North Korea had fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, which flew for 86 minutes – the longest flight recorded yet – before falling into waters off its east, according to South Korea and Japan. The ICBM was launched at a sharply-raised angle and reached as high as 7,000km (4,350 miles), violating UN restrictions. Thursday’s launch occurred … Read more
The United States has approved $2 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, including the first-time delivery to the self-ruled island of an advanced surface-to-air missile defense system, in a move sure to anger China. Taiwan’s presidential office on Saturday thanked Washington for greenlighting the potential arms sales. Under the island’s new president, Lai Ching-te, Taiwan … Read more
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Commercial satellite imagery reveals that Israeli airstrikes targeted buildings used by Iran for mixing solid fuel for ballistic missiles during a recent attack, according to assessments by two American researchers. David Albright, a former U.N. weapons inspector and head of the Institute for Science and International Security research group, … Read more
Goktay Koraltan/BBC Ivana is currently receiving treatment for her burns at a hospital in Beirut This story includes some distressing information Ivana’s family was preparing to leave their home in southern Lebanon when an Israeli missile struck. The two-year-old now has third-degree burns on almost half of her body, with bandages covering her head and … Read more
The future of the militia group Hezbollah came under scrutiny on Monday as Lebanon’s prime minister revealed that he had not been in contact with them for weeks. The head of the Arab League also commented that the “idea” of Hezbollah could not be destroyed. Recent Israeli attacks have targeted Iran-backed Hezbollah in an attempt … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian air defenses shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones Sunday over Russia’s western regions, Moscow officials said, while 17 people were injured in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in a ballistic missile attack. The Russian Defense Ministry said 110 drones were destroyed in the overnight barrage against seven Russian … Read more