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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...

US Central Command: US refueling aircraft goes down in western Iraq

WASHINGTON - A US KC-135 refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq, US Central Command said Thursday."Two aircraft were involved in the incident. One...

Thai PM says his party secures enough support to form coalition govt

BANGKOK - Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Thursday that his Bhumjaithai Party has secured enough support for its bid to form a...

Israel begins new ‘large-scale’ strikes in Beirut’s southern suburb following heavy rocket attack

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT - The Israeli military said it began a "large-scale attack wave of strikes" on Beirut's southern suburb on Wednesday night as Hezbollah members...

Record $65 million lost in online banking fraud in Japan in 2025

TOKYO -- Fraudulent online banking transfers in Japan in 2025 resulted in a record loss of around 10.4 billion yen (about $65.39 million), the...

Iranian president lists preconditions for ending war with US, Israel

TEHERAN/WASHIGNTON/JERUSALEM/ABU DHABI - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday that "the only way" to end its war with the United States and Israel...

Report: US forces in S. Korea preparing to relocate THAAD interceptors to Middle East

SEOUL -- US forces in South Korea were preparing to relocate interceptor missiles of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery to the...

Probe: US missile behind strike on Iranian elementary school that killed over 160

WASHINGTON - An ongoing military investigation has preliminarily determined that a US Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school that killed over 160...

8 countries condemn Israel over Al-Aqsa Mosque access restrictions

ABU DHABI - Foreign ministers from eight countries on Wednesday condemned Israel for closing the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to Muslim worshippers,...

Iranian president’s son says new supreme leader ‘safe and sound’

TEHRAN/BERLIN/WASHINGTON/MOSCOW/COLOMBO - Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is "safe and sound," said Yousef Pezeshkian, son of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, on Wednesday.Some friends...

South Korea’s Jeju Air crash tied to cost cut, audit finds

South Korea’s deadliest aviation disaster on home soil — which killed all but two of the 181 people aboard in December 2024 —...

DPRK destroyer test-fires strategic cruise missiles

PYONGYANG - A destroyer of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea () test-fired strategic cruise missiles on Tuesday, the official Korean Central News Agency...

Thousands rally in Tokyo to protest Japanese PM Takaichi’s dangerous policies

TOKYO - Nearly 10,000 people gathered in central Tokyo on Tuesday night to protest the dangerous policies pursued by the government of , including...

German Chancellor: No joint plan to end US-Israeli war against Iran

BERLIN/TEHRAN/WASHINGTON/MOSCOW/COLOMBO - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that there is "clearly no joint plan" to bring a swift and convincing end to...

Kabul ‘regrets’ US decision to label Afghanistan as ‘state sponsor of wrongful detention’

KABUL - The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday described the United States' recent decision to label as a "state sponsor of...

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