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The Israeli military admitted that its troops had opened fire on a car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab and six family members in Gaza in 2024, according … Read more
The Pentagon is reviewing its nuclear weapons policy to provide the president of the USA and the leadership of the American Armed Forces with more options … Read more
The Israeli military announced on a Wednesday that it has launched criminal investigations into troop conduct during two high-profile incidents in the Gaza war: the killings … Read more
The United States has sanctioned International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, freezing their U.S. assets and cutting them off from … Read more
Iran is weighing potential military strikes against United States assets in Europe, including sites in Bulgaria and Cyprus, alongside undersea cables in the Strait of Hormuz, … Read more
German prosecutors announced that a second Ukrainian suspect linked to the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions has been arrested in Croatia and will be extradited to … Read more
Israeli military combat engineers have sealed two underground Hamas tunnels spanning a combined length of more than two kilometers east of the Yellow Line in the … Read more
A US Air Force flight bound for McMurdo Station in Antarctica turned back to Christchurch, New Zealand, after aviation authorities issued a warning over a planned … Read more
China has completed the first phase of construction on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago, creating a nearly 6-kilometer man-made island featuring a deepwater harbor, wharf, … Read more
Former defense chief Mykhailo Fedorov has called for wartime elections in what is widely regarded as the most direct political challenge to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since … Read more
Global energy markets face severe disruption as the United States-Israel war on Iran restricts crucial supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. With oil and liquefied natural … Read more
Chinese startup LandSpace successfully landed the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket on land in the Gobi Desert on August 19, 2026, marking the nation’s first … Read more