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While the Pentagon publicly clings to a $30 billion price tag for its war against Iran, internal Defense Department assessments (unsurprisingly) paint a far more staggering picture: the true cost is rapidly closing in on the $80 billion to $100 billion range, according to NBC News.
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The IDF detained several Israeli civilians on Friday for illegally crossing into Syrian territory, the military said, following a search operation.
Three people were killed in US strikes on some parts of Iran’s Hormozgan province, IRNA reported, citing the region's deputy governor.
The Saudi civil defence issued two early warnings for Al-Kharj city and Yanbu early Saturday to be alert to "potential danger," but it later said the danger had passed in both areas, without providing details on the danger that triggered the warnings, according to Reuters.
Gaza's civil defence agency and a hospital said eight people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a gathering of civilians in the Al-Balata market area of Nuseirat refugee camp.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said it intercepted and shot down a US MQ-9 drone over the southern port city of Bushehr using a newly developed air defence system.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed that it destroyed a depot housing American unmanned surface vessels and the “main artificial intelligence center” in Bahrain in retaliation for US strikes on Iranian bridges and other civilian infrastructure.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims that it destroyed a depot housing US unmanned surface vessels and the “main artificial intelligence center” in Bahrain, in retaliation for US strikes on Iranian bridges and other civilian infrastructure.
The United States Army has launched a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran, as a military adviser to the Iranian supreme leader warns of a full-scale offensive if US attacks continue.
Five explosions were heard in the early hours of Saturday in Yazd, in central Iran, the state news agency IRNA reported, after the US military announced a seventh night of strikes against the country.
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has lambasted Western governments for pushing for war with Russia and banning RT in order to freely disseminate the warmongering “propaganda of the ruling class.”
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters slammed Western governments for pushing for war with Russia and banning RT so the warmongering “propaganda of the ruling class” can be freely disseminated.
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Beijing’s ICBM test from a nuclear-powered submarine is a win from a defence perspective but comes with greater responsibilities
Beijing’s ICBM test from a nuclear-powered submarine is a win from a defence perspective but comes with greater responsibilities
Iran fired several ballistic missiles and drones towards Kuwait on Friday, Kuwait's military stated in an X/Twitter post citing Kuwaiti Defense Ministry Spokesperson Maj.-Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi.
Punjab villager Charanjit Singh stands by a statue of his Agniveer son Ajay Singh, who died aged 24 in Jammu and Kashmir in 2024. The soldier's death received national media attention and was debated in India's parliament. (Photo by Nipun Prabhakar)
Newly released footage shows the moment a bomb exploded in an assassination attempt on exiled Ukrainian businessman Vadim Ermolaev in Monaco last month.
Newly released footage shows the moment a bomb exploded in an assassination attempt on exiled Ukrainian businessman Vadim Ermolaev in Monaco last month.
Central Command says attacks were designed to ‘continue degrading Iranian military capabilities’
An AR-15 style rifle is fired at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), National Services Center on March 2, 2023, in Martinsburg, W.Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Nadezhdin briefly needed medical treatment when he appeared in court on Friday
Israel has built one of the most sophisticated national security systems in human history.
An Israeli strike killed at least seven people and injured a number of others in central Gaza on Friday, according to hospital officials, the latest in a surge in attacks in the territory.
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Crowds took to the streets of Kyiv on Thursday following the removal of defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov
The Israeli military commander responsible for the occupied West Bank has praised illegal settler outposts as security assets, laying bare the state support behind a network instrumental in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land.
Iraq and Syria signed an agreement on Friday to rebuild an oil pipeline that would provide an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.
The president’s Orwellian speech on Thursday was just the latest instance of his denialism. It is up to us to resist
The security situation in the Strait of Hormuz has returned to a "worse-case scenario" for oil tankers as Iran has repeatedly attacked ships over the past week, the CEO of a maritime risk services firm said.
An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian in Gaza before a second bombing killed eight more people at the funeral hours later, health officials said on Friday.
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Kuwait is negotiating an expanded defence agreement with Pakistan in exchange for energy cooperation and investment with the South Asian country, according to a Reuters report.
The IRGC Navy Command said on Friday that the movements and military equipment of US forces are “under the surveillance” of Iran’s naval units.
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Around 500 undersea cables carry 99% of international data traffic. (NEC)
Pakistan has been negotiating an expanded defense pact with Kuwait in exchange for energy cooperation and investment, according to five sources with knowledge of the talks.
Tax Authority Director Shay Aharonovich sent a scathing letter to Bnei Brak Mayor Hanoch Zeibert on Thursday, ordering the suspension of war damage claims in the city after Tax Authority employees were attacked earlier that day.
PRESIDING Senator-Judge Francis Escudero is right to insist that fairness, balance and restraint must guide the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Without these, the court risks losing both credibility and constitutional legitimacy. Yet prosecution counsel Lorna Kapunan offered an equally important re…
The Israeli military commander responsible for the occupied West Bank has praised illegal settler outposts as security assets, laying bare the state support behind a network instrumental in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land.
LONDON — Dan Jarvis is expected to be removed as defense secretary when incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham chooses his top team on Monday — with former Labour leadership rival Wes Streeting under discussion as his replacement.
Iran's large-scale 'retaliation' on US bases and Gulf states overnight included a rare first if confirmed. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it conducted a missile or drone attack on an American special operations command center at al-Tanf in Syria on Friday.
By Kirill Kalinin, Senior Counsellor and spokesperson of the Russian Embassy in South Africa
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, his ex-wife tells AP. (AP video by Mike Householder, Amanda Swinhart and Rodrique Ngowi)
Russia carried out several deadly attacks in Ukraine, including reportedly killing two people aboard a foreign vessel, as Ukrainians took to the streets for a second day to protest against the removal of the defence minister.
BERLIN — France and Germany pledged Friday to look at developing an alternative to military software provided by U.S. company Palantir, as European countries seek to lessen reliance on America.
