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Erbil, Iraq – Iranian Kurdish opposition parties have been on high alert since the United States-Israel strikes on Iran began on February 28. Their bases in the semi-autonomous Kurdish Region of Iraq and inside Iran itself have been thrust onto the front lines of the war.
Trump’s conflict keeps escalating, with Saudi Arabia joining airstrikes in Iraq and reportedly planning an attack on the Houthis. A recession could follow
A Palestinian man rides his bicycle by the rubble of buildings that were destroyed during the Israel Hamas war, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Thousands of people demonstrate in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, to demand the reinstatement of the young and tech-savvy defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who was sacked two weeks ago. Fedorov, 35, was appointed in January on a mandate to modernize and digitize the Ukrainian military. He was removed after months of …
Spanish army soldiers assist a migrant who swam from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Sempere)
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Saturday that the country's military remained the "only guarantor of Lebanon’s unity, sovereignty and independence”.
A teenager allegedly linked to Melbourne gangland boss Kaz Hamad’s crew known as The Commission is accused of dealing meth and firearms while already on bail for other offences.
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Russia's attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv early on Aug. 1, 2026 killed nine people and wounded 28 others, the city's mayor said. Russia has stepped up attacks on the capital in recent months, while Ukraine is chronically short of air defenses capable of downing ballistic missiles, which travel at several times the s…
A group of men in their seventies stand in a war scene and hold each other up. A woman without a home throws her body against the floor, again and again, because the floor is the only home she has. Two heads of the empire lean into each other with something close to pleasure. Above all of it moves a figure the creat…
Boulders cascaded onto parked cars, crushing vehicles beneath the rubble on July 31, 2026 after a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei area near the southern Italian city of Naples, causing power outages, disrupting train and metro services and damaging some buildings, authorities said. The quake, recor…
A Marine Corps F-35B aircraft crashes near the runway of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, on July 31, 2026 in what a military spokesman described as a 'mishap.' The spokesman said the pilot 'ejected' and 'has been recovered' but did not elaborate on his condition. The crash appeared to have…
In the five months since the Iran war began on Feb. 28, each pause in fighting has underscored the complexities of ending it.
Kuwait's army says the country's air defence systems are intercepting "hostile drone attacks following the Iranian aggression".
Chinese military says Scarborough Shoal exercises were a response to ‘certain countries’ that had ‘undermined regional peace and stability’
Chinese military says Scarborough Shoal exercises were a response to ‘certain countries’ that had ‘undermined regional peace and stability’
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to bomb a suspected underground nuclear site in Iran known as Pickaxe Mountain, where recent satellite images appear to show construction work taking place.
1953 -- The U.S. military command moves its headquarters to Yongsan in central Seoul.
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A burned car is seen after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
Washington: Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy’s clarification on the future of American submarines at HMAS Stirling has satisfied the Pentagon, which says their presence in Western Australia will be “enduring”.
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has said that Dutch authorities took no action against an Israeli reservist despite an urgent criminal complaint accusing him of war crimes during his visit to the Netherlands.
Exhausted firefighters wage ‘war of attrition’ against blaze that forced 200,000 people from their homes
Disagreements over funding and oversight threaten to undermine measures to improve the military’s capacity to wage unmanned warfare
Disagreements over funding and oversight threaten to undermine measures to improve the military’s capacity to wage unmanned warfare
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Firefighters work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv early on Saturday
Russia has stepped up strikes on Kyiv in recent months, while Ukraine is short of air defences capable of downing ballistic missiles
Russia has stepped up strikes on Kyiv in recent months, while Ukraine is short of air defences capable of downing ballistic missiles
Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following Russian missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
At least two Palestinians were killed in separate Israeli drone strikes in central Gaza, while 13 Palestinians were detained during raids in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian media reports said.
A Russian missile attack has killed at least three people in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and injured 15 others, the city’s mayor said.
An F-35B stealth fighter plane has crashed in California, but its pilot ejected and is expected to survive, the US Marine Corps said.
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The world's most sensitive radiation detectors sometimes rely on low background steel produced before the first atomic bomb test in July 1945, according to a new report from SpaceDaily.
Attack comes as Trump appears to retreat further from commitment to allow Ukraine to manufacture its own Patriot air defense interceptors. What we know on day 1,620
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has told his Indian counterpart that the US’ violations of the Islamabad MoU and continued military action against Iran were the main causes of insecurity in the region and the Strait of Hormuz, IRNA reported.
There are new reports Friday of more US troop pullback initiatives in the wake of the last couple weeks of US-Iran fighting, and Iranian ballistic missile and drone strikes which have targeted American bases with increased regularity, especially in Jordan and Kuwait.
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A US Marine Corps F-35B assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing suffered a "mishap" at MCAS Miramar in San Diego earlier today, according to Fox News.
By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
A Cold War-era fortress on Xiju Island, part of the Taiwan-controlled Matsu archipelago near the Chinese mainland. Once a frontline outpost against China, the islands now balance their military legacy with tourism and everyday life. (All photos by David Frazier)
US President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters that the "Board of Peace" will be the one to collect Hamas's weapons as the group begins to disarm, even though the board itself had announced that a Palestinian technocratic body will assume that role.
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Saturday condemned the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s recently approved fuel network overhaul plan, casting it as an "unprecedented" effort to prepare for war and evidence that the alliance is becoming "a more aggressive military bloc."
The US and Israel are preparing a major bombing campaign against Iran’s energy infrastructure that could begin as early as this weekend, according to multiple media reports.
We should be asking how we can avoid conflict and work towards ending mutual threats, such as climate change and human injustice
We should be asking how we can avoid conflict and work towards ending mutual threats, such as climate change and human injustice
US President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters that the "Board of Peace" will be the one to collect Hamas's weapons as the group begins to disarm, even though the board itself had announced that a Palestinian technocratic body will assume that role.