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Taiwan begins military drills as China pressure grows

Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)

Taiwan's largest military drills of the year began Wednesday as the island democracy attempts to prepare its population for a potential Chinese invasion.

More than 800,000 displaced Lebanese returning home after war: UN

Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)

More than 800,000 people displaced by war in Lebanon have begun returning to their hometowns following a lull in violence amid the Israel-Hezbollah war, the Uni...

South Korean students held over US military base break-in bid

Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)

A group of eight South Korean student protestors were in detention and under investigation on Wednesday after trying to break into a US air base, police and the...

Trump warns Iran to open Hormuz or get 'hit very hard'

Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)

US President Donald Trump said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as soon as Wednesday but warned Iran it would get "hit very hard" if negotiation...

More remains found at second Kosovo mass grave

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

Kosovo authorities confirmed late Monday that the remains of four people were found at a second mass grave in the country's north, as investigations into a susp...

Cargo ship hit after Trump insists Iran talks could reopen Hormuz today

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

An unknown projectile hit a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, a key point of tension in the US-Iran conflict, on Tuesday as President Donald Trump insisted th...

Trapped by war, Bangladesh seafarer recounts Gulf ordeal

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

For 115 days, captain Mohammad Shafiqul Islam was stranded on the high seas of the Gulf, watching missiles light up the night sky and rationing food and water f...

27 ex-guerrillas charged with crimes against humanity in Colombia

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

Colombia's peace tribunal on Tuesday charged 27 ex-guerrillas with crimes against humanity and sexual violence committed during the country's bloody armed confl...

Nigeria raises military salaries by up to 80%

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

Nigeria will increase military salaries by between 30 and 80 percent, a presidential adviser said on Tuesday, as the government seeks to boost the morale of tro...

Mediator Qatar says efforts 'ongoing' for Iran-US diplomatic solution

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

Mediating nation Qatar said on Tuesday that efforts for a diplomatic solution between the United States and Iran were ongoing but that there were no direct talk...

More remains found as Kosovo mass grave search widens

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

Kosovo authorities said Tuesday they had identified a third potential mass grave in the country's north, expanding investigations into a suspected 1990s war cri...

Gazans hold mass funeral for those killed during war

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

In a cleared plot of land between buildings flattened by airstrikes in Gaza City, row upon row of Palestinian flags were laid out neatly over the remains of doz...

Iraq exported 30 mn barrels of crude via Hormuz in a month: monitor

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

Iraq exported over 30 million barrels of crude oil in one month through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, data from the maritime tracking firm Kpler showed on Tue...

Syria says will restore Iraq oil pipeline link within three years

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

Syria and Iraq are finalising negotiations on a contract to restore a key oil pipeline between the countries, a Syrian official said on Tuesday, laying out a ti...

Indian ship sinks in Red Sea off Yemen after attack

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

Coast guards rescued the crew of an Indian-flagged commercial ship that sank in the Red Sea on Tuesday after an attack, a local official in the Yemeni city of M...

Japan sees 'urgent' need to boost military

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

Japan needs to boost its military with a "sense of urgency and crisis", its defence minister said Tuesday, as a new government assessment again highlighted grow...

Lebanon and Israel hold new round of direct talks in Rome

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

Lebanon and Israel are set to begin a new round of US-sponsored direct talks in Rome on Tuesday, as Beirut seeks Israel's phased withdrawal from the country's s...

Yemen's Houthis say attacked southern Saudi airport

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said on Tuesday that they had attacked an airport in Saudi Arabia, as tensions between the two foes brewed after the rebels declared...

US hopeful Hormuz strait deal will be done 'today or tomorrow' after ship hit

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

The United States was hopeful that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would be done "today or tomorrow", a top US official said Tuesday, hours after yet anot...

US Treasury Secretary says chance of Hormuz deal with Iran by Wednesday

Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the United States could reach a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Wednesday, adding that this would st...