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Sacked Ukraine defence minister urges path to elections
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Ukraine's popular ex-defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, sacked last month, on Tuesday called for a move towards elections that have been put off because of the ...
UAE says seek shelter, warns of 'potential missile threats'
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
The United Arab Emirates issued a brief phone alert for "potential missile threats" on Tuesday with the ministry of defence confirming it had detected missiles ...
Mediator Qatar says Hormuz agreement crucial for US-Iran talks to resume
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Qatar, a key mediator in the stalled US-Iran talks, said Tuesday that an agreement between Iran and Oman over the Strait of Hormuz would make it easier to resum...
Houthis target refinery in southern Saudi Arabia: rebel media
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis targeted an oil refinery on Saudi Arabia's southern Red Sea coast Tuesday, rebel media reported, as the group ramps up attacks on th...
Syria accuses Israel of striking military air base
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Syria accused Israel of striking a disused military air base in the country's northwest on Tuesday, with a Syria war monitor saying the attack came after a visi...
N. Korea media slams joint US-South drills as 'open threat'
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
North Korean state media on Wednesday slammed joint military drills by the United States and South Korea as a "most immediate and open threat", while not mentio...
Asian allies stress 'critical' US cooperation as Trump slashes Korea drills
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Japan underlined on Tuesday the "critical" importance of security cooperation with the United States and South Korea, after President Donald Trump alarmed allie...
Japan to test hypersonic missiles in Australia under new deal
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Japan will conduct tests of hypersonic missiles and other projectiles on Australian soil, the two countries' defence ministers said on Tuesday as they deepened ...
UN atomic watchdog says found tons of nuclear material at Syria site
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said its inspectors had found several tons of nuclear material in Syria, at a site which the authorities said they reporte...
Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it gets in way of Iran deal
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump threatened Monday to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of a US deal with Iran on the Strait of Hormuz and called for Tehran to surrender ...
Trump hints at Kim contacts after scaling back Seoul drills
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump said Monday that Kim Jong Un had responded to his recent overtures, a day after he scaled back military drills with South Korea and pr...
Japan defence minister says US, SKorea cooperation 'critical' for security
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Japan's defence minister said on Tuesday that cooperation with South Korea and the United States was "critical" to regional security, after US President Donald ...
Latest developments in US-Iran war
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it obstructed a deal with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, as a vessel transiting the strategic waterway rep...
Syria accuses Israel of striking military airfield
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Syria accused Israel of striking a military airfield in the country's northwest on Tuesday, after a security source told AFP the out-of-service military facilit...
Latest developments in US-Iran war
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it obstructed a deal with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, as a vessel transiting the strategic waterway rep...
CORRECTED: HRW says UN must keep peacekeepers in Lebanon
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Human Rights Watch has called on the United Nations to keep an international force in Lebanon after its peacekeepers' mandate ends this year.
Lebanese president to visit Rome for talks on UN force's future: Lebanon official
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will head to Rome this week for talks focusing on future of the United Nations peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, whose mandate...
UAE accuses Iran of firing ballistic missiles at shipping
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday accused Iran of firing two ballistic missiles at shipping in the Gulf, an allegation later denied by Tehran.
Sacked Ukraine defence minister urges path to elections
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Ukraine's popular ex-defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, sacked last month, on Tuesday called for a move towards elections that have been put off because of the ...
Yemen's Houthis target refinery in southern Saudi Arabia: rebel media
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis targeted an oil refinery on Saudi Arabia's southern Red Sea coast Tuesday, rebel media reported, as the group ramps up attacks on th...
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