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Ukraine carried out a drone strike overnight on a Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait, a day after one of Moscow's ships was hit in the Black Sea, a Ukrainian security source told AFP on Saturday. It was the latest attack around the Black Sea since Moscow exited a deal last month that had protected Ukrainian grain exports despite the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.

By Olena Harmash

Three years after Beirut’s massive port explosion, attempts to prosecute those responsible are mired in political intrigue and the death toll remains disputed

Ministry of Defense Wednesday revealed that the US Government approved the sale by Israel of the country's «David's Sling» anti-missile defence system to Finland. After receiving approval, the Israeli MOD, the Finnish MOD & Rafael Advanced Systems — the Israeli defence contractor that develops the system — will participate in a ceremony to sign a procurement agreement worth approximately 316 million Euros (USD 344 million).

SYDNEY (Reuters) — The U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday called on Russia to abide by the laws of the sky and cease «irresponsible behaviour» when asked about Russian attacks on U.S. drones in Syria.

United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of «a crippling funding crisis» that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels, a top official said Friday. Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the World Food Program, told a news conference that at least 38 of the 86 countries where WFP operates have already seen cuts or plan to cut assistance soon — including Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and West Africa.

The head of a leading aid group says an impasse at the United Nations over a border crossing with Syria’s last rebel-held enclave is endangering 4.1 million Syrians living there

ZURICH (Reuters) -Relations of a U.S. aid worker and American soldiers — all killed or injured by Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front — have lodged a legal claim against cement maker Lafarge over payments the French company made to extremist groups.

Syria and damaged its propeller, America's military said on Tuesday. Lieutenant General Alex Grynkewich, the head of US Air Forces Central, in a statement, revealed that on Sunday, the Russian fighter aircraft flew dangerously close to a US MQ-9 drone on a defeat-ISIS mission, harassing it and deploying flares from a position directly overhead, with only a few metres of separation between aircraft. «One of the Russian flares struck the US MQ-9, severely damaging its propeller.

Syria and fired flares at it, striking the American aircraft and damaging it, the US military said Tuesday. A senior Air Force commander said the move on Sunday was an attempt by the Russians to knock the MQ-9 Reaper drone out of the sky and came just a week after a Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to a US surveillance aircraft carrying a crew in the region, jeopardising the lives of the four American crew members. «One of the Russian flares struck the US MQ-9, severely damaging its propeller,» Lt Gen Alex Grynkewich, the head of US Air Forces Central, said in a statement describing the latest close call. «We call upon the Russian forces in Syria to put an immediate end to this reckless, unprovoked, and unprofessional behaviour.» Grynkewich said one of the crew members operating the drone remotely kept it in the air and flew it back to its home base. The Sunday incident is the latest in a series of encounters between Russian fighter jets and US aircraft flying over Syria. In all but the one instance a week ago, the US aircraft were MQ-9 drones without crew members. On that Sunday, however, the Russian Su-35 jet few close to a US MC-12 surveillance aircraft with a crew, forcing it to go through the turbulent wake.

rice. This has led to long queues outside Indian grocery stores in the region. The English daily mentioned that several grocery stores in major cities in Texas, Michigan, and New Jersey are crowded with people, especially from the Tamil community.

Blockchain intelligence platform TRM Labs recently released a report that presents several case studies highlighting the use of cryptocurrency by ISIS affiliates across Asia. The report links on-chain connections between these groups and pro-ISIS fundraising campaigns in Syria.

Mercenaries from Russia’s military company Wagner have launched joint drills with the Belarusian military almost a month after their short-lived rebellion

A lawyer representing Chinese citizens in Florida has told a federal judge that a new law banning them and some other foreign nationals from purchasing property in large swaths of the state violates federal housing discrimination laws

The updated 2023 Henley Passport Index Tuesday placed Singapore as the world's most powerful passport with visa-free access to 192 travel destinations out of 227 around the world.  Three European countries Germany, Italy, and Spain move up one slot with 190 visa-free destinations and shared the second place. Japan has been knocked off the top spot for the first time in five years and slipped to third place as the number of destinations its passport can access without a visa fell to 189.

Though the military won’t comment on specific operations, officials say that it now uses an AI recommendation system that can crunch huge amounts of data to select targets for air strikes. Ensuing raids can then be rapidly assembled with another AI model called Fire Factory, which uses data about military-approved targets to calculate munition loads, prioritize and assign thousands of targets to aircraft and drones, and propose a schedule.

leadership structure. The exact reasons behind this proposal and its implications remain unclear. However, the prominence of Troshev, coupled with his close ties to Utkin, further deepens the intrigue surrounding the Wagner Group and its activities.

Syria across the Middle East. Speaking to Pentagon reporters, the official said the US will send F-16 fighter jets to the Gulf region this weekend to augment the A-10 attack aircraft that have been patrolling there for more than a week.

AP, a high-ranking defence official revealed on Friday that the US is bolstering its efforts to safeguard ships from potential Iranian aggression. The official further emphasized the mounting apprehension regarding the strengthening alliances between Iran, Russia, and Syria across the Middle East.

Kyiv killed one person and wounded at least four others, authorities said on Thursday, with explosions heard across the Ukrainian capital in the third night of attacks. «Tonight, a massive attack by Iranian drones took place,» Kyiv's military administration said on Telegram. Iran-made Shahed explosive drones had «entered the capital from different directions,» it said, adding «about a dozen» had been downed in the city's airspace. Falling debris was reported in five districts, it said, adding that a 19-year-old woman and 23-year-old man had been hospitalised with shrapnel wounds. Two people were wounded in Darnytsky district «as a result of falling debris,» Sergiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, wrote on Telegram.

Indonesian authorities say they have seized an Iranian tanker and arrested its crew members for illegally transferring oil to another vessel in the country’s exclusive economic zone