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Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed a sweeping joint defence agreement in Jeddah on Friday as regional conflict threatens the Middle East. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to seal the trilateral alliance. Rising military strikes across the Gulf forced these powers to…
Global oil prices slipped below $80 a barrel as energy traders bet on a diplomatic breakthrough between Washington and Tehran. Brent crude fell to three-month lows following signs of an impending deal and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Traders stripped away the heavy geopolitical risk premium that previously inflated energy costs. Additional crude…
Masked Israeli settlers have launched a fresh wave of arson attacks across the occupied West Bank, torching mosques, vehicles, and farmland. The assailants stormed Palestinian villages overnight, hurling Molotov cocktails at religious sites and setting private property ablaze. Residents and emergency crews fought the flames to prevent destruction. Slogans in Hebrew scrawled across charred walls…
Global oil prices fell sharply on Monday as a pause in American air strikes offered rare respite to nervous energy markets. Brent crude slid more than 5% to $92 a barrel after two weeks of intense military action. Washington halted its bombardment of Iranian sites over the weekend to give diplomacy a chance. Tehran responded…
A Greek-operated air defence battery deployed in Saudi Arabia intercepted two ballistic missiles on Saturday. Houthi militants launched the projectile barrage from Yemen towards critical oil refineries in the Red Sea port city of Yanbu. Saudi Civil Defence authorities issued emergency siren warnings to residents before the US-made Patriot battery neutralised the incoming threat in…
Israeli forces launched widespread explosive strikes across southern Lebanon on Friday, violating the fragile regional ceasefire agreement. Military engineers detonated entire rows of residential buildings across border villages, including Kfar Kila and Ayta al-Shaab. Smoke plumes rose over the frontier as artillery units shelled positions deeper into Lebanese territory. Israeli military officials claimed the operations…
Iran launched fresh missile and drone strikes across the Middle East on Thursday, targeting strategic border crossings and Gulf allies. Tehran struck the Abdali border post between Kuwait and Iraq while hitting energy facilities in Jordan and Bahrain. US forces responded instantly with heavy airstrikes against Houthi military positions in western Yemen. The American action…
At least 143 refugees and migrants are dead or missing after a vessel drifted for 25 days in the Atlantic Ocean before reaching Mauritania. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees confirmed that rescue operations pulled only 38 survivors from the stranded wooden boat on 18 July. The overcrowded vessel originally set sail from Bafuloto…
President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Ukraine’s army chief, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, following days of street protests across major cities. The Ukrainian leader appointed Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi to replace the Soviet-trained commander on Tuesday evening. The abrupt shake-up follows a political crisis triggered by the firing of former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov last week. Protesters…
French lawmakers have voted to ban social media access for children under the age of 15. The legislation makes France the first nation in the European Union to impose a complete digital majority threshold on commercial social platforms. Both houses of parliament adopted the measure late on Tuesday evening following months of intense legislative negotiations….
