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32 killed near Gaza aid sites, Hamas-run Health Ministry saysWashington DC (UPI) Jul 19, 2025 The Israeli military killed an estimated 32 Gazans near two aid distribution sites on Saturday morning, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. ... more
Ukraine's Zelensky seeks cease-fire meeting next weekWashington DC (UPI) Jul 19, 2025 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants cease-fire negotiations with Russia next week and said he would be willing to meet directly and Russian President Vladimir Putin. ... more
China, India should work towards 'win-win' cooperation: Chinese FMBeijing (AFP) July 15, 2025 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday that Beijing and New Delhi should work towards mutual trust and "win-win" cooperation, after talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, state news agency Xinhua reported. ... more
US delays Patriot arms deliveries to Switzerland in switch to UkraineGeneva (AFP) July 17, 2025 Delivery of US Patriot weapons systems to Switzerland will be delayed as Washington reprioritises to provide more support to Ukraine, the Swiss government said Thursday. ... more |
US 'moving at haste' to get Ukraine weapons: envoyBrussels, Belgium (AFP) July 17, 2025 The United States was moving to get weapons to Ukraine quickly under President Donald Trump's plan for Europe to buy arms, and was weighing selling Patriot air defence systems from its own stocks, Washington's envoy to NATO said Thursday. ... more
Taipei holds air raid drill to prepare for Chinese attack; US says Taiwan president transit routineTaipei (AFP) July 17, 2025 Taipei came to a brief standstill on Thursday when air raid sirens forced people off the streets and into underground shelters in a rehearsal for a Chinese attack. ... more
Georgia arrests pair trying to sell weapons-grade uraniumTbilisi (AFP) July 17, 2025 Georgia has arrested two men for allegedly attempting to illegally sell weapons-grade uranium, officials in the Caucasus nation said on Thursday. ... more
Israel army says intercepted missile launched from YemenJerusalem (AFP) July 16, 2025 Israel's military said it intercepted a missile fired on Wednesday from Yemen, where the Iran-backed Huthi rebels have launched numeours attacks on Israeli targets throughout the Gaza war. ... more |
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Drone attack shuts US-run oil field in Iraqi KurdistanArbil, Iraq (AFP) July 15, 2025 A drone strike on Tuesday forced a US company to suspend operations at an oil field in Iraq's Kurdistan, the latest in a string of attacks targeting the autonomous region's energy facilities. ... more |
Mothers of Israeli soldiers fighting on all fronts to stop Gaza warHod Hasharon, Israel (AFP) July 17, 2025 "We mothers of soldiers haven't slept in two years," said Ayelet-Hashakhar Saidof, a lawyer who founded the Mothers on the Front movement in Israel. ... more
Israel military says striking Hezbollah targets in east LebanonJerusalem (AFP) July 15, 2025 Israel's military said it was striking targets belonging to Hezbollah's elite Radwan force in eastern Lebanon on Tuesday, the latest attack despite a ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group. ... more
N. Korea says Japan seeking to be a 'military giant'Seoul (AFP) July 17, 2025 A new Japanese defence policy white paper showed the country was seeking to be a major military power, North Korean state media reported a foreign ministry official as saying Friday, who justified Pyongyang's nuclear program on that basis. ... more
Spire unveils flight-level analytics to assess aircraft weather exposureLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2025 Spire Global has introduced Aircraft Exposure Analytics, a new aviation-focused tool that calculates aircraft-specific exposure to adverse weather by integrating flight trajectory data with global w ... more |
Europeans tell Iran will reimpose sanctions if no progress on nuclear deal: FranceParis (AFP) July 18, 2025 Top European diplomats told their Iranian counterpart on Thursday they were determined to reactivate UN sanctions if Tehran does not make progress on a nuclear deal, France's foreign ministry said. ... more ![]() |
Analysis: Lebanon wary of Israel's peace pushWashington DC (UPI) Jul 17, 2025 Despite Israel's recent military gains and a rapidly changing Middle East, Lebanon remains wary of making peace with its long-time enemy, maintaining a "no-war" stance and shunning normalization, at least for now, Lebanese official sources and analysts said. ... more
