China has announced the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile into the “high seas” of the Pacific Ocean, flying over the northern point of the Philippines in what is believed to be the first such test since the early 1980s. The launch of the missile, which the defence ministry said was…

Israel’s top general has said the country is preparing for a possible ground operation into Lebanon amid growing international pressure for a negotiated ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel. As an intense bombing campaign inside Lebanon stretched into a third day, Israel’s chief of staff, Maj Gen…

For American diplomacy in the Middle East, the extraordinary attack in Lebanon that simultaneously detonated hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members could not have come at a less auspicious moment – and may still spark an escalation that the US had been seeking desperately to avoid. A day…

Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate against Israel after pagers used by its members exploded across Lebanon simultaneously, killing at least nine people and wounding almost 3,000 in a dramatic and unprecedented attack at a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East. There was no immediate comment…

Israel to fight South Africa's Gaza genocide claim in court 2 January 2024 Raffi BergBBC News Reuters Thousands of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October Israel will fight South Africa's claim that it is committing "genocidal" acts in Gaza at the International Court…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said they carried out an airstrike on a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza aimed at “armed assailants” trying to hijack it but the charity that organised the aid said people killed in the strike were employees of the transport company it was working with. The…

Ukrainian troops now up to 30km inside Russia, Moscow says 11 August 2024 Matt MurphyBBC News Getty Images Journalists in the Sumy region witnessed Ukrainian armour moving towards the Russian border Ukrainian troops have advanced up to 30km inside Russia, in what has become the deepest and most…

Ukraine's cross-border attack into Russia enters fifth day 10 August 2024 Jaroslav LukivBBC News and James WaterhouseBBC Ukraine correspondent, Kyiv IZ.RU/Reuters A burning house in the town of Sudzha, Kursk region Ukrainian troops are continuing their offensive in Russia’s western Kursk region, as…

Get started on your cybersecurity degree at American Military University. By Wes O’Donnell Managing Editor, InMilitary.com and InCyberDefense.com. U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Veteran. Speaker and Veteran Advocate. Some say that truth is often stranger than fiction. According to a 2004 memo by Dr.…

A Russian chef who has lived in France for 14 years has been arrested on suspicion of plotting with a foreign power to stage “large scale” acts of “destabilisation” during the Olympic Games in Paris. The 40-year-old man was arrested during a raid of his apartment in central Paris on Sunday where a…

Russia has pulled all its vessels out of the Sea of Azov, a body of water connected to the Black Sea, according to Ukraine’s navy. “There are no longer any Russian naval vessels in the Sea of Azov,” said Dmytro Pletenchuk, a Ukrainian navy spokesman. Ukrainian naval officials have said in recent…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Thursday that it would consider sending arms to Ukraine, a major policy change that was suggested after Russia and North Korea rattled the region and beyond by signing a pact to come to each other’s defense in the event of war. The comments from a senior…

The US government is closely monitoring the potential deployment of North Korean troops in Ukraine to aid the Russian military. This comes amid reports that Pyongyang is planning to send military engineering units to Russian-occupied territories for rebuilding work. These units were previously…

The enormous loss of Palestinian life attendant to the Israeli military’s 8 June rescue of four hostages held by Hamas cries out for investigation. Hamas’s abduction and detention of these four civilians was a clear war crime, but that does not exempt the Israeli military from the duty to comply…

South Korea’s military has said it fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border this week, amid rising tensions after Pyongyang sent rubbish-carrying balloons into the South and Seoul retaliated with a loudspeaker propaganda campaign. “Some North Korean soldiers working…

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has warned that the spread of artificial intelligence technology multiplies the threat of nuclear war, and that humanity is now “on a knife’s edge” as dangers to its existence coalesce. Guterres’s warning is due to be shown on a recorded video to be played…

The United Nations has added Israel to the global list of states and armed groups who have committed violations against children, according to the country’s UN envoy, Gilad Erdan. News of Israel’s inclusion on the list follows eight months of war on Gaza, in which more than 13,000 children are…

