A Russian patrol aircraft staged “unsafe” activity near the UK’s flagship aircraft carrier as it conducted Nato air defense operations off Iceland, Britain’s Defense Ministry said Monday.
Vast crowds gathered for the funeral procession of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Monday, with the ceremonies offering Iran an opportunity to project resilience after five weeks of war with the United States and Israel.
Australia and Fiji signed a major defense treaty on Monday, bolstering ties as Canberra seeks to outmaneuver China in the South Pacific.
Russia struck Ukraine’s Kyiv region with ballistic missiles on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, authorities said, after the foes traded overnight strikes on the eve of a NATO summit in Turkey.
China’s navy said it successfully conducted a test missile launch in the Pacific Ocean on Monday, after regional nations warned Beijing was planning to test an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Syria on Sunday said it was expecting a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, the first by a Western European head of state since the 2024 toppling of longtime ruler Bashar Assad.
China and Russia will hold their annual joint naval exercises this month and conduct patrols in unspecified areas of the Pacific Ocean, Beijing’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
US President Donald Trump hailed America on its 250th birthday Saturday as the “crowning achievement” of human history, even as he used the event to renew his attack on domestic opponents he branded communists.
China’s President Xi Jinping said he was ready to work with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to steer their bilateral relationship toward “long-term, sound and stable” development, Pyongyang’s state media reported Sunday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw weapons tests this week of the 5,000-ton destroyer Kang Kon, including cruise missile launches and “electronic warfare means,” state media reported Sunday.
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