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At a time when many international dance companies have canceled planned visits to Israel, the arrival of New York’s Peridance Contemporary Dance Company carries particular significance. The ensemble will tour from June 29 to July 5 with performances in Haifa, Herzliya, and Jerusalem, becoming one of the first intern…
SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi arrived in South Korea on Saturday for talks with Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back, as the two countries seek to step up cooperation and exchanges at the defense level.
South Korea scrambled fighter jets Saturday after more than 10 Chinese and Russian military aircraft entered its air defense identification zone over the East Sea and waters off the country’s south, Seoul’s military said.
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The European Commission has proposed excluding military-age Ukrainian men from temporary refugee protections granted by the EU, while maintaining the scheme for others who fled the conflict with Russia for another year.
US strikes on Iran test fragile ceasefire
The Israeli military will reduce its forces in southern Lebanon, withdraw some combat brigades and increase its readiness levels, according to Israeli Army Radio.
The memorandum of understanding signed by the United States following the joint US-Israeli war on Iran amounts to a "conditional surrender document," American author and geopolitical analyst Brandon Weichert said during an appearance on Tucker Carlson's show, claiming that Washington entered negotiations after deple…
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the United States after the joint US-Israeli war on Iran amounts to a "conditional surrender document", geopolitical analyst Brandon Weichert said during an appearance on political commentator Tucker Carlson's show.
Israel and Lebanon signed a 14-point framework agreement at the US State Department on Friday. More than 4,000 people have been killed and more than a million displaced since Israel launched its devastating military campaign in October 2023. Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah sharply criticised the agreement, sayin…
Apart from the senior commanders, the former Xinjiang party chief and a senior financial regulator were also stripped of their status
Apart from the senior commanders, the former Xinjiang party chief and a senior financial regulator were also stripped of their status
From left: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Both Beijing and Pyongyang continue to leverage Putin's war in Ukraine to accelerate their military technological development. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters)
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SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- Nearly 10 Chinese and Russian military aircraft briefly entered and left South Korea's air defense identification zone (KADIZ) above the country's eastern and southern waters, South Korea's military said Saturday.
1950 -- The North Korean Army occupies Seoul just three days after it crosses the 38th parallel, the pre-Korean War boundary between North and South Korea. The North's hope for a quick surrender by South Korea's Rhee Syng-man government and the reunification of the peninsula, however, are dashed as the United States…
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NEW YORK — Most of the US stock market rose Friday after oil prices eased back to where they were before the war with Iran, but drops for stocks swept up in the mania around artificial-intelligence technology kept the market in check.
The IDF killed at least ten terrorists in the Gaza Strip and struck six terror targets in southern Lebanon over the past week, the military announced on Friday.
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IDF soldiers have been dispatched to the area of Beit Aryeh in the West Bank after terrorist infiltration sirens sounded there in the early morning hours on Saturday.
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MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said the investigation into the Tacloban City school shooting could prompt a review of existing safeguards on police-issued firearms, as authorities examine how a service weapon ended up being used by a minor in the deadly attack.
MANILA, Philippines — The defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte raised privacy concerns over a request by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecution seeking access to keys and other personal items seized from him after his arrest, warning that the materials may involve private belongings of his fa…
The Trump administration is taking another step to strengthen the nation's critical minerals supply chain, announcing plans to build a series of mineral processing facilities on U.S. military bases through partnerships with private industry, according to Bloomberg.
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Tom Fletcher welcomed the trilateral agreement as a ‘moment of hope and opportunity’. At the same time, he said Lebanon continues to face a “grave humanitarian crisis” following months of devastating Israeli military attacks.
WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top envoy to the United States said Friday that the sacrifices of Korean War veterans laid the foundation for the bilateral alliance, stressing that strong security cooperation is "essential" amid growing North Korean threats and other challenges.
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BEIRUT — Hezbollah supporters took to the streets of Beirut late Friday to protest an agreement between Israel and Lebanon, as a lawmaker from the Iran-backed group warned enforcing the deal risked sparking civil war.
The US and Iran exchanged strikes for the first time since signing an interim peace framework on June 17.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks in the Oval Office of the White House during an executive order signing about quantum computing with President Donald Trump, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — US forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar positions Friday after Washington accused Tehran of attacking a cargo ship, jolting a fragile ceasefire as diplomats struggled to contain the Middle East war.
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Strikes against military facilities were in response to drone attack a day earlier on a cargo vessel
The United States conducted military strikes against Iranian targets on Friday in retaliation for Iran's attack against a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on X/Twitter.
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Lebanon and Israel have agreed to a deal as part of a trilateral framework with the United States in Washington on Friday, following five rounds of talks hosted by US President Donald Trump's administration.
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Lebanese Shiites take part in an Ashoura procession amid buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes, when Shiites commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Washington: The US struck Iran on Saturday to respond to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, a provocation that US President Donald Trump said violated the ceasefire.
The United States has renewed its attacks against Iran, in response to an incident a day earlier when a cargo vessel was allegedly struck by an Iranian drone.
The Conservatives have proposed offering military reservists a tax cut to help increase the number of part-time members of the UK forces to 50,000.
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Stock photo of cargo ships near the Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. military struck Iran on Friday after President Donald Trump accused the Islamic Republic of violating a ceasefire by launching drone attacks at ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Most of the U.S. stock market rose after oil prices eased back to where they were before the war with Iran, but drops for AI stocks kept the market in check.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said a deal signed with Israel on Friday was a first step towards fully restoring his country's sovereignty after Israel's latest war on Lebanon.
Given US President Donald Trump’s sterling record in confronting Iran – no other US president has actually gone to war against the radical Islamist regime and repeatedly backed Israel’s wars of defense against Iran – one wants to give Trump the benefit of the doubt now, too, when he seeks to defang Iran diplomatically.