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Ukraine's nuclear plant has lost power supply: IAEA
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been without off-site power for more than a week and is currently relying on emergency diesel generators, th...
Gunfire heard near military base in Niger capital
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Gunfire and explosions were heard on Saturday morning in Niger's capital, Niamey, including around a military base near the city's airport, which has been attac...
Gunfire heard near military base in Niger capital: residents to AFP
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Gunfire was heard overnight near a military base at the international airport in Niger's capital Niamey, which had been attacked twice this year by jihadists, r...
Heavy gunfire rocks Niger capital, state TV signal cut
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Niger's national television was off air on Saturday after a night of heavy gunfire in parts of the capital, including around a military base near the city's air...
Colombian army says no rescue planned for French Foreign Legion soldier
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
The Colombian army currently has no plans to rescue a French Foreign Legion soldier who was kidnapped in a guerrilla zone this month, a colonel told AFP on Frid...
Iran's president admits sanctions impacting economy
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has admitted that US sanctions on his country are hurting its economy, despite just days ago insisting they would achieve not...
Gunfire heard near military base in Niger capital
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Gunfire was heard overnight near a military base at the international airport in Niger's capital Niamey, which had been attacked twice this year by jihadists, r...
Gunfire heard near military base in Niger capital
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Gunfire and explosions were heard on Saturday morning in Niger's capital, Niamey, including around a military base near the city's airport, which has been attac...
N. Korea defence minister dismissed: state media
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea's defence minister has been dismissed as part of a reshuffle of the country's military leadership, state media reported Sunday.
Soldiers' mutiny rocks Niger capital, as junta claims to be back in control
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Mutinying soldiers led armed clashes in Niger's capital Saturday, alarming residents, but the ruling junta said it had largely wrested back control after hours ...
US court rules Pentagon ban of Anthropic unlawful
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A US federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed in February by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the gover...
China's help critical, but unlikely, for US to choke off Iran
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The United States has threatened the "economic asphyxiation" of Iran, but analysts say that a successful chokehold would require unlikely cooperation from China...
Iran warns Washington that pressure "doesn't work"
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Iran warned the United States on Friday that "pressure doesn't work" against the Islamic republic, calling on Washington to honour its commitments, after six mo...
Greece scrambles F-16s as 'Turkish drone' flies over airport
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Greece scrambled F-16 fighter jets Friday as a drone reported to be from Turkey flew over one of the country's airports, media and a military source said.
Ousted Ukraine defence chief accepts job advising Italian minister
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Ukraine's ousted defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov -- whose sacking last month prompted rare wartime protests -- has on Friday said he had accepted a job workin...
China removes ex-top general from Central Military Commission: state media
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
China removed former top general Zhang Youxia from the country's main military body on Friday, state media reported, seven months after it was announced that he...
Ousted Ukraine defence chief accepts job advising Italian minister
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Ukraine's ousted defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov -- whose sacking last month prompted rare wartime protests -- on Friday said he had accepted a job working as...
Drones hit Zaporizhzhia power plant: IAEA
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The UN nuclear watchdog on Friday said there had been three incidents this week involving drones at the Zaporizhzhia plant in Ukraine, injuring two employees, a...
Trump to mark 9/11 at Pentagon, not New York
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump said Friday he would mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks at the Pentagon -- but angrily denied skipping a mem...
Iran says still open to diplomacy as war with US hits six months
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Iran left the door open to diplomacy on Friday, six months into a war with the United States that has upended the Middle East, but only if Washington abandons i...
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