Japan rejects US intelligence assessment of a 'significant shift' in its Taiwan...
Tokyo [Japan], March 19: Japan has not changed its position on how it determines an existential threat, its top government said on Friday, rejecting an...
Delcy Rodriguez replaces Venezuela's Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino
Caracas [Venezuela], March 19: Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez has announced that she is replacing the country's longtime defence minister, General Vladimir Padrino, a central...
Ukraine sends 201 military experts to counter Iranian drones in the Gulf
Kiev [Ukraine], March 19: More than 200 Ukrainian military experts are in the Gulf region and wider Middle East helping governments in their defence against...
Iran announces arrests, says US, Israel suffering 'defeats'
Tehran [Iran], March 19: Iranian authorities have announced hundreds more arrests across the country, as well as operations to counter what they describe as "traitors"...
Iran intelligence chief Khatib killed
Tehran [Iran], March 19: Israel has bombed parts of Iran's gas industry in the Gulf, according to media reports on both sides of the war,...
Iran says situation under control after strikes on gas facilities
Tehran [Iran], March 19: The fires caused by airstrikes on Gulf gas facilities have been brought under control, the governor of Iran's Asaluyeh district said...
King Charles welcomes Nigeria's president on historic state visit
London [U], March 19: King Charles on Wednesday welcomed the Nigerian president to Windsor at the start of the first state visit to the United...
Europe should no longer sell itself short to the US: Merz
Berlin [Germany], March 19: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the European Union to use all available means to assert itself to counter US...
Attacks hit military aircraft factories in Russia; Lithuania bans entry of Russians
Kiev [Ukraine], March 19: The Ukrainian military has hit two aircraft factories in Russia with airstrikes, the General Staff in Kiev announced on Wednesday.
Iran was not rebuilding enrichment prior to war: US intel chief Gabbard
Washington [US], March 19: Tulsi Gabbard, the director of the US National Intelligence, said that the United States intelligence community had assessed that Iran was...
Abdullah bin Zayed holds phone calls with foreign ministers, officials to discuss...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 18: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, held calls with a number...
UAE leaders condole with President of Georgia over passing of Catholicos-Patriarch of...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 18: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences to Mikheil Kavelashvili, President of...
In phone call with King of Bahrain, US President emphasises his country's...
Manama [Bahrain], March 18: His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain received a phone call from Donald Trump, President of the United...
Washington targets Iran's fortified missile sites near Hormuz
Washington [US], March 18: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced late on Tuesday carrying out strikes at fortified missile sites on the Iranian coast near...
Jordan strongly condemns Iranian attack on UAE killing civilian in Al Bahya
Amman [Jordan], March 17: Jordan today strongly condemned the Iranian attack that resulted in a missile striking a civilian vehicle in the Al Bahya area,...
13 Iranian ballistic missiles, drones destroyed in Qatar
Doha [Qatar], March 17: Qatar's Ministry of Defence announced today that the State of Qatar was targeted by 14 Iranian ballistic missiles and several drones.
UAE President receives Envoy of President of Republic of Korea
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 17: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received His Excellency Kang Hoon-sik, Special Envoy of the...
Kuwait Interior Ministry arrests Hezbollah-affiliated terrorist cell planning to threaten national security
Kuwait City [Kuwait], March 17: Kuwait's Ministry of Interior announced today that the competent security authorities, following precise and intensive security monitoring and surveillance operations,...
UAE announces temporary, partial closure of its airspace as an exceptional precautionary...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 17: The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced the temporary and partial closure of the UAE's airspace, as an exceptional precautionary...
UAE air defences responding to incoming missile, drone threats from Iran
Abu Dhabi [AUE], March 17: UAE air defences are currently responding to incoming missile and drone threats from Iran.
GCC strongly condemns continued heinous Iranian attacks on UAE, other GCC states
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], March 17: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Albudaiwi condemned and denounced in the strongest terms the continued heinous Iranian attacks on...
GCAA: Air traffic operations return to normal across UAE Airspace
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 17: The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced that air navigation has returned to normal across the UAE's airspace, following the...
Fire breaks out at Fujairah Oil Industry Zone by drone attack, no...
Fujairah [UAE], March 17: Authorities in the Emirate of Fujairah affirmed that a fire broke out at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone (FOIZ) after being...
Bahrain condemns continued Iranian attacks on UAE
Manama [Bahrain], March 17: The Kingdom of Bahrain expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the continued hostile Iranian attacks targeting civilian and vital facilities...
Switzerland blocks US military flights over country citing neutrality
Geneva [Switzerland], March 16: Switzerland has blocked the United States from flying two military aircraft over its territory due to the conflict in Iran, the...
'Cease the fire!' Pope Leo calls for end to US-Israeli war with...
Rome [Italy], March 16: Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born pope, issued an urgent call for a ceasefire in the US and Israeli war with...
Bahrain says it intercepted 125 missiles and 203 drones
Manama [Bahrain], March 16: Bahrain said its air defences intercepted and destroyed hundreds of aerial threats since the start of the Israeli-US war on Iran...