Months of extreme hunger have already killed many Palestinians in Gaza and caused permanent damage to children through malnutrition, two new food security reports have found, even before famine is officially declared. The US-based famine early warning system network (Fews Net) said it was “possible,…

From 3 Jun 2024 09.03 EDT Biden only published a partial version of the Gaza ceasefire proposal, Netanyahu says Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that the US president, Joe Biden, in advancing a plan to wind down the war in Gaza, had published only some of the details. “The war…

Just a few days after arriving at a hospital outside Rafah in the Gaza Strip, Dr Omar El-Taji – a urologist who usually works in Manchester – was woken up at 2am to operate on an urgent case. “A man in his 30s was brought in after his entire building was bombed,” he says. “He had an open wound to…

China holds military drills around Taiwan as 'strong punishment' 23 May 2024 Kelly Ng in Singapore and Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in TaipeiBBC News Reuters China has called its drills around Taiwan a "strong punishment" for "separatist acts" China has started two days of military exercises around…

The UN’s top court has ordered Israel to halt its assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah in a ruling that will ratchet up the pressure on the increasingly isolated country. The president of the international court of justice, Nawaf Salam, said the humanitarian situation in Rafah had deteriorated…

Eagles that have migratory routes through Ukraine have shifted their flight paths to avoid areas affected by the conflict, researchers have found. GPS data has revealed that greater spotted eagles not only made large detours after the invasion began, but also curtailed pitstops to rest and refuel,…

Individual members of Israel’s security forces are tipping off far-right activists and settlers to the location of aid trucks delivering vital supplies to Gaza, enabling the groups to block and vandalise the convoys, according to multiple sources. Settlers intercepting the vital humanitarian…

The US says it is “reasonable to assess” that the weapons it has provided to Israel have been used in ways that are “inconsistent” with international human rights law, but that there is not enough concrete evidence to link specific US-supplied weapons to violations or warrant cutting the supply of…

Israel accused of possible war crime over killing of West Bank boy 2 May 2024 BBC Adam, eight, was shot in the head as he ran away from Israeli armoured vehicles In the early afternoon of 29 November last year, several Palestinian boys descended on to their street in the occupied West Bank, where…

Ukraine’s foreign minister has enthusiastically praised US politicians for approving a long-delayed $61bn military aid package for Ukraine, but said western allies needed to recognise that “the era of peace in Europe is over” and that Kyiv would inevitably need more help to fight off Russia.…

The mass use of “drop-and-forget” guided bombs containing foreign components is driving Russian advances in Ukraine, with up to 500 now being fired a week, according to a Ukrainian government analysis

Ukraine launched 35 drones at targets across Russia including in the capital region, sparking a fire at an oil refinery and disrupting electricity supplies in several border areas but causing no direc

Ukraine has sunk a Russian warship near the Kerch strait in occupied Crimea in a further blow to Moscow’s naval power and its control over the Black Sea, as The Hague accused two senior Russian comman

China’s coast guard has boarded a Taiwanese tourist vessel, as tensions continue to escalate in the waters between China’s mainland and Taiwan’s Kinmen islands after a capsizing killed two people last

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Here's what to know: Israeli forces have surrounded other hospitals in an advance on Gaza City, according to videos verified by The Washington Post. MSF urged the protection of hospitals and called on

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Watch 5 November 2023 BBC News The BBC's Rushdi Abualouf on the scene of the damage at the al-Maghazi refugee camp The Hamas-run health ministry says at least 45 people have been killed in what it sai

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The Kremlin said Monday there was a “high risk” of a third party entering the conflict between Israel and Palestinian terror group Hamas after the US moved warships closer to the Jewish state. US Pres

Watch 26 August 2023 Getty Images Some trains were brought to a standstill for a few hours Polish intelligence services are investigating a hacking attack on the country's railways, Polish media say.

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and his commander Dmitry Utkin were on board a plane that crashed north of Moscow, according to Russia's civil aviation authority. Eight bodies have so far been found at