US presidential counsellor Peter Navarro said that President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have a good working relationship and will work through trade issues.

On being asked about the Lindsey Graham Bill backed by the Republican leader, which levies 100% potential tariff on India, Navarro said, "...With respect to your question, the President and your Prime Minister have a very good working relationship. They are going to work that out amongst themselves, and it's not for me to get between that."

"Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, India was not involved in the oil trade with Russia, but afterwards it got heavily involved and was selling a lot of refined products on behalf of Russia, which helped feed the war machine. And that issue has been resolved. Maybe I had a little bit to do with that with that op-ed, but I can tell you, I got actually firebombed by the Indian continent on the internet. All I would say to you, don't do that. That's not how we resolve problems here in America. With respect to your question, the president and your Prime Minister have a very good working relationship. They are going to work that out amongst themselves, and it's not for me or any gaggle to get between that," he added.

South Korea aims to develop a domestic 100-qubit quantum computer by 2029 and become the world’s leading quantum chip manufacturing country by 2035, the government said.

It further stated that it targets commercialisation of indigenous SMR nuclear reactors by It further stated that it targets commercialisation of indigenous small modular nuclear reactors by 2035, in a move to advance domestic nuclear technology.

Colombian rescuers pulled out a 32-year-old woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Pereira as the earthquake death toll surpassed 200.

Soldiers and firefighters continue searching collapsed structures across western Colombia after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake jolted the country on Monday. According to the authorities, 216 people lost their lives in the quake.

US President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday (Aug 12) that he secretly took a military flight from Turkey last month because Air Force One was “at greater risk.”

He stated that the switch occurred at the request of the Secret Service amid reported threats.

“It’s only up to the Secret Service. I just follow what they’d like to do. I go by the Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane, equal safety, but they wanted me to do it, so I did it. I do what they say,” Trump told reporters after The Washington Post broke the story about his switch from the presidential plane.

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