The scale of Iran's assault on Bahrain is staggering. Since the onset of Iranian aggression, the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) has intercepted and destroyed 188 ballistic missiles and 429 drones targeting the kingdom, nearly 620 projectiles aimed at a country of barely 1.5 million people.
One month into the resumption of open warfare between Hezbollah and Israel, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam delivered a frank admission: his government is intensifying diplomatic efforts to end the fighting, but the war goes on.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Thursday in Moscow, with discussions expected to centre on the ongoing war involving Iran and the broader situation across the Middle East, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed.
Emmanuel Macron has spoken. The Strait of Hormuz will not be forced open by military means. It would be "unrealistic," he told reporters during a trip to South Korea, a location that, one must admit, puts him admirably close to the action.
Hopes for a swift end to the Middle East war faded on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed more aggressive strikes on Iran, sending oil prices back well over $100 a barrel in a blow to consumers around the world.
Britain will host talks on Thursday aimed at forming a coalition of countries to explore ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. President Donald Trump said securing the vital waterway was a problem for other nations to resolve.
Government and allied forces in Burkina Faso have killed more than twice as many civilians as Islamist militants have since 2023, according to a tally of incidents documented in a report published on Thursday by Human Rights Watch.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Washington will strike Iran "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks and hit the country into the "Stone Ages."
Thousands of Christians still living in a cluster of towns along Lebanon's southern border say they are trapped and terrified after an Israeli military advance nearby triggered the withdrawal of Lebanese troops from the area.
In a ruling that exposes the staggering dysfunction at the heart of the French justice system, the Court of Cassation has annulled the conditional release granted last July to Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, the Lebanese terrorist convicted of complicity in the murders of two diplomats in 1982.
Iran's new leader has just asked the United States for a ceasefire, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Wednesday.
The Jordan Armed Forces announced Wednesday that the Royal Jordanian Air Force successfully intercepted a missile launched from Iran and two drones that had targeted Jordanian territory, in operations carried out over the preceding 24 hours.
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