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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...
Trump vows to hit back 'hard' after first exchange of fire with Iran in weeks
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Donald Trump threatened to hit Iran "hard" after the two foes traded fire for the first time in over a month, while Iran's president warned that more fighting w...
Iran retaliates after first US strikes in a month
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Iran said Monday it attacked US military targets in Jordan in retaliation for the first American strikes on its territory in a month, marking a fresh flare-up i...
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...
Gaza health officials say five killed in Israeli strikes
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Israeli airstrikes killed five people around Gaza City on Monday, a local hospital and rescuers said, with the Israeli army saying it had targeted Hamas "milita...
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, 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...
Japan seeks record $55.6 bn defence budget, with AI focus
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Japan's defence ministry requested a record budget of 8.9 trillion yen ($55.6 billion) on Monday as Tokyo looks to artificial intelligence to speed up decision-...
Iran FM accuses 'serpent' Netanyahu of tricking US into war
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "serpent", accusing him of tricking Washington into going to...
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...
Iran retaliates after first US strikes in a month
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Iran attacked US military targets in the Middle East on Monday in retaliation for the first American strikes on its territory in a month, in a fresh flare-up of...
Japan seeks record $55.6 bn defence budget, with AI focus
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Japan's defence ministry requested a record budget of 8.9 trillion yen ($55.6 billion) on Monday as Tokyo looks to artificial intelligence to speed up decision-...
Iran FM accuses Israel's Netanyahu of tricking US into war
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of tricking Washington into going to war with the Islamic rep...
Latest developments in the US-Iran war
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
The Middle East war has flared again for the first time in a month, with American strikes on Iran prompting retaliation from Tehran on Monday.
Indonesia, US and allies launch annual military drill
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia, the United States and more than a dozen allies launched annual joint military exercises Monday to boost defence capabilities and "deter aggression" i...
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...
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.
Niamey back to normal after soldiers' 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.
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...
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...
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