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German warship-maker TKMS raises outlook, shares surge
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
German warship-maker TKMS on Wednesday raised its outlook for the second time this year as the company cashes in on global rearmament, sending its shares up a w...
Erdogan eyes expansion of regional defence pact
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he hoped more countries would join a defence agreement signed last week between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan ...
Trump says US will 'keep' Hormuz strait control
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is in control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz and will "keep it."
New Zealand PM survives leadership challenge months from election
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he had the "full support" of his ruling National Party on Wednesday after surviving a leadership challenge cal...
Pakistan condemns Houthi strike that killed 3 of its citizens
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Pakistan denounced on Wednesday an attack by Houthi rebels on a vessel in the Red Sea in which three of its citizens were killed.
Taiwan condemns China's planned navy drill off island's east
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Taiwan has condemned China's plan to hold a navy drill with Indonesia off the democratic island's east coast, saying Beijing seeks to create the "false impressi...
Families of Lebanese seized by Israel ask for news of loved ones
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Relatives of Lebanese seized by Israel during its last two wars with Hezbollah held a rally in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Beirut o...
Taiwan condemns China's plan for navy drill with Indonesia off island's east
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Taiwan has condemned China's plan to hold a navy drill with Indonesia this month off the democratic island's east coast, saying Beijing seeks to create the "fal...
Taiwan condemns China's plan for navy drill with Indonesia off island's east
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Taiwan has condemned China's plan to hold a navy drill with Indonesia this month off the democratic island's east coast, saying Beijing seeks to create the "fal...
Israel defence minister vows troops to stay in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz visited southern Lebanon on Wednesday, vowing to destroy infrastructure and keep troops in a so-called "security zone" as ...
US helicopter fired on ship that tried to break Iran ports blockade
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
A US helicopter fired missiles on Tuesday into the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo ship that attempted to break the American blockade of Iran's ports, the...
North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of US-South Korea drills
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast towards Japan early on Wednesday, Seoul's military said, days before the planned start of massive US-So...
North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of US-South drills
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast towards Japan early on Wednesday, Seoul's military said, days before the planned start of massive US-So...
US helicopter fired on ship that tried to break Iran ports blockade
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
A US helicopter on Tuesday fired missiles into the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo ship that attempted to break the American blockade of Iran's ports, the...
Yemen coastguard says six killed in Houthi strike on ship in Red Sea
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's coastguard on Tuesday said strikes by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels on a cargo vessel killed at least six people near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait off the c...
Yemen coastguard says six killed in Houthi strike on ship in Red Sea
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's coastguard on Tuesday said alleged strikes by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels on a cargo vessel killed at least six people near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait o...
German prosecutors drop probe into navy sabotage suspects
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
An investigation into two men suspected of attempting to sabotage German naval vessels last year has been stopped for lack of evidence, prosecutors said Tuesday...
Sudan paramilitary launches fresh attack near Ethiopian border
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Paramilitary forces attacked a Sudanese border town Tuesday, they and local authorities said, in what an army source told AFP was the latest attack launched "fr...
Jellyfish force shutdown of three reactors at French nuclear plant
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
A nuclear plant in northern France shut down three reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps used to cool the units, energy group EDF said on Tuesday.
CORRECTED: Australia, Vietnam boost military ties in nod to China
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Australia and Vietnam said Tuesday they would expand cooperation between their militaries as the middle powers face down Beijing's expanding reach in the Pacifi...
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