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US plans to sell refueling planes to Qatar
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
The United States on Thursday approved a potential $4.5-billion sale of refueling aircraft to Qatar, which has acted as a mediator in Washington's war with Iran...
US warns allies, China to back economic war on Iran
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
The United States on Thursday warned allies and China alike to join President Donald Trump's new campaign to isolate the Iranian economy and "collapse" the gove...
Bandar Abbas, Iran's trade hub on Hormuz thrust to frontline of US war
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
With a long shoreline on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's southern trade hub of Bandar Abbas has found itself at the frontlines of the war with the United States, w...
US Army unit offers time off for 'GTA VI' in exchange for reenlistment
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Will the promise of time off for "Grand Theft Auto VI" entice US soldiers to reenlist?
Yemen's Houthis say targeted Saudi airport, Aramco facility
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said on Thursday that they targeted an airport and a facility belonging to state-owned oil giant Aramco in Saudi Arabia's sout...
Trump pledges 'economic warfare' on Iran, prompting Tehran derision
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump pledged "economic warfare" against Iran and threatened any country that trades with it, prompting Iran to dismiss the plan on Thursday...
Iran Guards say Saudi Arabia will not be able to contain Yemen's Houthis
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned on Thursday that Saudi Arabia will not be able to contain the Tehran-backed Houthis in Yemen as the rebels ramp up attacks on...
Thai, Myanmar military chiefs meet as post-coup thaw progresses
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Myanmar's military chief met Thursday with Thailand's top general in Bangkok in his first foreign trip since assuming the role, as his coup-staging armed forces...
As election looms, Netanyahu puts Turkey in Israel's crosshairs
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
After more than two years of ordering attacks on Israel's enemies across the Middle East, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing a tough re-election fight, i...
Iran slams Trump's economic pressure plan as more 'failed policies'
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday dismissed US President Donald Trump's economic punishment plan for Tehran as a continuation of "failed polici...
'People, not robots': Ukraine's soldiers justify human role amid drone revolution
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
As the first ray of sun hit on an unexpectedly frosty August morning, a few hundred just-graduated Ukrainian paratroopers were traipsing across a corn and rapes...
US, South Korea cut drills short after Trump criticism
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
Annual war games between South Korea and the United States will end around a week earlier than planned, both countries said on Wednesday, after US President Don...
Remains of over 20 people found in Kosovo mass graves search
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
Kosovo authorities said Wednesday they have found the remains of more than 20 people in three potential mass graves thought to hold victims of ethnic conflicts ...
Israel army admits firing on car in death of five-year-old Hind Rajab
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
The Israeli military on Wednesday admitted its troops fired on a car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza in 2024, saying it had ordered a criminal investi...
Kyiv's ex-defence chief makes risky bet by venturing into electoral grounds
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
Even supporters of Ukraine's former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, gathered outside the parliament in Kyiv on Wednesday, felt uneasy about his risky bet: en...
Israel army admits firing on car in death of five-year-old Hind Rajab
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
The Israeli military on Wednesday admitted its troops fired on a car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza in 2024, saying it had ordered a criminal investi...
Yemen govt warns Houthis plan to seize coast of key strait
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
A Yemeni minister has warned the country's Houthi rebels are plotting to seize land along the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which would allow them to further threaten t...
Visiting Iraq, Iran's parliament speaker hails 'new order' in the region
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Wednesday stressed the importance of strengthening the "new order" in the region, on the first stop in a t...
Lebanon says received French invitation to meeting on army support
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
Lebanon said Wednesday it had received an invitation from France for a meeting to prepare for an international conference on support for the Lebanese army, an e...
Bern eyes boosting air defence budget by over $1 bn
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
Switzerland's government said Wednesday it was seeking to boost its 2026 investments in air defence spending by more than $1.0 billion, pointing to escalating t...
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