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Guinea promotion of officer facing massacre appeal sparks ire
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Members of Guinea's civil society expressed outrage Thursday over the recent promotion of a police colonel whose acquittal of involvement in a notorious massacr...
Romania shuts nuclear plant as Danube drops
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Romania shut down its only nuclear plant on Thursday, in a rare move due to drought that has caused the Danube river, whose waters cool the plant, to fall to re...
HRW says UN must keep peacekeepers in Lebanon
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Human Rights Watch has called on the United Nations to keep an international force in Lebanon after its peacekeepers' mandate ends this year.
US sailors hit by strain of long aircraft carrier deployment
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Some sailors have reportedly tried throwing themselves into the sea, basic supplies can run short and sanitation is going awry: life on America's giant Abraham ...
US plans attacks on land against drug cartels in Latin America: Hegseth
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
The United States is planning land attacks against drug traffickers in Latin America, expanding an airstrike campaign against presumed drug-running boats in in...
Colombia authorizes joint anti-drug ops with US military: Pentagon chief
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia has authorized joint military operations with the United States to target drug traffickers, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, expanding...
Senators demand inquiry into conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Congressional Democrats demanded answers Wednesday about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, following reports of food shortages, broken plumbing and men...
UAE condemns Iranian attack on two vessels in Hormuz strait
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
The United Arab Emirates on Friday condemned an Iranian attack it said targeted two vessels linked to state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) as they...
Taiwan chokes mobile internet speeds in drill for Chinese attack
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Millions of people in Taiwan were forced indoors and mobile internet speeds slowed for 30 minutes on Thursday during a simulation of a Chinese attack on the isl...
Houthis claim drone strike on Saudi refinery: affiliated media
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's Houthi rebels on Thursday claimed a drone attack on an Aramco refinery in southern Saudi Arabia, the group's affiliated news agency Saba reported.
Saudi defence minister calls Iraq 'cherished neighbour' after strikes
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia's defence minister called Iraq a "cherished neighbour" in talks with a senior Iraqi army official on Thursday, despite last month's deadly US-Saudi...
Iran says manages Hormuz Strait after Trump claims US control
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
A senior Iranian official said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz remains under the control of the Islamic republic after President Donald Trump claimed US c...
Erdogan eyes expansion of regional defence pact
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he hoped more countries would join a defence agreement signed last week between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan ...
Pakistan condemns Houthi strike that killed 3 of its citizens
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Pakistan denounced on Wednesday an attack by Houthi rebels on a vessel in the Red Sea in which three of its citizens were killed.
Taiwan condemns China's plan for navy drill with Indonesia off island's east
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Taiwan has condemned China's plan to hold a navy drill with Indonesia this month off the democratic island's east coast, saying Beijing seeks to create the "fal...
Taiwan condemns China's plan for navy drill with Indonesia off island's east
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Taiwan has condemned China's plan to hold a navy drill with Indonesia this month off the democratic island's east coast, saying Beijing seeks to create the "fal...
Two killed as Colombia steps up airstrikes against rebels
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Two rebels were killed in airstrikes ordered by Colombia's new government, a military source told AFP Tuesday, after Bogota pledged to fight a scourge of violen...
Pakistan interior minister in Iran to discuss regional security
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Pakistan's interior minister is visiting Iran to discuss regional security, stability and other developments, the Pakistani foreign office said Wednesday, as Is...
Taiwan condemns China's planned navy drill off island's east
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Taiwan has condemned China's plan to hold a navy drill with Indonesia off the democratic island's east coast, saying Beijing seeks to create the "false impressi...
North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of US-South drills
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast towards Japan early on Wednesday, Seoul's military said, days before the planned start of massive US-So...
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