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'No substitute': Kuwait's future tied to Hormuz strait fate
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
Kuwait's once prosperous oil sector has stood largely paralysed for months, with petroleum exports plummeting as fighting raged across the Gulf -- triggering th...
US threatens Iran with 'economic isolation, like the world has never seen'
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened Thursday to subject Iran to economic isolation "like the world has never seen before," adding that new measures a...
NATO jets shoot down drone in Latvian airspace: spokesperson
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace, a spokesperson from the alliance said Friday, confirming earlier statements by Latvia's defen...
UAE says Iran attacked two ADNOC vessels in Hormuz strait
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
The United Arab Emirates on Friday blamed Iran for attacks on two vessels linked to its state-owned oil company as they passed through the Strait of Hormuz a da...
Cambodia says to resume military drills with US next year
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
Cambodia and the United States will restart long-delayed joint military exercises next year, Prime Minister Hun Manet said Friday, seeking to mend ties strained...
NATO jets shoot down drone in Latvian airspace: spokesperson
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
NATO said Friday its fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace, the latest incursion along the military alliance's eastern flank bordering Ru...
Ukraine needs 5% of US Patriot stocks to get through winter: Zelensky
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Ukraine needs five percent of the United States' Patriot interceptor missiles to get through the winter and 10 percent to destroy all of Russia's ballistic proj...
Romania shuts down nuclear plant as Danube drops
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Romania halted operations of its only nuclear plant on Thursday, a rare shutdown due to a drought scorching Europe that has caused the Danube river, whose water...
Romania shuts nuclear plant as Danube drops
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Romania shut down its only nuclear plant on Thursday, in a rare move due to drought that has caused the Danube river, whose waters cool the plant, to fall to re...
HRW says UN must keep peacekeepers in Lebanon
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Human Rights Watch has called on the United Nations to keep an international force in Lebanon after its peacekeepers' mandate ends this year.
US sailors hit by strain of long aircraft carrier deployment
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Some sailors have reportedly tried throwing themselves into the sea, basic supplies can run short and sanitation is going awry: life on America's giant Abraham ...
Vance says low oil prices are top US goal in Iran conflict
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the top US priority in the Iran war was keeping oil and gasoline prices low for Americans, with preventing Tehran fro...
US plans attacks on land against drug cartels in Latin America: Hegseth
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
The United States is planning land attacks against drug traffickers in Latin America, expanding an airstrike campaign against presumed drug-running boats in in...
Saudi defence minister calls Iraq 'cherished neighbour' after strikes
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia's defence minister called Iraq a "cherished neighbour" in talks with a senior Iraqi army official on Thursday, despite last month's deadly US-Saudi...
Iran says manages Hormuz Strait after Trump claims US control
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
A senior Iranian official said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz remains under the control of the Islamic republic after President Donald Trump claimed US c...
Romania shuts down nuclear plant as Danube drops
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Romania halted operations of its only nuclear plant on Thursday, a rare shutdown due to a drought scorching Europe that has caused the Danube river, whose water...
Iran rejects Trump claims of US control over Hormuz as 'lies'
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's military on Thursday rejected as "lies" remarks by US President Donald Trump claiming control of the Strait of Hormuz, saying the strategic waterway was ...
Taiwan chokes mobile internet speeds in drill for Chinese attack
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Millions of people in Taiwan were forced indoors and mobile internet speeds slowed for 30 minutes on Thursday during a simulation of a Chinese attack on the isl...
Senators demand inquiry into conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
Congressional Democrats demanded answers Wednesday about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, following reports of food shortages, broken plumbing and men...
UAE condemns Iranian attack on two vessels in Hormuz strait
Aug 13, 2026 (AFP)
The United Arab Emirates on Friday condemned an Iranian attack it said targeted two vessels linked to state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) as they...
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