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A top regional Trump envoy has said the US is "deeply concerned" after major new Israeli airstrikes on Syria overnight, following months of an absence of such attacks, and in the context of the broader Iran conflict.
Jordan's King Abdullah met leading Chinese business executives in Shanghai, the royal palace said, on the second day of his trip to China focused on economic co-operation amid the Iran war.
US President Donald Trump has claimed the Strait of Hormuz as American territory as his frustration mounts over a war with Iran that has resisted his demands and dragged global shipping into crisis.
People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
Turkey has strongly condemned Israeli air strikes on the Abu al-Duhur air base in northwestern Syria, and called on the international community to ensure Israel is held accountable for actions which violated international laws.
The U.S. Army’s soldiers conduct a training exercise on a river in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
The government’s support for extremist settlers puts the military in an ‘impossible situation’, observers say
The government’s support for extremist settlers puts the military in an ‘impossible situation’, observers say
Operators are fast-tracking northern routes that bypass vulnerable chokepoints in the Middle East
Operators are fast-tracking northern routes that bypass vulnerable chokepoints in the Middle East
The internationally recognised government in Yemen says that its forces have conducted more than 100 military operations against the Houthi armed group, also known as Ansar Allah, in the past 24 hours as fighting spreads in the country.
An execution facility for the hanging of convicted terrorists is being built within the already-constructed death row prisoner wing in central Israel, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's office announced on Tuesday.
Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
Qatar has said that an agreement between Iran and Oman over the Strait of Hormuz would make it easier to resume negotiations to end the Iran war.
The Strait of Hormuz will remain indispensable to global energy trade despite efforts by Persian Gulf states to develop alternative export routes, a top Iranian military advisor has told RT.
The Strait of Hormuz will remain indispensable to global energy trade despite efforts by Persian Gulf states to develop alternative export routes, a top Iranian military advisor has told RT.
US President Donald Trump has claimed the Strait of Hormuz as American territory as his frustration mounts over a war with Iran that has resisted his demands and dragged global shipping into crisis.
Experts offer tips on how to keep small pets safe from aggressive dogs and how owners should train their large canines
Experts offer tips on how to keep small pets safe from aggressive dogs and how owners should train their large canines
Waseem al-Assad on trial over militia crimes and Captagon trafficking in Syria
Retreating from China, once Nokia’s largest single-country market globally, would mark an acquiescence to domestic competition
A file photo of the Abu al-Duhur air base in Syria, which Israel struck earlier today. (AFP: George Ourfalian)
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s judicial authorities have decided to hand over a former senior Syrian military officer under ousted President Bashar Assad to Damascus after questioning him over crimes he allegedly committed during the country’s conflict, officials said Tuesday.
Defense attorney Volker Klein makes a statement at the regional court in Koblenz, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, during a recess in the murder trial of an 81-year-old man admitted to sexually abusing and killing an American tourist in Germany more than 30 years ago. (Thomas Frey/dpa via AP)
Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman has categorically denied Iran’s accusation of holding prisoner three military pilots whose planes crashed in the early days of the war, calling the claims “completely baseless, false and illogical”.
South Korea's top military officer visited units near the border with North Korea on Tuesday to check their readiness amid key drills with U.S. forces, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Tehran has already begun positioning itself to suppress potential domestic unrest and weather the prolonged economic hardship that could result from an extended US blockade or a return to more active conflict with the US, according to international experts. At the same time, reports indicate that Tehran remains open…
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Creators of chase compilations reject any moral qualms and say they show ‘death is waiting’ for those who join war
US President Trump says he will declare Strait of Hormuz US territory
Rep. Yu Yong-weon, a lawmaker with the conservative People Power Party, said South Korea should consider sending the air defense system Cheongung-II to war-stricken Ukraine.
Brent and WTI futures remain below $100 a barrel on Tuesday morning, partly suppressed by governments releasing strategic oil reserves into global markets. But the more serious issue is building downstream, where the Russia-Ukraine war, strikes against energy infrastructure, and continued disruptions around the Stra…
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters, who reportedly withdrew from Turkey with their weapons, stand to attention during a ceremony in the Qandil area of northern, Iraq, Sunday, Oct 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya, File)
Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr prepares to throw a pass during the first quarter of an NCAA football game against Navy, Nov. 8, 2025, in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)
The island’s military is working to learn the lessons of the Ukraine war and boost its asymmetric defences against the PLA
The island’s military is working to learn the lessons of the Ukraine war and boost its asymmetric defences against the PLA
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top military officer visited units near the border with North Korea on Tuesday to check their readiness amid key drills with U.S. forces, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
The top US military commander in the Middle East has personally visited the USS Lincoln carrier, which is currently patrolling the Middle East after having long been engaged in operations against Iran.
CMC vice-chair Zhang Shengmin said the late president had steered the country through the turmoil that followed the end of the Soviet bloc
CMC vice-chair Zhang Shengmin said the late president had steered the country through the turmoil that followed the end of the Soviet bloc
Kyiv, Ukraine – On the sunny morning of July 24, three Russian missiles whizzed towards Kyiv.
Topic:Federal Government
Eight air strikes have hit an airbase in Idlib in northwestern Syria, causing damage and no casualties, Syrian state media report.
Ohio State quarterback throws a pass against Miami during the first half of the Cotton Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal game Dec. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson, File)
Since Sudan’s civil war first reached her village in 2003, Samira has been displaced seven times, enduring devastating losses and injuries along the way
A drone was used to deliver camouflage cases filled with gold bars and bundles of cash, according to state newspaper report
A drone was used to deliver camouflage cases filled with gold bars and bundles of cash, according to state newspaper report
Russian government officials told CNBC that the economy is strong and healthy despite "unprecedented foreign pressure" following the country's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.
IDF soldiers wrote numbers on the bodies of Palestinian suspects during a Monday operation in the West Bank village of Kabatiya near Jenin, Army Radio reported on Tuesday morning.
Building on our February theme that physical AI and humanoid robots would move beyond factory floors and folding laundry in homes into conflict zones and other high-risk environments, US-based Foundation Robotics is now discussing potential national-security deployments of its Phantom humanoid robot along the southe…