Japan expressed concern after a Chinese navy destroyer conducted live-fire drills off a remote Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday during its joint exercise with Russia, officials said Tuesday.
The Chinese Luyang III-class guided-missile destroyer conducted a live-fire exercise off Japan's southernmost island of Okinotori, hours after the...
The United Arab Emirates has sent 70 tonnes of humanitarian aid to victims of the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, Emirates news agency WAM reported.
The shipment was delivered through the UAE Aid Agency in coordination with the UAE Embassy in Caracas, the report said on Monday. It reportedly includes medical supplies, tents,...
Three oil tankers loaded with Saudi crude for China and India made U-turns in the Red Sea on Tuesday, heading towards the Suez Canal rather than braving the Yemeni coast at the sea’s mouth following a warning from Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militia.
The changes in direction by the ships, the...
U.S. forces bombed targets in southern Iran overnight after President Donald Trump said Tehran would pay dearly for the deaths of American soldiers, while Iran targeted U.S. sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan and a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz.
The exchanges came a day after Yemen’s...
US forces successfully completed the 11th consecutive evening of strikes against Iran at 8:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday (US time), said US Central Command (CENTCOM).
In a post on X, CENTCOM said: “CENTCOM assets targeted Iranian military operations centers, maritime capabilities, aircraft hangars, drone storage facilities, and military logistics infrastructure...
Iran and the United States exchanged strikes for the ninth consecutive day, as tensions over the strategic Strait of Hormuz continued to escalate. US strikes targeted the town of Khormoj in southwestern Iran, while Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain reported fresh Iranian attacks as US-Iran hostilities spilled into neighbouring countries.
Meanwhile,...
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are likely to cast a shadow over a diplomatic gathering in Southeast Asia this week, injecting additional uncertainty into a region grappling with maritime tensions with China and a faltering regional effort to end Myanmar’s civil war.
Foreign ministers from the 11-member Association of...
The United States is “deeply concerned” about the European Union’s plans to impose carbon costs on some international flights, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Transportation told Reuters on Monday.
“The United States remains deeply concerned about any expansion of the EU’s Emission Trading System,” the spokesperson said.
The European...
Iran and the United States exchanged strikes for the ninth consecutive day, as tensions over the strategic Strait of Hormuz continued to escalate. US strikes targeted the town of Khormoj in southwestern Iran, while Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain reported fresh Iranian attacks as US-Iran hostilities spilled into neighbouring countries.
Iran’s...
Russia launched an overnight attack on Kyiv using ballistic missiles and drones, killing one person and injuring 16 others. According to the Ukrainian air force, Russia launched 41 missiles and 125 drones across Ukraine overnight. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said most of the missiles had targeted the capital. Rescuers pulled...
