The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding Wednesday after a rocky start, giving rise to cautious hope it could lead to a longer term peace agreement, even as Tehran insisted it would not give up its nuclear programme.
The ceasefire took hold Tuesday on the 12th...
Dutch authorities were investigating possible sabotage against the rail network on Tuesday after a power outage left the country’s main airport with limited train services as a two-day summit of NATO leaders was opening in the Netherlands.
Caretaker Justice Minister David van Weel told the NATO Public Forum that...
Israel’s military operation in Gaza has killed more than 56,000 people, the health ministry in the strip said on Tuesday.
The ministry said 56,077 people have been killed since the war started on October 7, 2023. It says another 131,848 have been wounded.
The dead include 5,759 who have been...
Japan’s army announced Tuesday that it conducted a missile test for the first time on Japanese territory.
The test-firing of the Type-88 surface-to-ship short range missile was conducted Tuesday at an army firing range in Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido.
Japan is accelerating its military buildup to acquire strike-back...
Canada and the European Union on Monday signed the Security and Defence Partnership in Brussels, Belgium, according to a news release on the official website of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
The partnership will provide a framework for dialogue and cooperation in security and defence priorities of the two sides,...
Israel has agreed to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for a ceasefire with Iran. A statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Office has stated that it has agreed to a ceasefire after achieving its goal of removing Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic missile threat. The statement also thanks the United...
The announcement of a ceasefire between Iran and Israel on Tuesday has brought temporary relief to millions of civilians caught in the crossfire of what President Donald Trump called a “12-day war,” as humanitarian organizations scramble to assess the devastating toll on both populations.
The ceasefire was declared after Iranian...
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for President Donald Trump’s administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them a chance to show the harms they could face, handing him another victory in his aggressive pursuit of mass deportations.
In an action...
Iran’s national security committee has approved the framework of a bill that would suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), deepening international concerns about nuclear oversight in West Asia. The proposed legislation, still awaiting full parliamentary approval, would halt the installation of monitoring equipment, inspections, and reporting...
Iran launched ballistic missile attacks on Monday against the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which hosts US and allied forces, in what Tehran described as retaliation for recent American bombing of its nuclear facilities. The primary target was Al Udeid, the largest US military installation in West Asia,...
