Saudi Arabia condemns attack on pipeline launched from Iraq
The Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Friday that a drone attack on its East-West Pipeline was launched from Iraq, causing injuries and damage.
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The Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Friday that a drone attack on its East-West Pipeline was launched from Iraq, causing injuries and damage.
US forces have redirected 100 commercial vessels over the past 60 days since the blockade against Iran resumed, the Central Command says in an update on X.
The People’s Liberation Army may be seeking to give its frontline mechanised units mobile protection against the kind of drone-saturated battlefield that could emerge in a Taiwan conflict. Unverified images posted on mainland Chinese social media on August 29 show a new variant of the Type 19 amphibious 8x8 combat vehicle featuring a turret-mounted laser weapon and extra sensors alongside its standard autocannon. Janes, an open-source defence intelligence provider, reported in 2023 that vehicles...
On Bloomberg This Weekend, Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Ray Takeyh says renewed Houthi attacks represent a significant setback for the US strategy of stabilizing regional oil flows and may indicate closer coordination between the group and Iran. Takeyh also tells hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini that economic pressure has failed to force Tehran to change course, as new construction at the deeply buried Pickaxe Mountain complex raises questions about the future of Iran's nuclear program. (Source: Bloomberg)
The takeover solidifies the group's position in the Bab al-Mandeb, but holding it long-term could be difficult.
Israeli attacks come a week after it said to have established operational control over the strategic ridge.
The Swiss federal intelligence service on Thursday published a 200-page dossier on the notorious Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, the German doctor known as the “Angel of Death” for conducting horrific medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz. During World War II, Mengele served at the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, where about 1.1 million people were killed, around 1 million of them Jews. He became infamous for carrying out brutal medical experiments on inmates,...
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of the historic port city of Mocha on Thursday, four Yemeni government military sources said, gaining further leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important shipping routes. The Houthis were launching attacks on the strategic Red Sea islands of Hanish, the government sources told Reuters. Government forces and their allies are relocating south to Dhubab, which sits directly on the strait, across from the island of...
An Israeli strike devastated a home in Gaza City’s al-Shati refugee camp, heavily damaging surrounding homes.
Here is a look at the main actors currently involved in the conflict.
The 1,063 global casualties in 2025 one of the highest annual tolls on record, a report has found.
The first two F-16 Block 70 fighters bought by Taipei from the United States have yet to reach Taiwan, after spending more than two weeks in Hawaii for reasons that remain unclear. The aircraft, which were expected to arrive at Taiwan’s Chihhang Air Base in late August, were spotted preparing for departure at Joint Base Pearl Harbour-Hickam on Monday, raising expectations that the fighters were finally about to resume their journey. But the two single-seat F-16Cs, numbered 6727 and 6728,...
US President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin he wanted a swift end to the Ukraine war, the Kremlin said, arguing that peace could pave the way for a broad restoration of US-Russia ties. The hour-long call Tuesday followed weekend talks by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow and Kyiv to try to revive stalled peace efforts.
Exactly two months ago, Ukraine’s momentum was all the talk at a Nato summit in Turkey. What with its long-range drones and Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that the US would allow Kyiv to produce Patriot anti-ballistic missiles on home soil. That was then. This is now: Trump's deal's yet to materialize, Russia’s ramped up cruise missile launches and Ukraine’s run out of air defenses to stop them. Moscow's also failing to stop incoming missiles. What happens in war when for both sides, offense proves better than defense?
At least 30 men, women and children drowned when their dinghy capsized on 24 November 2021.
Israeli strikes hit several areas across Gaza, destroying homes in Khan Younis and sending thick smoke over Bureij camp.
Red Star fans honoured convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic. Analysts say that's nothing new - and that's the problem.
Government forces make gains as fighting escalates, raising fears of a return to full-scale war.
Colombian authorities blame ELN rebel group for attack that reportedly included drones dropping explosives on compound.
The Thadou Inpi Manipur resents the sloth in the probe and says the lack of publicly known arrests has raised concerns about the transparency and credibility of the investigation
A commemoration was held on Saturday in Belgrade for war criminal Ratko Mladic two days ahead of his burial, attended by dozens of former military staff, family members and officials. Mladic died last week after suffering several strokes while serving a life sentence in The Hague for war crimes committed during the 1990s war in Bosnia. His body was returned to Serbia on a government plane on Thursday, with his casket draped in flags and received with military honours. The 84-year-old will be...
The anti-tank system India is planning to acquire is a mainstay brigade combat team weapon for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps
A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, authorities said, 10 days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow.
US special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner landed in Moscow on Saturday for talks on how to end the war in Ukraine, where they were met by Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev. Our guest Jamie Smith-Maillet tells us more.
Niger has blamed France for inciting an attack on a key military airbase by mutinous soldiers last week.