The US military has carried out new strikes on Iran, targeting a military site in Bandar Abbas, a strategic port city. US Central Command (Centcom) said its forces also shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones “that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz”. The site in Bandar Abbas was struck as it was […]
Dozens of people have been killed in an intensive wave of Israeli strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to step up military action against Hezbollah. At least 31 people were killed in the latest attacks, including several children, Lebanon’s health ministry said. The Israeli military said it hit […]
Iran says the US has committed a “gross violation” of the ceasefire with new air strikes it launched on the country. The US Central Command (Centcom) said Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines had been targeted with what it called “self-defence strikes” in southern Iran on Monday. Iran’s foreign ministry said it […]
The suspect who fired shots outside the White House, striking a bystander before the Secret Service shot and killed him, had previous run-ins with authorities there, court documents show. Nasire Best, as he has been identified to the BBC by Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police Department, previously obstructed a White House entry lane in June of 2025 […]
Four people have been killed and more than 50 others injured in a large wave of Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and its surrounding areas. Explosions were heard across the region overnight into Sunday. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said “it was a terrible night”, with damage reported in all of the capital’s districts, […]
US President Donald Trump has said Iran is “getting a lot closer” to reaching an agreement with the US on the war, as Tehran also signalled progress had been made in the past week. However, both sides have been cautious, and Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said the key issue of nuclear weapons would not be […]
Cuba poses a “national security threat” to the US and the likelihood of a peaceful agreement is “not high”, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said. His comments come just a day after the US charged Cuba’s former president Raúl Castro with murder over the 1996 downing of two planes resulting in the killing […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has revealed its plans to go public in the US, allowing people to trade shares in the firm on the stock market. SpaceX makes rockets, offers a satellite internet service called Starlink, and also owns Musk’s controversial artificial intelligence (AI) firm xAI. The initial public offering (IPO) on the US stock market […]
US President Donald Trump has said he is holding off a military attack on Iran planned for Tuesday at the request of Gulf states as “serious negotiations are now taking place”. In a post on Truth Social, he said he had been asked to do so by the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the […]
By Martin Banks Taiwan has hit out at what it calls an “escalating military threat” posed by its neighbour China.
