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Iran slams Trump's economic pressure plan as more 'failed policies'
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday dismissed US President Donald Trump's economic punishment plan for Tehran as a continuation of "failed polici...
Iran Guards say Saudi Arabia will not be able to contain Yemen's Houthis
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned on Thursday that Saudi Arabia will not be able to contain the Tehran-backed Houthis in Yemen as the rebels ramp up attacks on...
Trump pledges 'economic warfare' on Iran, prompting Tehran derision
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump pledged "economic warfare" against Iran and threatened any country that trades with it, prompting Iran to dismiss the plan on Thursday...
Thai, Myanmar military chiefs meet as post-coup thaw progresses
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Myanmar's military chief met Thursday with Thailand's top general in Bangkok in his first foreign trip since assuming the role, as his coup-staging armed forces...
Yemen's Houthis say targeted Saudi airport, Aramco facility
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said on Thursday that they targeted an airport and a facility belonging to state-owned oil giant Aramco in Saudi Arabia's sout...
Thai, Myanmar military chiefs meet as post-coup thaw progresses
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Thailand's top general welcomed Myanmar's military chief for talks on Thursday, the latter's first foreign trip in office as his coup-staging armed forces shake...
US Army unit offers time off for 'GTA VI' in exchange for reenlistment
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Will the promise of time off for "Grand Theft Auto VI" entice US soldiers to reenlist?
What's behind the UAE's decision to cut Iran trade ties?
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
The UAE this week announced suspending trade with Iran, heaping pressure on its major trading partner at the same time that the US declared "economic warfare" o...
'More confrontational': Iran's new hardline security leadership
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Earlier this month Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei reshuffled Tehran's top security team, putting his own personal stamp on the appointments and readyin...
Bandar Abbas, Iran's trade hub on Hormuz thrust to frontline of US war
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
With a long shoreline on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's southern trade hub of Bandar Abbas has found itself at the frontlines of the war with the United States, w...
Trump says will meet North Korea's Kim later this year
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would meet Kim Jong Un later this year, seeking to revive the bond he claims to have forged with the leader of ...
After days adrift, Cuban migrants rescued by Mexico navy
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
The Mexican navy told AFP Thursday it had rescued a group of Cuban migrants, including several minors, who went missing at sea last week.
US pushes allies, China to back Trump's economic war on Iran
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
The United States on Thursday warned allies and China to join President Donald Trump's new campaign to isolate the Iranian economy, vowing that Washington would...
New US carrier arrives in Mideast to relieve long-deployed ship
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
A new US aircraft carrier strike group has arrived in the Middle East, the US military announced Thursday, after conditions aboard a long-deployed carrier provo...
North Korea launches missiles, Seoul says, after Trump floats Kim meet
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul's military said, hours after US President Donald Trump said he would meet Pyongyang's K...
India, Japan agree to bolster defence ties
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
India and Japan agreed to bolster security ties including maritime cooperation on Thursday after their defence ministers met in New Delhi.
Trump vows 'tremendous' economic costs on Iran partners
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was launching a major new campaign to target Iran's economy, threatening "tremendous" punishment on any country that...
UAE halts all trade, financial dealings with Iran
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
The United Arab Emirates has said it is suspending all trade and financial dealings with Iran after reporting an Iranian missile attack directed at its ships.
US-South Korea drills cut short after Trump criticism
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
Annual war games between South Korea and the United States will end nearly a week earlier than planned, Seoul's military said Wednesday, after US President Dona...
Israel blames Turkey after strike on Syria air base
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
Turkey rejected on Wednesday Israeli allegations that it posed a threat by preparing to send troops to a base in Syria, which was hit in a strike that the Unite...
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