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US deploys more troops as Iran asserts Hormuz control

Hopes of de-escalation in the latest war to engulf the Middle East appeared to fade on Thursday, with the United States sending more combat forces for potential deployment on...

Japan starts releasing state oil reserves to blunt impact of ME tensions

TOKYO - Japan began releasing oil from state reserves on Thursday to cushion the...

Russia: Tokyo-Kyiv military ties undermines Ukraine peace prospects

MOSCOW - Japan's involvement in supplying weapons to Ukraine undermines prospects for a peaceful...

Iraq to summon US diplomat over deadly strike on military clinic

BAGHDAD - Iraq will summon the US charge d'affaires to protest the deadly airstrike...

US airport wait times stretch past 4 hours as shutdown cripples staffing

WASHINGTON - Wait times at US airport security checkpoints have reached the longest levels...

Iran warns US against ground invasion, says ready for it

TEHRAN/JERUSALEM/BAGHDAD - Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani on Thursday warned the United States against carrying out ground invasion against Iranian...

8 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon

BEIRUT/PARIS - Eight people were killed and an unspecified number wounded on Thursday morning in multiple Israeli airstrikes in southern and eastern Lebanon, Lebanon's...

DPRK top leader praises navy’s nuclear armament

PYONGYANG -- Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), expressed satisfaction with the country's navy nuclear armament while visiting...

US submarine sinks Iranian warship in international waters near Sri Lanka

WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters."An American submarine sunk an...

Hezbollah vows resistance, claims attacks on Israeli military targets

BEIRUT/PARIS - Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said Wednesday that the group will continue its resistance against Israel, describing the confrontation as an "existential defense."Qassem...

Japanese startup fails in third rocket launch attempt in a row

TOKYO - Japanese startup Space One Co launched a small rocket on Thursday in western Japan, but the mission failed on its third attempt...

US submarine sinks Iranian warship in intl waters near Sri Lanka

WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters."An American submarine sunk an...

Iran to select next supreme leader soon, candidates determined

TEHERAN/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM - A senior cleric and member of Iran's Assembly of Experts said on Wednesday that the country will select its next supreme leader...

Source: 100 killed after Iranian frigate attacked by sub off Sri Lankan coast

COLOMBO -- At least 100 people on board the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena were killed after the vessel sustained a possible submarine attack off...

Hezbollah launches rocket attack on Israeli forces in northern Israel

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - Hezbollah said early Wednesday that it launched a rocket barrage targeting a gathering of Israeli forces in the town of Metula in...

Israel says any successor to Iran’s Khamenei ‘target for elimination’

TEHERAN/WASHINGTON/VIENNA/BAGHDAD/JERUSALEM - Israel threatened on Wednesday that whoever Iran chooses as its new Supreme Leader would be "a target for elimination."Israeli Defense Minister Israel...

Cambodian PM vows to eliminate all online scams centers by next month

PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet assured on Wednesday that the Southeast Asian country will eradicate by April 2026.He made the...

Asia-Pacific outlook darkens as tensions jolt markets

Escalating tensions in the Middle East are shrouding the economic outlook for the Asia-Pacific amid fears that disruptions to energy supplies could fuel inflation...

Hezbollah rockets target Tel Aviv, N. Israel amid regional escalation

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT - Air raid sirens sounded across Tel Aviv and northern Israel Tuesday night as Hezbollah fired three rockets from Lebanon, with explosions reported...

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