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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met a top official from the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), which backs the government in eastern Libya and is competing for power with the internationally recognised authorities in the capital, Tripoli.
The defence investment plan will be published on Tuesday, around nine months latter than expected
LONDON — Britain is announcing one of the biggest shake-ups of its armed forces in decades, and it’s using the experience of the war in Ukraine as a model.
Investigators believe that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) likely carried out the bombing attack on Ukrainian-born businessman Vadim Ermolaev in Monaco, Le Figaro has reported. The attack seriously injured Ermolaev and two members of his family.
TEHRAN — US President Donald Trump said Iran has requested a meeting that will be held in Qatar on Tuesday, despite Tehran denying that any technical talks on the deal aimed at ending the Middle East war were planned.
A helicopter takes off from a U.S. Navy ship docked at the seaport to support earthquake relief efforts in La Guaira, Venezuela, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Germany could reinstate conscription as early as late July 2027 because its volunteer-based recruitment system is insufficient to meet Berlin’s military buildup plans, senior lawmaker Thomas Rowekamp has told AFP.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked and kidnapped students taking secondary school examinations in conflict-battered Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, police said Monday.
IDF soldiers completed a three-month-long operation to seal the underground tunnel in which the remains of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin were held captive by Hamas, the military announced on Monday.
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Iran again launched drone and missile attacks Sunday targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to new U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic Republic, and threatened a “complete halt” in negotiations to end the war if Washington continues its attacks.
MADRID — The Spanish government on Monday raised its 2026 growth forecast to 2.6 percent from 2.2 percent, saying its economy was well positioned to overcome the energy shock and other turbulence stemming from the Middle East war.
The air traffic control tower rises above terminals at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, April 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
LONDON — The U.S. Embassy’s glitzy summer party celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence will bring together ministers, military brass, industry titans and ambassadors in London on Tuesday night.
BRUSSELS — The European Union and China agreed on Monday to establish a new high-level consultation mechanism to manage growing commercial tensions and address the bloc’s widening trade deficit with Beijing.
Nearly three years into the war, one thing is clear: Israel is in a far stronger strategic position than it was before October 7.
Rapper Carl “Twista” Mitchell attends the ARTPOP album release and artRave event the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
THERE is a particular kind of political arrogance that mistakes interference for stewardship. It is the belief that a peace process painstakingly built through decades of war, negotiation and sacrifice can be managed, redirected, or reorganized from Malacañang without consequence. The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in…
People in the Philippines are increasingly installing rooftop solar panels to cut soaring electricity bills, making the country the world's biggest spender of solar panels since the conflict in Iran began. Power distributor Meralco has raised electricity rates by about 10% since the Middle East conflict started in l…
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When US President Donald Trump and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf put an electronic pen to paper on a 14-point memorandum of understanding (MoU) in June, it was supposed to halt a 109-day war between the two countries.
Ukraine is already deploying naval drones in its war with Russia
The haredi (ultra-Orthodox) party United Torah Judaism (UTJ) announced on Monday that it would boycott coalition voting in the Knesset, disrupting the legislative agenda, after accusing the coalition of failing to advance legislation promised to the haredi parties quickly enough.
With Israel’s international standing severely damaged by the genocide in Gaza, invasion of Lebanon and the war on Iran, it is continuing to develop ties with breakaway regions in search of recognition.
The EU on Monday defended its commitment to international law after the Vatican accused Brussels last week of applying a double standard when it comes to war.
A framework agreement signed between Lebanon and Israel has drawn warnings that a clause in the deal could effectively shield Israel from accountability for war crimes.
Hussein Mohamed Shareef shows the scar on his head where he said an RSF sniper shot him in Omdurman, as he poses for a photo at the Al Heshan camp for internally displaced people in Port Sudan, Sudan, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
US president posts that meeting will take place on Tuesday in Qatari capital after exchange of fire in strait of Hormuz
On Monday, Defense Minister Israel Katz told military reporters that Israel is developing space lasers to carry out attacks above the Earth.
The pilot program for IDF withdrawals from portions of southern Lebanon while waiting to see whether the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) properly remove Hezbollah will initially focus on the zone between the IDF’s Yellow Line and the Litani River, Defense Minister Israel Katz said at a briefing for military reporters on…
A fleeting clip of the new fighter – nicknamed ‘Little Six’ – featured in a video released by official military media over the weekend
A fleeting clip of the new fighter – nicknamed ‘Little Six’ – featured in a video released by official military media over the weekend
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is conducting a full review of its database of journalists killed during the Israel-Hamas War after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) published obituaries identifying as combatants individuals previously listed by CPJ as journalists.
President Donald Trump says a meeting will take place between Iran and the United States in Qatar on Tuesday, suggesting that diplomacy is still on track despite the recent military skirmishes in the Gulf.
A framework agreement signed between Lebanon and Israel has drawn warnings that a clause in the deal could effectively shield Israel from accountability for war crimes.
The opposition also wants to boost the island’s military drone sector, but through budgets that allow for greater scrutiny
The opposition also wants to boost the island’s military drone sector, but through budgets that allow for greater scrutiny
Following the first round of negotiations in Switzerland, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry announced that “the parties [the US and Islamic Republic of Iran] agreed on the creation of a deconfliction cell between the parties, the Lebanese Republic, and facilitated by the Mediators [Qatar and Pakistan], to ensure adherence to…
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Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine have killed at least eight people and wounded 34 others, Ukrainian authorities say, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the “horrific attacks”.
Bhargavi Suresh, 36, from Visakhapatnam in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, spends hours sitting before a framed photograph of her husband, Patnala Suresh. She wipes the glass clean, kisses the picture, hugs it tightly and places it back on the table, only to reach for it again moments later.
In a move bound to test the limits of the fragile Washington-brokered regional ceasefire, Israel has unleashed massive ordinance on southern Lebanon, saying it has utterly destroyed a huge underground complex built and used by Hezbollah.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given Israelis a choice to make in the coming elections: either opt for his leadership and continue to see Israel at war, or be ruled by a non-unified left-wing government.
Oil prices have fallen back sharply to near pre-war levels over recent weeks in response to a fragile truce between the U.S. and Iran, and diplomatic efforts to bring the conflict to a lasting conclusion.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Civilians in Mali suffered serious abuses carried out by Islamic militants and the Malian armed forces and their allies during attacks across the West African country earlier this year, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Monday.
China has waived loans worth $50m that it had given to Sudan, the two countries said over the weekend. The agreement comes three years into a war between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that has shrunk the country’s economy by roughly 40 percent, according to the United Nations.