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The Israeli Air Force revealed to Walla last week details of what unfolded inside air traffic control bases during the joint US-Israel war with Iran.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced Russia’s latest deadly attacks on Kyiv Saturday as he visited Serbia, one of the few European countries that has maintained friendly relations with Moscow throughout its invasion of Ukraine.
Commercial ships under attack as Russia-Ukraine conflict spreads across Black Sea, says Turkey’s foreign minister. What we know on day 1,626
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Turkish leaders have insisted that the new trilateral defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is not directed at Iran.
Iran issued dramatic new demands around the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the United Arab Emirates said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile. Yemen’s military attacked the country’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
Nineteen bodies, most of them women and children, have been recovered from under the rubble of a destroyed residential building in Gaza City, Gaza’s civil defence said in a statement.
Dozens of accounts on X/Twitter, possibly even hundreds, are amplifying content from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, municipal accounts, and officials in his circle in patterns that do not appear human.
The Pentagon has ordered US arms manufacturers to accelerate weapons production as the Israeli-US war on Iran depletes American munition stockpiles.
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Although the Israeli public has shifted to the right following the war, the coalition parties representing the Right are losing ground, leaving an estimated 15 to 25 mandates of right-wing voters searching for a political home as the election campaign gets underway, according to assessments examined by the parties a…
Israel has yet to sign or formally approve the roadmap for implementing the next phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, amid growing opposition inside the security cabinet and warnings that Hamas intends to use the process to restrict Israel’s military freedom of action, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
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Washington, DC – The administration of United States President Donald Trump has offered no official response in the hours since Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan signed a landmark mutual defence agreement in Mecca.
Tehran urges US to ‘correct its behaviour’ as UAE says one of its ships targeted by Iranian missile
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- A "fundamental" overhaul of South Korea's military service system is vital for national security and survival, the head of the military manpower agency has said, in the face of a shrinking pool of conscripts amid a demographic cliff.
A major border and aerial incident has occurred between Ukraine and Bulgaria, and Bulgarian officials are outraged and demanding answers - ironically on the heels of a political shift regarding the Ukraine war wherein Sofia has stopped giving weaponry, citing its own stockpile shortages.
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An IDF soldier was filmed hitting a Palestinian in the West Bank village of Idna in the Hebron Hills on Saturday, according to Army Radio.
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A defense pact signed between Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is technically the same as NATO's Article 5 mutual defense agreement, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday, adding the accord was not targeting Iran.
As expected, Iran is pressing hard to extract from Washington everything it can get - at a moment the Trump White House seems to be backing down from a heighted war over the Strait of Hormuz, given the serious risk of settling into a another years-long quagmire in the Middle East.
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Three Lebanese soldiers have been wounded while trying to defuse unexploded ordnance in the southern village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyah, the Lebanese army said.
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Yemeni government forces have launched attacks on Houthi positions across multiple front lines, hours after the group renewed its shelling of Marib city, raising fears that years of relative calm could give way to wider conflict.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says the new defence agreement between Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is technically equivalent to NATO’s Article 5 mutual defence clause and does not target Iran.
Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella delivers his inaugural address after taking the oath of office in Cali, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Several Israelis enter the West Bank for hikes each week without military approval, a senior IDF Central Command officer said on Friday.
Marxist streamer Hasan Piker has emerged as an increasingly visible, if unofficial, spokesman for the Democratic Socialists of America's rapidly expanding political action network. He campaigned for Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong while cultiva…
Iranian army spokesman Amir Akraminia says Tehran’s new order in the Strait of Hormuz cannot be reversed, regardless of Washington’s objections.
Despite the bluster from Iranian officials on social media, it should come as no surprise that the country is not doing well economically. From the beginning of the conflict to current day, Iran has been dealt an estimated $270 billion to $300 billion in total damage due to a steady barrage of strikes, including num…
THE road to the Philippine Navy’s modernization has been a long and winding one. Aside from severe budget shortages, it also faced delayed funding approvals caused by the country’s heavy focus on counterinsurgency operations. But emerging regional security concerns, however, saw the need to upgrade the navy’s aging …
Lebanese authorities have arrested a former Syrian army general who once served under ousted President Bashar al-Assad, according to judicial and security officials.
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By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
The United Arab Emirates has accused Iran of striking a tanker owned by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) with a missile as it crossed the Strait of Hormuz, drawing swift condemnation from Gulf and Arab governments.
Masrour Barzani, the prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, says the semi-autonomous Kurdish region does not want to become involved in the ongoing regional conflict sparked by the United States and Israel’s war on Iran, adding that it supports Baghdad’s efforts to bring weapons …
Iran executed at least 71 people in July, including six protesters, according to Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based monitoring group, which said it documented at least 444 executions from January 1 through July 31, while only 67 of those cases were announced by Iranian authorities.
A view of the entrance to the Bleiberg Barracks, in Mechernich, Germany. Around 10:00 p.m. on Thursday evening, the security center at the Bundeswehr base in Mechernich reported that two drones had been spotted over the property, a spokeswoman for the Bundeswehr’s Operational Command confirmed upon inquiry. (Fotorep…
Ukraine failed to intercept any of the 24 ballistic missiles and four Zircon cruise missiles Russia fired in the August 5 attack, underscoring the strain on its missile defenses.
Yemen’s army has attacked the Houthis on several fronts in response to attacks by the Iran-backed rebels on Marib city, raising fears of a return to large-scale conflict across the country.
In another sign of mounting pressure on President Trump to disengage the US armed forces from his failing, five-month war on Iran, America's top general has been carefully working with other Trump advisers to communicate that continued depletion of the Pentagon's arsenal is unlikely to alter Iran's stance, while esc…
Iran’s claim that it prepared, but ultimately canceled, strikes against three targets in Ukraine has brought renewed attention to the increasingly interconnected nature of Russia’s war against Kyiv and the continuing confrontation between Tehran and Washington.
The Wallabies are still struggling to provide a regular tag-team partner for Angus Bell, and the search continues. Ross was busy in defence with 11 tackles, but was barely used in open play, making just four metres with the ball.
Israel is yet to officially respond to a defence agreement signed in Mecca by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye, which some analysts have perceived as a challenge to Israeli regional expansionism.