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Erdogan eyes expansion of regional defence pact
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he hoped more countries would join a defence agreement signed last week between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan ...
German warship-maker TKMS raises outlook, shares surge
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
German warship-maker TKMS on Wednesday raised its outlook for the second time this year as the company cashes in on global rearmament, sending its shares up a w...
New Zealand PM survives leadership challenge months from election
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he had the "full support" of his ruling National Party on Wednesday after surviving a leadership challenge cal...
US helicopter fired on ship that tried to break Iran ports blockade
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
A US helicopter fired missiles on Tuesday into the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo ship that attempted to break the American blockade of Iran's ports, the...
North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of US-South Korea drills
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast towards Japan early on Wednesday, Seoul's military said, days before the planned start of massive US-So...
Lebanon condemns 'systematic' Israeli destruction in south
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Wednesday condemned Israel's "systematic destruction" in the country's south as a violation of international law, as Isra...
Two killed as Colombia steps up airstrikes against rebels
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Two rebels were killed in airstrikes ordered by Colombia's new government, a military source told AFP Tuesday, after Bogota pledged to fight a scourge of violen...
Australia, Vietnam boost military ties in nod to China
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Australia and Vietnam said Tuesday they would expand cooperation between their militaries as the middle powers face down Beijing's expanding reach in the Pacifi...
US, allies warn against unannounced missile launches
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
The United States and some 40 other countries warned Tuesday of the dangers of ballistic missile testing without advance notice, in a joint statement issued a m...
Why the Middle East war still convulses the oil market
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
After more than five months of conflict, oil markets continue to surge and tumble over the latest developments in the US-Iran clash, including President Donald ...
Lebanese army seizes 1.2 million captagon pills
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Lebanon's military said on Tuesday that it had seized 1.2 million captagon pills that were about to be sent abroad.
Former US Marine held in Russia released on 'humanitarian grounds'
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Robert Gilman, a former US Marine held in Russia, has been released on "humanitarian grounds," the State Department said Tuesday.
Nigerian police killed in clashes with armed gang
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Fighting between Nigerian security forces and a large group of armed men in the northwest of the country early on Tuesday killed nearly 30 people, including 10 ...
China warns Pacific Islands diplomat not to sour ties over Taiwan
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
China warned a top Pacific Islands diplomat to "avoid affecting the healthy and stable development of ties" on Tuesday, after he said Taiwan would attend an ann...
Casualties reported after ship hit in Red Sea: maritime agency
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
An "unknown projectile" struck a cargo vessel near the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait off the coast of Yemen, causing an unspecified number of casualties, a Bri...
CORRECTED: Australia, Vietnam boost military ties in nod to China
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Australia and Vietnam said Tuesday they would expand cooperation between their militaries as the middle powers face down Beijing's expanding reach in the Pacifi...
Jellyfish force shutdown of three reactors at French nuclear plant
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
A nuclear plant in northern France shut down three reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps used to cool the units, energy group EDF said on Tuesday.
Sudan paramilitary launches fresh attack near Ethiopian border
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Paramilitary forces attacked a Sudanese border town Tuesday, they and local authorities said, in what an army source told AFP was the latest attack launched "fr...
Lebanon says Israeli strike on south wounds two, damages ambulance
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
An Israeli double-tap strike on southern Lebanon wounded two people on Tuesday and damaged an ambulance, the Lebanese health ministry said, condemning the "cont...
Russian barrage on Ukraine kills 9, wounds dozens
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least nine people overnight and wounded dozens, authorities said Tuesday, after Kyiv warned that Moscow had received mo...
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