LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) – Russia has begun including new, cheaply-made drones in its long-range attacks on Ukraine, to try to identify air defences, film any damage and act as decoys, a Ukrainian military spy official said. The two new types of drone, which Russia has used in five drone attacks in the last two…
Labour government announces its biggest step yet in overhauling the UK’s approach to the Middle East Labour has announced its biggest step yet in overhauling the UK’s approach to the Middle East, dropping its opposition to an international arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu despite pressure from Washington not to do so. Downing Street announced on…
Typhoon Gaemi has made landfall in mainland China after wreaking havoc in Taiwan and the Philippines. More than 150,000 people living in the south-eastern Chinese province of Fujan have been relocated to safer areas in anticipation of the storm. It comes after widespread flooding and landslides across Taiwan and the Philippines, killing at least 21…
Seoul, South Korea CNN — Trash-laden North Korean balloons were found on the grounds of South Korea’s presidential office compound, officials said Wednesday, the latest in a series of incidents that have raised tensions and rhetoric on the Korean Peninsula. More than 3,000 North Korean balloons, often filled with garbage such as cigarette butts, discarded batteries and…
SINGAPORE, July 25 (Reuters) – China’s shadowy, uncrewed reusable spacecraft, which launches atop a rocket booster and lands at a secretive military airfield, is most likely testing technology but could also be used for manipulating or retrieving satellites, experts say. The spacecraft, on its third mission, was in June observed releasing an object, moving several…
The last 4 junta camps in the gem-mining center fell on Wednesday, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army said. Insurgent forces in Myanmar’s Mandalay region have captured the gem-mining town of Mogoke from military junta forces, a Ta’ang National Liberation Army spokeswoman told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday. The TNLA is part of an alliance of…
Center was controlled by the Iranian regime, German authorities believe. The German Interior Ministry on Wednesday said it had banned the Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) for pursuing radical Islamist goals and acting as representative of the government regime in Iran. “Today we banned the ‘Islamic Center Hamburg,’ which propagates an Islamist, totalitarian ideology. It supports…
BRUSSELS, July 24 (Reuters) – The war in Ukraine and the looming U.S. presidential election dominated a NATO summit in Washington this month but, away from the public stage, the alliance’s military planners have been focused on assessing the enormous cost of fixing Europe’s creaking defences. NATO leaders agreed plans last year for the biggest…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened his speech to Congress by declaring that US support for his nation’s war with Hamas terrorists ultimately “a clash between barbarism and civilizations.” Netanyahu entered the chamber a little after 2 p.m. and thanked senior congressional leaders “for giving me the profound honor for addressing this great citadel of…
Diplomatic coup for China as Beijing declaration sets out deal to unite across territories and prepare for elections Leaders from Hamas, Fatah and other Palestinian factions have agreed after three days of talks in Beijing to form a national unity government at an unspecified point in the future, in a move that has bolstered China’s…