The United Nations-backed security force in Haiti, which is staffed largely by police and military officers from Kenya, has been accused of four cases of sexual exploitation and abuse. U.N. investigators said all four of the allegations were “substantiated.”
The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen claimed on Thursday to have struck Tel Aviv, Israel, with a “barrage of ballistic missiles.”
Friends and family members of Russian men are coming forward to complain that their loved ones were recruited to fight in Ukraine while they were drunk. Some of the victims were so inebriated that they could not have given informed consent by any rational standard.
South Korea, France, and Ukraine discussed taking steps to ensure the Strait of Hormuz is safe for commercial ships.
The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) on Tuesday announced it has detected an attack on a crucial software package called “axios” that connects local software applications with web services. The perpetrators appear to be a hacking group linked to the government of North Korea.
According to a Reuters report on Thursday, Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has somehow managed to acquire Chinese and Turkish-made combat drones for his arsenal, even though Libya has been under a weapons embargo since 2011.
The Iran-backed Houthi insurgency in Yemen announced on Wednesday it has launched an operation called “Holy Jihad Battle” against Israel.
The FBI reportedly classified a China-linked effort to penetrate one of its surveillance systems this week as a “major cyber incident,” meaning it was a significant risk to U.S. national security.
American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been abducted in Baghdad, Iraq, reportedly by a group linked to an Iran-backed Shiite militia.
Ugandan military chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba said on Monday that his country “experienced numerous cyberattacks” after his public offer to assist Israel in its conflict with Iran.
The Lebanese Army on Tuesday withdrew from four border villages, two of them Christian-majority towns whose residents have refused to follow instructions from Israel to evacuate the area while the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) battle the Iran-backed terrorists of Hezbollah.
The Houthi insurgents of Yemen appear to have joined the Iran conflict on behalf of their arms dealers and paymasters in Tehran by launching missiles and drones at Israel on Saturday.
Clients of China’s vast Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are asking Beijing for help with spiking energy costs due to the Iran conflict, but so far China has reportedly offered little assistance, instead shutting down fuel exports to conserve its own energy stockpiles and protect its own economy.
Israeli military spokesman Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani said on Tuesday that Israel is “prepared to keep operating for weeks to come,” even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted that the war against Iran was “definitely beyond the halfway point” as it entered its fifth week.
Talks with Iran are “very real” and “gaining strength” despite claims to the contrary by some Iranian officials, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth affirmed Tuesday.
Pakistan held talks in its capital city of Islamabad on Sunday to “de-escalate” the Iran war, but none of the actual participants in the war attended the meeting. Instead, the talks were held between the foreign ministers of Egypt, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia.
A Canadian woman named Miriam Lancaster caused an uproar on social media by saying doctors offered her euthanasia – known in Canada by the euphemism Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) – when she visited the hospital for severe back pain.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi said on Sunday that Iran’s nuclear program has sustained “enormous damage,” but warned “elements that were not destroyed persist” in the wake of both last summer’s massive U.S. airstrikes and the current war in Iran.
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, approved a record $45.8 billion defense budget Monday as the war in Iran entered its second month.
A Reuters report pulled together data from ship-tracking services, naval warfare experts, and oceanographers to reveal that China is using dozens of non-military research vessels to create a detailed map of the sea floor that could greatly amplify the submarine warfare capabilities of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
U.S. Marines and paratroopers who could be sent into combat in Iran are conducting nuclear, chemical, and biological hazard drills.
A South African civic group called March and March held a rally in the city of Durban on Wednesday to call for tougher immigration laws and stronger border controls. The group was particularly critical of migrants from Nigeria, denouncing them as parasitic and prone to crime.
Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and top commander of the Ugandan military, said on Wednesday that his forces are “ready to assist” Israel in battle with Iran.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Friday that strikes on Iran will “escalate and expand” if Iran keeps launching missiles.
Speaking at an event on slavery reparations at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday, Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama accused President Donald Trump of “slowly normalizing the erasure” of black history in America and inspiring other governments to do the same around the world.
The Taliban junta in Afghanistan on Tuesday released U.S. citizen Dennis Coyle after 14 months in captivity. He arrived in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday morning.
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok announced on Wednesday that his government has activated an “emergency economic response system” to handle “the shock of the Middle East war.”
Pakistani officials on Wednesday said they delivered a 15-point ceasefire proposal from the United States to Iran. An unnamed senior Iranian official told Reuters the proposal has been received, and either Pakistan or Turkey could host further ceasefire negotiations.
The latest annual review from Swiss-based air quality company IQAir found that Pakistan was the most polluted country in the world, beating out last year’s champion Chad, up-and-coming contender Bangladesh, and perennial smog heavyweight India.
Iranian state media on Tuesday reported the arrest of 466 people for “online activities aimed at undermining national security.”
The foreign ministry of Lebanon announced on Tuesday it has withdrawn the accreditation of Iran’s ambassador, giving him five days to vacate the country.
A video showing seven dogs making their way home after escaping from thieves in northeastern China has accumulated over 230 million views, with many fans expressing admiration for the loyalty and courage displayed by the canines.
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio Dominguez on Friday sought to convince Canada to prop up the fading Communist regime in Havana, arguing that Canadian companies could lose billions from nullified contracts if the regime falls.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced a new wave of airstrikes against regime infrastructure in Tehran on Monday, even as President Donald Trump said “good and productive” talks with Iran could bring the conflict to an end soon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday they have instructed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to destroy all bridges over Lebanon’s Litani River and wipe out structures that could be used to shelter Hezbollah fighters in an effort to apply the “Gaza model” to the Iran-backed terrorists of Lebanon.
Iran Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “wounded, isolated, and not responding to messages being relayed to him,” according to anonymous alleged U.S. and Israeli security officials speaking to mainstream media outlets this weekend.
The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) announced on Friday that it will impose heavy tariffs on Chinese steel, after an investigation found evidence of product dumping.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Friday that its spokesman, Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naini, was killed by U.S. and Israeli air strikes during Operation Epic Fury.
Iranian lawmaker Somayeh Rafiei told the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) on Thursday that her colleagues are considering a plan to impose tolls on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has been blockading by launching wanton attacks on international shipping since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) rolled out proposals for reducing oil and gas consumption during the Iran war.
