Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei said that any possible U.S. military attack on Iran would be met with a “broad and regret-inducing” response. Reacting strongly to claims that the United States is preparing for a military strike against Iran, Baghaei stated that Iran would respond to any form of attack with a comprehensive and...
Israeli warplanes carried out multiple waves of strikes across southern Lebanon, launching more than 15 air raids in total, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported. Lebanon has repeatedly accused Israel of systematically violating its sovereignty, despite the November 2024 ceasefire deal. The Israeli military maintains a presence at five strategic points in southern Lebanon, including...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stated that Canada does not plan to sign a free trade agreement with China following former U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100% tariffs. After Trump warned that the U.S. would apply a 100% tariff if Canada pursued a free trade agreement with China, Carney said that Ottawa has...
The US will increase materiel deliveries and intelligence sharing with Nigeria, a military official said Monday, as part of a wider bid to pursue IS group-linked militants on the continent. The Pentagon is also maintaining lines of communication with militaries in the West African countries of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali, the official said. The...
China’s yuan climbed to a new 32-month high against the dollar on Monday as the central bank continued its recent practice of carefully guiding the currency stronger by lifting the official midpoint guidance to manage the pace of appreciation. Despite the firm fixings, the central bank has been setting the midpoint weaker than market projections...
At least 15 people have died and more than 100 are still missing after a ferry sank off the coast of the Philippines. Philippine authorities said the passenger and cargo ferry M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, which was carrying more than 350 people from Zamboanga City to Jolo Island in Sulu Province, sank about one mile...
NATO must recognize that Russia will not allow the alliance to approach its borders and agree on how Ukraine can once again become a buffer state, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday. “I see no other solution than to recognize that NATO and the European Union cannot directly deploy troops to Russia’s borders,...
Resit Kemal As / Editor-in-Chief, World Of Global Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent harsh and explicit rhetoric toward the Iranian regime is not merely the result of a bilateral tension; it reflects a much broader geopolitical confrontation. These statements simultaneously reveal Kyiv’s growing concerns about the trajectory of the war, the messages it seeks...
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) commander, Adm. Brad Cooper, on Saturday arrived in Israel amid threats of escalation with Iran and the buildup of US forces in the region, Israeli Army Radio Galei Tzahal reported, citing a US military source. It will be a brief visit, with meetings with Israeli top security leadership scheduled...
Iran executed two men for the 2023 bombing of a bus carrying pilgrims, identifying them as linked to Islamic State, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported on Saturday. The news agency said the attack killed a toddler and injured several others on a bus travelling from Tehran to Ilam, a province in the west that...