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A US military delegation will arrive in Beirut in the coming days to help establish two “pilot zones” in south Lebanon as part of a Washington-brokered plan between Israel and Lebanon, Michel Issa, US ambassador to Lebanon, said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday modestly downgraded its outlook for the world economy this year, citing the energy shock caused by the Iran war. But the fallout from the conflict is being partially offset by booming investment in artificial intelligence and other technologies.
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has urged “all parties” in the escalating United States-Iran conflict to exercise restraint after a fragile ceasefire that had held for nearly three weeks collapsed into a new wave of strikes and counterstrikes.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting US-allied Mideast countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Middle East.
Abu Dhabi pupil Dana Al Zarouni has been crowned the nation’s best young reader after winning the 10th UAE Arab Reading Challenge.
Sirens sounded in Kuwait and alerts were activated in Qatar and Bahrain due to retaliatory Iranian fire over the Gulf countries after the United States launched new airstrikes hitting Iran early Thursday.
Relatives of missing victims weep, as they gather at the site of destroyed buildings that were hit in an Israeli airstrike in Qannarit village, southern Lebanon, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Turkey thwarted an Israeli and US-backed incursion of Kurdish forces into Iran during the war on Iran earlier this year, Israel's i24News reported on Wednesday.
A second – and bigger – barrage of air attacks by the United States has hit Iran in two days, as fragile peace talks between the two countries appear at risk of collapsing.
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Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union.' He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN…
Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union.' He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN…
Soldier says he ‘would make the same choice’ after incident during parachute refresher training
Soldier says he ‘would make the same choice’ after incident during parachute refresher training
Oil prices fell on Thursday on assumptions that the exchange of military strikes between the US and Iran will not lead to a resumption of all-out war, and that the two countries will ultimately return to negotiations.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that he does not know whether Washington and Iran are returning to a full-fledged war, but told reporters that Iran "badly" wants to make a deal to cease escalating hostilities in the Middle East.
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Iran's foreign ministry has denounced US strikes on the country, which it said targeted civilian infrastructure including railway bridges, as a "gross war crime".
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned the renewed escalation of the US’s war against Iran would hit economic growth and pose more inflationary issues for the domestic and global economy as concerns grow the Strait of Hormuz could again be shut.
US strikes on Iran have killed 14 people and left 78 injured over the past two days, Iran's health ministry said on Thursday.
At least one person was injured on Tuesday, Kuwait's defence ministry said, following the latest Iranian attack on the country.
With more than 80% of global trade by volume being transported by sea, maritime shipping lanes are indispensable to the world economy. That fact was
Pak Thae-song’s trip comes less than a month after President Xi Jinping made his first visit to Pyongyang in seven years
Pak Thae-song’s trip comes less than a month after President Xi Jinping made his first visit to Pyongyang in seven years
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a long-range ballistic missile bursts out of the sea during a test launched from a Chinese nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific on Monday, July 6, 2026. (Li Xiangchao/Xinhua via AP)
The president is behaving as if the battleground is the same, but it isn’t. Iran has leverage and knows it
In this photo released by Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Navy personnel shift the wreckage of a cargo plane of the private carrier K2 Airways into a naval ship after recovering them from deep sea near Omara, a town some 360 kms. (220 miles) west of Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (Pakistan Navy via AP)
The US says it has sent a clear message to Iran, through dozens of damaging strikes on the country, that attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz will come with a heavy cost.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects an honor guard during a ceremonial welcome at Government House in Melbourne on July 9. © Reuters
Actor Kim Young-dae is currently serving in the Army band of the Korean Army's 12th Infantry Division, his agency Outer Universe said Thursday.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Defense Minister Israel Katz rejected US President Donald Trump's Wednesday claim that Israel would withdraw from Lebanon, saying on Thursday that Israel would remain in the security zones for as long as was needed.
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is in talks with Indian defense companies to set up a production line in the country for Iron Dome interceptors, according to recent reports in India.
Missile and drone threats from Iran were detected in Bahrain and Kuwait on Thursday morning after a second round of attacks by the US on Iranian assets.
Iran launched attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, which are home to US military bases, on Thursday after American forces launched a second round of strikes on the Islamic republic, in an escalation that threatens to derail efforts to end the war.
Interim truce looks increasingly precarious as Iran carried out retaliatory strikes on US bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un carried out 92 publicly reported activities in the first half of this year, nearly double the 50 recorded during the same period last year, according to an analysis of state media reports.
Each of the eight teams has at least one key strength, from Swiss speed to Spanish defence
MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday dismissed as baseless a reported claim by Chinese scholars that the Philippines’ northernmost province of Batanes belongs to China through Taiwan, saying the narrative may reflect Beijing’s broader strategic ambitions in the region.
A mourner holds a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as he walks past a wall bearing messages, including one in English that reads “We will kill Trump,” during the funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Satu…
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Iran's military said it launched attacks targeting sites in Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain using one-way attack drones.
Russia will continue to provide military backing to the junta-led governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, which have formed a breakaway regional alliance that has strained ties with the West, the countries said Wednesday.
A Haifa couple was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for robbing an 80-year-old woman whom they'd first met in their apartment building's bomb shelter in 2024.
Despite the ban imposed by France's President Emmanuel Macron on an Israel national pavilion and restricting the products that Israeli defense companies could display at the Eurosatory defense and security exhibition in Paris last month, "Intelligence Online" reports major interest in Israeli systems from Vietnam.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went on Fox News this week to make an urgent argument, just before US President Donald Trump sat down with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit in Ankara. Asked about Turkey's push to rejoin the F-35 program, the Israeli prime minister didn't hedge. Turkey, he s…
Arkia Israel Airlines announced on Wednesday that, starting August 24, it will resume direct flights to Marrakesh, Morocco, after a three-year suspension due to the war.
Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts i…
