Pakistan’s military carried out targeted strikes against militant hideouts in Iran on Thursday, responding to an attack by Tehran a day earlier in a rare escalation of tensions that both sides signaled they don’t want to see get worse. Pakistan carried out morning strikes against “terrorist hideouts” in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province, Pakistan’s Foreign … Read more
The US launched more strikes on Yemen’s Houthis overnight as the Iran-backed militant group continues to roil global shipping markets with attacks around the Red Sea. The American military targeted 14 Houthi missiles just before midnight Yemeni time. They were ready to be launched and presented “an imminent threat to merchant vessels and US Navy … Read more
Sign up for the India Edition newsletter by Menaka Doshi – an insider’s guide to the emerging economic powerhouse, and the billionaires and businesses behind its rise, delivered weekly. The president of the Maldives told India it must withdraw its troops from the island by March, making good on an election promise as he draws … Read more
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak authorized joint military strikes with the US against Houthi rebels in Yemen and his Cabinet approved, a person familiar with the matter said, as the allies look to deter further attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea. Sunak’s Cabinet approved the decision on a conference call Thursday, with airstrikes … Read more
CNN reporter crawls over 60 feet underground to visit tunnels IDF says were used by Hamas CNN international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson joined the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to tour what IDF alleges are tunnels used by Hamas under Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Source link
China announced fresh sanctions on five US defense industry companies, in response to the latest arms sales deals to Taiwan. The companies affected include BAE Systems Land and Armament, Alliant Techsystems Operation, AeroVironment, ViaSat and Data Link Solutions, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement Sunday. The measures consist of freezing the properties of … Read more
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized because of “complications following a recent elective medical procedure,” the Pentagon said Friday evening — four days after he was admitted and without providing further detail. “He is recovering well and is expecting to resume his full duties today,” the department said in a statement. The statement said … Read more
Iran’s dispatch of a warship to the Red Sea is its most audacious move yet to challenge US forces in the key trade route, emboldening Houthi militants whose missiles have disrupted shipping over the past two months. Tehran is unlikely to want direct confrontation — its old frigate being no match for the US-led maritime … Read more
Loved ones of an 82nd Airborne pilot, badly injured in a drone strike in Iraq, are asking for prayers and support. Garrett Illerbrunn is stationed out of Fort Liberty. He lives in Pinehurst with his wife, Lorna, and son, Tucker. On Christmas Day, he was serving at Erbil Air Base in northern Iraq when the … Read more
Iran dispatched a warship to the Red Sea after the US Navy destroyed three Houthi boats, a move that risks ratcheting up tensions and complicates Washington’s goal of securing a waterway that’s vital to global trade. The Alborz destroyer traversed the Bab El-Mandeb strait, a narrow choke point between the Red Sea and the Gulf … Read more