War & Conflict
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Australia, US and Japan strengthen military cooperation
Nov 18, 2024As the nations strengthened their alliances in an effort to challenge China’s military might, Australia, Japan, and the US pledged on Sunday to work together more closely on military training. On Sunday, US Defence Secretary Lloyd... -
Trump promises to end wars with a ‘strong military’
Nov 17, 2024As he reiterated his promise to put an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, US President-elect Donald Trump promised a “strong military” on Thursday. Trump, who ran on a platform of “America First” in... -
French weapons in Sudan ‘in violation of UN embargo’: Amnesty
Nov 14, 2024Amnesty International stated Thursday that military hardware manufactured in France is being used in Sudan on armoured vehicles provided by the United Arab Emirates, in “violation of the UN arms embargo” on the Darfur region. The... -
Myanmar ethnic armed group says 11 killed in airstrike on teashop
Nov 13, 2024According to a spokesman for a local ethnic armed group, a military bombing in the northern Shan state town of Naungcho on Tuesday afternoon destroyed a teashop in Myanmar, killing eleven people. The attack, which occurred... -
North Korea ratifies defence treaty with Russia
Nov 12, 2024North Korea has ratified a landmark defence pact with Russia, state media reported Tuesday, deepening security cooperation that has seen Pyongyang send thousands of troops to help Moscow fight Ukraine. The agreement formalises months of tightening... -
Blaze near Jerusalem after missile from Yemen intercepted: army
Nov 12, 2024The army claims that debris from an intercepted missile fired from Yemen was the cause of the fires that Israeli firemen were fighting on Monday west of Jerusalem. According to the Jerusalem region fire department, firefighters... -
N. Korea jams GPS signals, affecting ships, aircraft in South
Nov 10, 2024North Korea staged GPS jamming attacks on Friday and Saturday, Seoul’s military said, an operation that was affecting several ships and dozens of civilian aircraft in South Korea. The alleged jamming comes a week after the... -
Kyiv says Russia has returned bodies of 563 soldiers
Nov 9, 2024On Friday, Ukraine announced that Russian authorities had sent it the bodies of 563 servicemen, the majority of whom had been killed in fighting in the eastern Donetsk province. “The bodies of 563 fallen Ukrainian defenders... -
Turkey presses UN for arms embargo on Israel in joint letter
Nov 5, 2024Turkey’s foreign ministry announced on Sunday that it has sent a letter to the UN, signed by two organisations and fifty-two nations, requesting that arms sales to Israel be stopped. “We have written a joint letter... -
Gaza rescuers say 30 killed in separate Israeli strikes
Nov 5, 2024As the Israeli military continues its attack against Hamas in the northern part of the Palestinian enclave, Gaza rescuers reported that at least 30 people were killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza on Sunday. “Since dawn...