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Iran, US trade fire in first exchange for a month
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Iran attacked US military targets in the Middle East on Monday in retaliation for American strikes on an island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first exchange of f...
UAE says Iran drone attack 'dangerous escalation'
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
The United Arab Emirates on Monday condemned an Iranian drone attack intercepted over its territorial waters, calling it a "dangerous escalation" after weeks of...
Iran says seized cargo ship over Hormuz pollution
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Iranian authorities have seized a bulk carrier after they said it dumped oil and sludge into the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported on Monday.
Gaza health officials say five killed in Israeli strikes
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Israeli airstrikes killed five people west of Gaza City on Monday, a Gaza hospital and rescuers said, while the Israeli army said it targeted Hamas "military op...
Iraq sentences kidnapper of US journalist to 15 years in prison
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Iraq's judiciary has sentenced a man to 15 years in prison for the kidnapping of an American journalist who was abducted earlier this year by a powerful Iran-ba...
Iran says 10 missing fishermen found in UAE
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Ten Iranian fishermen who went missing in Gulf waters weeks ago are alive in the United Arab Emirates and set to travel home soon, Iran's foreign ministry said ...
Macron seals $4.9-bn French frigate deal in Sweden
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday oversaw the signing of a 4.3-billion-euro ($4.9 billon) deal for Sweden to buy four French frigates as France and Sweden see...
Lebanon urges Greece to help implement deal with Israel
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun asked Greece on Monday for support in implementing a US-sponsored agreement with Israel, hours after Greece and Israel announced ...
Mexico announces seizure of arms stockpile smuggled from US
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Mexican authorities seized 210 firearms that were smuggled into the country from Texas by criminal groups, Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said Monday.
Israel signs three-billion-euro arms export deal with Greece
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Israel's defence ministry announced Monday it had signed a deal with Athens worth approximately three billion euros (almost $3.5 billion) to set up the "Achille...
Turkish, Saudi, Pakistani ministers to hold first defence pact meeting
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Turkey will host Saudi Arabia and Pakistan for the first ministerial meeting of their new regional defence grouping on Monday, Turkish sources said Sunday.
Niger mutiny suppressed, but questions remain over junta's cohesion
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Niger's military regime and its Russian paramilitary partners put down a mutiny by soldiers after a long and confusing day of fighting around the capital Niamey...
Kurdish families honour their dead on road to peace with Turkey
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Menal Konak's brother, Mahmut, was 18 when he left to join the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Syria in 2014. He died six years ago but she only found out thi...
Niamey back to normal after soldier mutiny
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Life returned to normal in Niger's capital Niamey on Sunday, after the military regime and its Russian paramilitary partners put down a mutiny by soldiers.
US strikes Iran for first time in a month
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
The United States said Sunday it had carried out strikes on Iranian rocket launchers on a small island in the Strait of Hormuz, its first attacks on Iran since ...
US strikes Iran for first time in a month, Tehran retaliates
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
The United States said Sunday it had attacked Iranian rocket launchers on a small island in the Strait of Hormuz, its first strikes on Iran in a month, promptin...
Niamey back to normal after soldier mutiny
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Life returned to normal in Niger's capital, Niamey, on Sunday, after the military regime and its Russian paramilitary partners put down a mutiny by soldiers.
Colombian rebels say kidnapped French Foreign Legion soldier is alive
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Rebels from the main splinter group of Colombia's now-defunct FARC guerrillas claimed responsibility Sunday for kidnapping a Colombian soldier serving in the Fr...
Iraq sentences US-sanctioned oil official to prison: anti-graft body
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Iraq sentenced a US-sanctioned oil official to seven years in prison after he was arrested as part of a government-led anti-corruption campaign, the country's a...
Iran Guards promise 'reprisals' after deadly US strikes
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said that US strikes on an island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday had left dead and wounded and promised reprisals.
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