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The Pentagon has revoked the security clearance of former US Air Force chief Frank Kendall, whom it accused of leaking classified information about Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted presidential aircraft.
The Pentagon has revoked the security clearance of former US Air Force chief Frank Kendall, whom it accused of leaking classified information about Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted presidential aircraft.
Depot hit in city of Ekaterinburg and hundreds evacuated in latest attack on Russian online retail giant. What we know on day 1,625
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced plans to build a missile shelter in an underground parking garage near Tokyo Station.
Saudi Arabia lit up prominent landmarks and towers with the flags of Turkey, Pakistan and the Kingdom, following the signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
A new mutual defence pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan has raised questions about the shifting geopolitical landscape of the Middle East, where fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran has prompted some countries to seek new arrangements to safeguard their security.
Several Arab nations and organisations have welcomed the joint defence agreement signed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on Friday.
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks during a Senate Armed Services budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Elon Musk has refused to allow Ukraine to use his Starlink satellite internet service to guide drone strikes deep inside Russian territory, The Atlantic reported on Friday, citing two close allies of former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov.
Elon Musk has refused to allow Ukraine to use his Starlink satellite internet service to guide drone strikes deep inside Russian territory, The Atlantic reported on Friday, citing two close allies of former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov.
The off-ramp narrative is growing louder. With the US midterm elections quickly approaching, the Trump administration may have reached its "declare victory and leave" moment, shifting from military operations toward a negotiated peace deal, one that must last more than one month. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent rei…
More than 8 million school-age children in Sudan remain out of the classroom because of the ongoing civil war that erupted more than three years ago, the United Nations has said.
The price of the Mexican dish is at the centre of an inflation row, with one lawmaker telling US youths to stop whining and ‘eat ramen’
The price of the Mexican dish is at the centre of an inflation row, with one lawmaker telling US youths to stop whining and ‘eat ramen’
CALI — Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella took office Friday, vowing to wage war on drug-running guerrillas and usher in a new era of close ties with the United States.
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In an abandoned luxury apartment in the Syrian capital Damascus, armed men dressed in military fatigues sifted through designer clothes and documents.
It was a historic announcement. On Friday, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a mutual defence pact, building on a similar agreement between Riyadh and Islamabad last year.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has welcomed the signing of the Mecca Agreement on Joint Defense between Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan.
Washington: The Pentagon will invest more than half a billion dollars in a “world-first” mining project in central western NSW that produces scandium, a rare critical mineral used in fighter jets, spacecraft and other tools of war.
The IDF is inspecting a cut in the fence surrounding Kibbutz Zikim near the Gaza border, Army Radio reported on Saturday morning.
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Spain has given fellow EU and NATO member Italy a deadline to end border controls introduced following a massive influx of migrants into Ceuta, Spain’s enclave in Morocco.
Spain imposed reciprocal entry checks on Saturday on people traveling from fellow EU and NATO member Italy – in response to border controls introduced by Rome following a massive influx of migrants into Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in Morocco.
At the entrance to Nikšić, Montenegro’s second-largest city, a vintage fighter jet painted in the colors of the Israeli Air Force perches atop a giant concrete pedestal, as if about to take flight.
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BELGRADE, Serbia — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday began his first official visit to Serbia to discuss security with a rare European country still closely allied with Moscow since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and Australia on Friday condemned China’s recent actions against Philippine vessels in the South China Sea (SCS) as the two countries moved closer to a new defense agreement to strengthen military cooperation.
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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Türkiye signed a defense pact on Friday, sparking talk of a NATO style grouping that could alter the regional power balance.
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Türkiye signed a defense pact on Friday, sparking talk of a NATO style grouping that could alter the regional power balance.
Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun has projected a positive outlook following the latest round of Lebanon-Israel meetings in Rome this week, even as the Israeli military keeps up its barrage of strikes.
Turkey said on Friday that its new defence agreement with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia did not contradict its commitments to the Nato alliance.
Court finds defence officials misread evidence involving a state-linked fund, Chinese universities and a PLA hospital
Court finds defence officials misread evidence involving a state-linked fund, Chinese universities and a PLA hospital
Trump administration seeks Beijing-free supply chains for key defence materials as Iran war strains US weapons stockpiles
Trump administration seeks Beijing-free supply chains for key defence materials as Iran war strains US weapons stockpiles
US President Donald Trump on Friday announced a series of mining projects valued at $3 billion, as Washington works to wean itself off Chinese critical minerals imports crucial to the development of defence systems and advanced technologies.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that Iran's armed forces had demonstrated their readiness and strength in confronting what he called the world's most expensive military, and urged Muslim countries to unite and rely on themselves in the face of "hostile outsiders".
The parking garage was chosen as a shelter partly for its proximity to busy Tokyo Station. (Tokyo Metropolitan Government)
On Friday the Senate finally passed a bill imposing major new sanctions on Russia due to the grinding war which has been going since February 2022.
The National Basketball League has erupted into civil war, with two groups of clubs clashing over governance and financial matters, and the direction the competition is taking under wealthy businessman Larry Kestelman.
Lebanon and Israel have agreed a shortlist of countries that could send troops to verify the disarmament of Hezbollah under a US-brokered agreement, a Lebanese official said on Friday, with the United States due to pick countries from the list.
As Donald Trump has swung between vowing to strike Iran "very hard" and hinting at peace "pretty soon", the war in Iran has spread in new and dangerous ways.
Iran has lashed out at a new mutual defense pact between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye, as Riyadh seeks to strengthen its security partnerships amid escalating conflict across the Middle East.
Yemen's Houthis attacked and hit Saudi-backed forces, depots and military equipment near the central city of Marib, the group's spokesman Yahya Saree said on Friday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin may launch a limited assault on a NATO country in order to test the alliance's resolve in the next few years, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing new US intelligence reports.
BERLIN — Europe's reserves of natural gas are running dangerously low, risking fresh energy woes if the Iran war rages on and cold spells drive up heating demand over winter.