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KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone strike on the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine killed three members of the same family, including a 13-year-old boy, while a Ukrainian strike on a Russian industrial plant killed five people, officials said Monday.
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IDF operations in the West Bank have uncovered numerous weapons caches in civilian areas since the beginning of the year, the military confirmed on Monday.
The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) killed a Nukhba terrorist in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, who had taken part in holding Omer Shem Tov in Hamas captivity after October 7, 2023, the military announced on Monday.
Topic:Defence and National Security
OBBUERGEN, Switzerland — Vice President JD Vance on Monday said his lengthy talks with senior Iranian officials in Switzerland created a “good foundation for a successful final deal” as they seek a permanent end to the war that the US and Israel began in late February.
A pan containing gold-bearing sediment and heavy mineral concentrate sits at an artisanal mining site in Dalago Mahas, Sudan’s Northern State,Friday, May 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohnd Blal, File)
LONDON — Keir Starmer’s plans to cement his legacy have been thrown into disarray, with promises to bolster defense spending and reset EU relations now looking highly uncertain as he enters a transition period before handing off to another Labour leader.
What happens when you promise the country that there will be no limits on the IDF's actions repeatedly and then there repeatedly are limits?
Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains well below pre-war levels, according to data from analytics firm Kpler, despite vessels gradually returning to the strategic waterway.
WARSAW — Poland’s center-right government is accusing nationalist President Karol Nawrocki of making a strategic blunder by stripping Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Warsaw’s most prestigious medal: the Order of the White Eagle.
Is there another round of musical chairs in the IDF General Staff on the way just over the horizon?
By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
BEIJING — China on Monday announced sanctions on 10 American military-related companies in response to a recent U.S. move that bars some leading Chinese tech companies from defense contracts.
There is no question about it: Roman Gofman has taken David Barnea's Mossad by storm since taking over the spy agency on June 2.
ECONOMIC managers have slashed this year’s growth target due to the war in the Middle East and the lingering impact of last year’s massive flood control project scandal.
SYDNEY - Australia signed a record Aus$2.5 billion ($1.8 billion) deal Monday to export a sophisticated over-the-horizon radar defense system to Canada.
As the United States and Iran move into negotiations over a permanent end to the war, a Jerusalem-based legal NGO is urging international bodies to keep criminal accountability on the agenda.
Myanmar's military was responsible for more than 700 civilian deaths over the six-month election period last year, the UN says.
The head of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), David Zini, warned in closed discussions that “the next October 7 will be in Eilat,” according to a report in the newspaper Haaretz.
The peninsula has suspended children’s summer camps and tourism activities until September 1, the governor says
The peninsula has suspended children’s summer camps and tourism activities until September 1, the governor says
Ship transits across the Strait of Hormuz fell by half on Sunday after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared it had closed the key waterway in response to Israel's continued strikes on Lebanon.
Europe will selectively cut risks in certain areas, as the cost of freezing out China would be too great, observers say
Europe will selectively cut risks in certain areas, as the cost of freezing out China would be too great, observers say
More than 11,000 buildings in south Lebanon have been "completely destroyed" by Israel according to a new report.
Ukraine’s military has said it struck a plant producing electronics for missiles in Russia’s Voronezh region, as well as the Dubna satellite communications centre in the Moscow region.
Lebanese academic Dr. Zena Mansour, a known critic of Hezbollah who has shared more moderate explanations of Israeli military action than is typical within Lebanon, was summoned for questioning by the General Security Directorate’s Information Affairs Office on Monday, she confirmed in an online statement.
Europe is facing growing political and social pressure to move beyond sanctions and asset freezes toward something far more consequential in its economic war with Russia: nationalizing strategic Russian industrial assets operating in Ireland, Finland and other parts of Europe.
Iran has denied a claim by Vice-President JD Vance that it will allow nuclear inspectors back into the country, after the first round of talks between Washington and Tehran to reach a final deal to end the war.
Tel Aviv University has risen in the latest QS world rankings from 223 to 208, despite the growing boycott of Israeli academia since the war began in 2023.
China said on Monday that it will add 10 American firms to its export control list, including two rare earth firms MP Materials and USA Rare Earth, while also restricting 46 US firms from government procurement, signalling it would respond to Washington’s recent expansion of a military blacklist, even amid a broader…
Ukraine’s military said Monday that it carried out a missile attack against a manufacturing plant in the city of Voronezh that it claims produces electronic components for the Russian military.
State media airs footage of several encounters involving warships and planes during the Liaoning carrier group’s recent operations in the Pacific
State media airs footage of several encounters involving warships and planes during the Liaoning carrier group’s recent operations in the Pacific
China has added 10 United States-based companies to its export control list and barred government procurement from nearly 50 US companies two weeks after the Pentagon blacklisted some of China’s best-known companies for their alleged ties to the Chinese military.
If Iranian funds are ever unfrozen under a deal to end the Middle East war, Washington can ensure that the money does not finance "terrorism", US Vice President JD Vance insisted Monday.
Futures are modestly lower coming off the US holiday weekend, after equities finished higher last week with both Dow and Russell clocking new ATHs and SPX finishing in the green for the 11th time in the last 12 weeks. As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures edged down 0.1% while Nasdaq 100 contracts are higher by 0.1% with…
New economic licences issued in Abu Dhabi in the first quarter of the year increased by 21 per cent year-on-year as the emirate continues to attract new businesses despite the uncertainty caused by the Iran war.
This is a locator map for Libya with its capital, Tripoli. (AP Photo)
Officials say sustained mainland air and naval operations mean the island’s military will have less time to respond to a crisis
Officials say sustained mainland air and naval operations mean the island’s military will have less time to respond to a crisis
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused prosecutors on Monday of misleading him and “setting a trap” during his cross-examination, as his attorney Amit Hadad began the final stage of questioning in Netanyahu’s long-running criminal trial.
Israel is contemplating announcing a "symbolic" withdrawal from certain territories in southern Lebanon as part of the upcoming round of talks, CNN reported on Monday, citing an Israeli source familiar with the matter.
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U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says 67 ships went through the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours, similar to traffic before the war began in terms of oil and oil products.
Ukraine has stepped up its strikes on Crimea as part of a strategy to isolate the occupied peninsula from mainland Russia and raise the cost of the occupation.