Global Issues
Royal Navy Pulls Drone Boats Offline After Cameras Caught Phoning China
Cameras fitted to Royal Navy surveillance drones were secretly sending signals to a device in China, forcing the Ministry of Defence...
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign a Defence Pact — Then a Houthi Drone Hits a Saudi Refinery
Yemen's Houthis struck Saudi Aramco's Jizan refinery with a drone at dawn on Sunday, 9 August. The attack landed just two...
Cairo says no: why Egypt refused to sign the Mecca defence pact
Egypt declined an invitation to join a new defence pact, Middle East Eye and Egypt's Mada Masr reported. Turkey, Saudi...
Colombia searches for 2,700 missing as quake toll passes 130
At least 132 people died and about 570 were injured when a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday. More...
Spain turns the tables on Rome as passport checks begin at its airports
New Delhi: Spanish police began checking passports on flights and ferries arriving from Italy at midnight on Saturday, opening a new...
A borrowed satellite and 400 missiles: how Beijing and Moscow are keeping Iran in the fight
New Delhi: China has lent Iran one of its military satellites and is preparing to ship hundreds of shoulder-fired air-defence...
Missiles over Marib, ink drying in Mecca: is Pakistan about to inherit America’s Houthi problem?
New Delhi: Iran-aligned Houthi forces fired ballistic missiles and drones into displacement camps and residential streets in the government-held Yemeni...
Bombs, leaks and an off-ramp: Trump’s top general wants a way out of the Iran war
New Delhi: General Dan Caine, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, has spent recent weeks quietly telling...
A WhatsApp Threat, 18 Visas and a Huawei Deal: US–China Rivalry Erupts on Milei’s Doorstep
Beijing accuses Washington of hypocrisy after a Patagonian power cooperative said American diplomats threatened to cancel its directors' visas over a...
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Trilateral Defence Pact in Jeddah
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a mutual defence agreement in Jeddah on Friday, Pakistan's foreign ministry and Saudi broadcaster Al...
Hormuz: Is Iran Turning the World’s Oil Gate Into the West’s Next Gallipoli?
A draft agreement between Iran and Oman would hand Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz;...
Fauci’s Silence: Why Did America’s Former Covid Chief Refuse to Answer Congress 111 Times?
When former America's top Covid official Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before the US Senate, many expected long-awaited answers about the origins...
