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Colombia inks $4.3 bn deal to buy Swedish warplanesBogota (AFP) Nov 15, 2025 Colombia has agreed to buy Swedish warplanes in a $4.3 billion deal with Saab, President Gustavo Petro said, as his country is locked in tension with the United States. ... more
US to hold new military exercises with Trinidad and TobagoPort Of Spain (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 Trinidad and Tobago on Friday announced a new round of military exercises with the United States, which has ramped up what it calls anti-drug operations in the Caribbean - angering nearby Venezuela. ... more
UN Security Council to vote Monday on Trump Gaza planUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 15, 2025 The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, diplomats said. ... more
US Drug Raids: No Prosecution for Military, Six Minors Killed in Colombia, Smuggling Boat StoppedWashington (AFP) Nov 16, 2025 The US Justice Department on Wednesday defended lethal military strikes on suspected drug traffickers, brushing aside charges they may amount to extrajudicial killings that merit legal prosecution. ... more |
Russia strike on Kyiv apartment block kills six, Ukraine saysKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 A barrage of Russian missiles hit Kyiv on Friday, killing six people in one apartment block, attacks that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced as a "heinous" bid to spread terror. ... more
Anthropic says Chinese state hackers deployed AI for autonomous attacksWashington (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has detected and disrupted what it described as the first documented cyber espionage campaign conducted largely autonomously by AI, marking a significant escalation in machine learning-enabled attacks. ... more
Alibaba denies report it helps China's military target USBeijing (AFP) Nov 15, 2025 Chinese tech giant Alibaba denies helping Beijing target the United States, telling AFP on Saturday that a recent media report was "completely false". ... more
Japan says Taiwan stance 'unchanged'; China summons Japan ambassadorTokyo (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 Japan said Friday that its position on Taiwan has not changed, amid a spat with Beijing following comments from hawkish new premier Sanae Takaichi about a possible attack by China on the self-ruled island. ... more |
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Pakistan's Asim Munir: top soldier with lifetime immunityIslamabad, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 15, 2025 Field Marshal Asim Munir has emerged as Pakistan's most powerful military leader, analysts say, after a constitutional amendment expanded his powers and gave him lifelong rank and immunity. ... more |
Iraq tribal clashes kill eight: security officialKut, Iraq (AFP) Nov 15, 2025 Tribal clashes over agricultural land in central Iraq have killed eight people and injured another nine, a security official in Wasit province told AFP on Saturday. ... more
Kazakhstan jails 12 over rare anti-China protestAlmaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 Police in Kazakhstan said on Friday they had arrested 12 people and fined six others over a rare protest in which a portrait of Chinese leader Xi Jinping was burned. ... more
Four Nigerian security personnel killed in jihadist ambushKano, Nigeria (AFP) Nov 15, 2025 Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State group ambushed Nigerian security forces in northeastern Borno state, killing two soldiers and two anti-jihadist militia members, sources said Saturday. ... more
EU bows to pressure on loosening AI, privacy rulesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 15, 2025 The European Union is set next week to kickstart a rollback of landmark rules on artificial intelligence and data protection that face powerful pushback on both sides of the Atlantic. ... more |
'The war of tomorrow will begin in space': MacronToulouse, France (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 Modern conflicts are already being fought in space and the next wars will begin there, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday, singling out the threat posed by Russia and announcing a multi-billion euro increase in spending on military activities in space. ... more ![]() |
UN watchdog calls on Iran to urgently allow 'long overdue' uranium stockpile verificationVienna (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 The UN nuclear watchdog on Wednesday called on Iran to allow it to verify its enriched uranium inventories, especially its sensitive stockpile of highly enriched uranium that was "long overdue", according to a confidential report seen by AFP. ... more
How drones are altering contemporary warfareCambridge, MA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 A new book by scholar and military officer Erik Lin-Greenberg examines the evolving dynamics of military and state action centered around drones. In recent months, Russia has frequently flown ... more
Taiwan says not 'overly worried' about Trump-Xi talksTaipei (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 Taiwan's top diplomat expressed confidence on Wednesday that future talks between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping would not "sacrifice" the democratic island's interests. ... more
NATO allies ditch Boeing for new surveillance planesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 13, 2025 NATO countries have ditched plans to buy US-made Boeing aircraft to replace the alliance's ageing fleet of surveillance planes, after Washington pulled out of the programme, the Netherlands said Thursday. ... more |
Italy probes if 'war tourists' paid to shoot civilians in Sarajevo siegeRome (AFP) Nov 13, 2025 Prosecutors in Italy are investigating possible Italian snipers who may have paid the Bosnian Serb army during the 1990s siege of Sarajevo to be allowed to shoot civilians for sport, local media reported. ... more
What lies ahead in Iraq: the hard task of forming a governmentBaghdad (AFP) Nov 13, 2025 Following Iraq's parliamentary election this week, the complex and often lengthy task of choosing the country's next leader is set to begin. ... more
Brussels and UK haggle over entry fee for EU defence fundBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 The EU and Britain are wrangling over an entry fee to allow London to join a 150-billion-euro ($174 billion) fund to bolster Europe's defences, officials said Wednesday. ... more
Unexplained drone flights fray nerves in BelgiumBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 13, 2025 Sightings at military bases, airports, a nuclear power station: a spate of unexplained drone flights has frayed nerves in Belgium and fuelled fears the country could be being targeted by Russia. ... more |
Chinese police issue bounties on Taiwanese influencersBeijing (AFP) Nov 13, 2025 Chinese police on Thursday offered bounties of up to $35,000 for help arresting Taiwanese influencers Wen Tzu-yu and Chen Po-yuan on allegations that the pair disseminated "anti-China" content online. ... more
Chinese court rejects appeal by journalist jailed for espionage: familyBeijing (AFP) Nov 13, 2025 A Chinese court on Thursday rejected an appeal by veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu, who had been sentenced to seven years in prison on espionage charges, his family said in a statement. ... more
US approves first military sale to Taiwan since Trump's returnTaipei (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 The United States has approved $330 million-worth of parts and equipment in its first military sale to Taiwan since US President Donald Trump's return to the White House, the island's foreign ministry said Friday. ... more
US approves first military sale to Taiwan since Trump's returnTaipei (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 The United States has approved $330 million-worth of parts and components in its first military sale to Taiwan since US President Donald Trump's return to office, the island's foreign ministry said Friday. ... more |
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Demarches and decapitation: Japan and China's Taiwan spatTokyo (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 Japan and China's long-testy relations have worsened in recent days following comments by new premier Sanae Takaichi about a possible attack by Beijing on Taiwan. ... more |
South Korea says to 'move forward' on nuclear subs with USSeoul (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 South Korea will "move forward" with the United States in building nuclear-powered submarines, President Lee Jae Myung said Friday, after a long-awaited security and trade agreement was finalised. ... more
Light powered micromotors achieve flight in open airLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 Researchers at Concordia University have built the first micromotors able to move freely through the air using only light as their source of power. This advance marks a major shift for the field of ... more
Turkey suspends C-130 flights after fatal plane crashIstanbul (AFP) Nov 13, 2025 Turkey suspended flights by its C-130 military cargo planes as a precautionary measure a day after one crashed in neighbouring Georgia, killing all 20 people on board, the defence ministry said Thursday. ... more
Pakistan grants lifetime immunity to president, current army chiefIslamabad, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 13, 2025 Pakistan's parliament approved a sweeping constitutional amendment on Thursday granting lifetime immunity to the president as well as the current army chief, a move critics warned would erode democratic checks and judicial independence. ... more |
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