The United Arab Emirates is blaming Iran for firing drones at two tankers operated by a state-owned oil company as they sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, saying Friday the attacks represented acts of piracy. The attacks caused no casualties but underlined the dangers faced by vessels as they seek to move cargo through the critical waterway that leads from the Persian Gulf to the open oceans as Iran keeps a firm grip on the passage.

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Indonesian crew member Muhammad Al Taindo , right, receives medical treatment at 2 December Hospital in Mokha, Yemen, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, after the cargo ship Tihama was struck in a Houthi attack in the Bab al-Mandab Strait off Yemen's Dhubab district on Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)

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Pakistani crew member Zaheer Ahmed, right, receives medical treatment at 2 December Hospital in Mokha, Yemen, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, after the cargo ship Tihama was struck in a Houthi attack in the Bab al-Mandab Strait off Yemen's Dhubab district on Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)

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Pakistani crew member Muhammad Hamza receives medical treatment at 2 December Hospital in Mokha, Yemen, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, after the cargo ship Tihama was struck in a Houthi attack in the Bab al-Mandab Strait off Yemen's Dhubab district on Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)

Bullets recovered from two bystanders killed during a shootout at a Seattle festival last weekend do not appear to have come from the gun that a 15-year-old arrested at the scene was firing, police said in court documents filed Wednesday. The King County prosecutor’s office filed charges of first-degree assault with a firearm enhancement as well as unlawful possession of a handgun by someone under 18. In a statement supporting the charges, police said the teen was seen firing an untraceable ghost gun into a crowd, but preliminary testing of bullets recovered from two bystanders killed showed they did not match that weapon. Shell casings found at the scene of Sunday’s shooting indicate four weapons were fired during the shootout.

Gunmen have attacked a community in northwestern Nigeria, killing at least 30 people and injuring several others. Residents reported the attack occurred late Sunday night in Naridon village, Kaduna state. Derek Christopher, from the Southern Kaduna Peace and Security Network, noted this is the second attack on the community in a year. Raphael Joshua, a local resident, said bodies have been taken to a nearby hospital. Kaduna State's commissioner for home affairs, Sule Shu’aibu, said he had not been briefed on the attack. Armed groups, known as ‘bandits’, frequently carry out raids in the region.