Israel strikes Damascus hard in support of the DruzeWashington DC (UPI) Jul 16, 2025 Israel carried out heavy airstrikes in the heart of Damascus on Wednesday, hitting the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and an area surrounding the presidential palace. The attack killed three people and wounded 34 others, according to media reports and the Syrian Health Ministry. ... more
Arms maker Saab sees sales rise, growth potentialStockholm (AFP) July 18, 2025 Swedish defence group Saab on Friday reported stronger than expected earnings for the second quarter in 2025, noting future growth potential due to NATO countries agreeing to increase defence spending. ... more
US lets staff return to Iraq weeks after Iran strikeWashington (AFP) July 17, 2025 The United States said Thursday it would allow its diplomats to return to Iraq, nearly a month after they were ordered out as a precaution following US strikes on neighboring Iran. ... more |
UN experts slam Peruvian amnesty for historic rights violationsGeneva (AFP) July 17, 2025 UN experts expressed alarm Thursday over a Peruvian law that would grant amnesty to military, police and state perpetrators of rights violations during a bloody campaign against leftist guerrillas from 1980 to 2000. ... more
Russia says captured villages in three separate areas of Ukraine frontMoscow (AFP) July 17, 2025 Russia said Thursday it had captured Ukrainian villages in three separate areas of the front line, expanding its summer offensive despite US calls to end the fighting. ... more
Chinese farmer makes splash with homemade submarineBeijing (AFP) July 17, 2025 A 60-year-old farmer in China has built his own "Big Black Fish" - a homemade submarine that can accommodate two people, dive eight metres and stay underwater for 30 minutes at a time. ... more
China jails Japanese national for espionage: embassyBeijing (AFP) July 16, 2025 A court in China sentenced a Japanese businessman to three-and-a-half years in prison on Wednesday for spying, Tokyo's ambassador in Beijing said. ... more |
Sunken WWII Japanese warship found off Solomon IslandsTokyo (AFP) July 18, 2025 An international research team has located a Japanese World War II destroyer on the deep seabed off Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches. ... more
Ukraine 'shouldn't target' Moscow: TrumpWashington (AFP) July 15, 2025 Donald Trump said Tuesday Ukraine should not target Moscow and that he had no plans to supply Kyiv with long-range missiles, following a report the US leader had encouraged President Volodymyr Zelensky to hit the Russian capital. ... more
Trump gives Russia 50 days to make Ukraine dealWashington (AFP) July 15, 2025 US President Donald Trump told Russia on Monday to end its war in Ukraine within 50 days or face massive new economic sanctions, as he laid out plans for infusions of weaponry for Kyiv via NATO. ... more
Pentagon inks contracts for Musk's xAI, competitorsNew York (AFP) July 15, 2025 The Pentagon announced contracts on Monday with multiple leading US artificial intelligence firms including Elon Musk's xAI, which has faced intense scrutiny in recent days over anti-Semitic posts by its Grok chatbot. ... more |
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Patriot air defences for Ukraine: Useful but no panaceaParis (AFP) July 15, 2025 Expected deliveries of new US Patriot air defense systems by some NATO countries to Ukraine will help against intensifying Russian missile and drone attacks, but are no front-line game changer, analysts say. ... more |
New drone attacks hit three oil fields in northern Iraq: Kurdish forcesArbil, Iraq (AFP) July 16, 2025 Explosive-laden drones hit three oil fields in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdistan region early Wednesday, Kurdish forces said, a day after a similar attack shut operations at a US-run field. ... more
US to build Philippine boat repair facilities near contested South China SeaManila (AFP) July 16, 2025 The US Navy plans to build two repair facilities for smaller vessels operating in the western Philippines, the US embassy said Wednesday, with one about 240 kilometres (150 miles) east of a fiercely contested reef in the South China Sea. ... more
Russia fires hundreds of drones at Ukraine, defying Trump warningKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) July 16, 2025 Russia fired hundreds of drones, artillery and a ballistic missile at Ukraine between late Tuesday and early Wednesday, Ukraine said, defying calls by Donald Trump to reach a peace deal. ... more
Israel admits 'technical error' in airstrike that kills 6 childrenWashington DC (UPI) Jul 13, 2025 Ten people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza on Sunday, including six children who were waiting to fill water containers near a refugee camp, emergency service workers said. ... more |
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