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Iran stands with Hamas against Israel, and is raising the issue of Israeli aggression in Gaza with the US during talks, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told senior Hamas official Basem Naim on Tuesday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported.
Rheinmetall shares plunged as much as 17%, the largest intraday drop in more than a year, after the Financial Times reported that Berlin has scrapped a multi-billion-euro program to build six F126 frigates.
Leaked letter to PM and military demands action to stop violence against Palestinians in occupied West Bank
When neoconservative writer Robert Kagan, who spent decades as a cheerleader for America's forever wars, warned that the confrontation with Iran could become one of the greatest strategic defeats in modern American history, many dismissed his assessment as alarmist and exaggerated.
People buy food at an improvised outdoor market surrounded by damaged buildings covered with street artist paintings close to a big city marketplace that was ruined recently by Russian missiles in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun confirmed on Wednesday that his country is awaiting Israel's approval of occupied positions to be taken over by Lebanese troops as part of a “pilot” Israeli military withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
Trolleybuses were not operating in Sevastopol and children should remain at home, the governor said, amid more strikes on energy facilities
Trolleybuses were not operating in Sevastopol and children should remain at home, the governor said, amid more strikes on energy facilities
Senior defence industry official Bian Zhigang put under investigation for ‘serious violations of discipline and law’
Senior defence industry official Bian Zhigang put under investigation for ‘serious violations of discipline and law’
SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea's leading defense company, said Wednesday it has signed a deal with a United Arab Emirates (UAE) defense firm in order to tap deeper into the Middle East by producing K9 self-propelled howitzers in the region.
Ukrainian strikes on Russian-occupied Crimea have triggered power outages in its largest city, Sevastopol, according to statements from both sides, as Kyiv intensifies attacks on the peninsula Moscow annexed in 2014.
Amid growing concerns over a potential kidnapping attempt in southern Lebanon, Israeli security officials said Tuesday that senior officials reviewed the situation involving dozens of Hezbollah terrorists trapped in the village of Tebnit.
The IDF on Wednesday struck four rocket-firing positions that Hamas has newly constructed in Gaza since the October 2025 ceasefire.
US President Donald Trump criticised Congress passing a symbolic resolution calling for an end to the war with Iran, calling it "poorly timed and meaningless."
U.S. Treasury yields fell on Wednesday as Brent crude prices fell to levels not seen since before the Iran war began, and investors await key inflation data due to be released Thursday.
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Buildings pictured in Yevpatoria, Crimea on Tuesday during what authorities described as a previous temporary power outage
On the eve of World Environment Day, the Israeli army targeted The Orange House, the south Lebanon home of marine ecologist and environmentalist Mona Khalil, leaving her critically wounded. Two weeks later, on 19 June, Khalil succumbed to her wounds in Beirut.
China dominates the global supply of rare earths, which are essential for manufacturing high-tech products ranging from electric vehicles to weapons. © Reuters
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified for the last time in his criminal trial on Wednesday. Traveling between the courthouse, security briefings and the Knesset to stabilize a frayed coalition, the prime minister attended 98 testimonies.
The UAE on Wednesday launched its largest aluminium recycling plant - three months after operations were halted by Iranian missile and drone attacks.
Inflation, which contracted 0.08% on the year in March, jumped to 2.89% in April as the effects of the Iran war began to push energy prices higher. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca)
Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf has described the agreement reached with the United States to end the regional war as an “American declaration of defeat”.
Policy panels from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Japan Innovation Party, its coalition partner, separately submitted national security proposals to the government Wednesday, as differences persist over defense and nuclear policies.
Latest updatesIran war latest: Israel and Lebanon discuss plan to hand over parts of south to Lebanese army
Concern is rising in Israel after the US and Iran reported progress in talks in Switzerland, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying his country must “free” itself from dependence on the US.
Dressed in a pink top and acid-washed jeans, the young woman in the video hardly looked the part of a pious loyalist to Iran’s clerical rulers, standing alongside a crowd of women draped in black from head to toe. That was exactly the point.
A mutually beneficial pact must acknowledge a new economic reality and more fully tap the potential for two-way investment
A mutually beneficial pact must acknowledge a new economic reality and more fully tap the potential for two-way investment
Kyiv, Ukraine – Ukraine’s president, prime minister, parliament speaker, top ministers and generals stood solemnly at a military cemetery outside Kyiv on May 22 as servicemen carried the coffins of Andriy Melnyk and his wife Sofiya past them.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate for the first time approved a war powers resolution Tuesday seeking to block US military action against Iran, as lawmakers warily watch President Donald Trump’s efforts to resolve a conflict that the administration launched on its own and now needs Congress to fund.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unveiled plans to build two large warships each year over the next five years — while outfitting his navy with nuclear weapons — but questions remain over the effectiveness of the move.
SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will hold a ceremony marking the 76th anniversary of the 1950-53 Korean War this week to commemorate the sacrifices of troops who fought in the conflict, the veterans ministry said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump said on Wednesday he ordered an investigation into major oil companies over high gasoline prices as the US leader faces criticism over the impact of the Mideast war.
As the world marks the International Day of Women in Diplomacy today, it is worth reflecting not only on the role women play in diplomacy, but on what their contributions reveal about the strength of the institutions they serve.
The initial agreement that ended nearly four months of war between the US and Iran laid out a framework for negotiations on a final agreement within 60 days.
SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung visited a front-line Marine Corps unit near North Korea and stressed the importance of strong deterrence against the enemy to ensure peace on Wednesday, the eve of the 76th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.
Defense stocks plummeted on Wednesday after a report that Germany will abandon plans to build six warships, fuelling investor fears that the boost to defense contractors from increased government spending may not fully materialize.
KYOTO (Japan News/ANN) -- Stone craftsman Takaaki Saida holds a chisel against a block of stone and strikes it rhythmically with a club hammer to carve out curves and patterns. He adjusts the angle of the chisel and the force of his strikes according to the stone's character. The sound of the hammer striking is like…
Taiwan’s military needs to test if it can respond immediately to a war breaking out, as the warning time for any Chinese attack is shortening, Defense Minister Wellington Koo said on Wednesday.
Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy are back after a short break and in this episode they examine the on-again, off-again talks to end the Iran war and why Donald Trump says it’s now all up to his deputy to deliver an outcome.
Iran and the United States have offered conflicting accounts of key issues as negotiators work towards a final agreement within a 60-day window. Differences remain over nuclear oversight and the implementation of any deal, underscoring the challenges facing both sides.
Defense giant KNDS has announced its intention to proceed with an IPO, saying on Wednesday that it plans to list its shares in Paris and Frankfurt.
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For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings …
US President Donald Trump criticized the US Senate in a Truth Social post on Tuesday night, saying that the newly passed war powers resolution was "meaningless" and "poorly timed."
The majority of the Israeli public believes that the lessons of the October 7, 2023, massacre require Israel to maintain defensible borders, buffer zones, and a security presence in strategic areas, according to a new nationwide public opinion survey conducted for the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affair…
Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit patrol during a rally for Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, in Garawee town, north of Sudan, on June 15, 2019. (AP Photo, File)
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