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Houthi strikes on Saudi test Mecca defence pact
The gap between what the Mecca pact promises and what it obliges are now in focus as news reports suggest Pakistan is weighing assistance.
US strikes on Iranian tankers put law in focus
The blockade behind Saturday's strikes is not one operation but five, with different legal footings. Specialists who have examined them find the core…
Ukraine’s state is under growing strain
Wednesday's gunfight between rival intelligence agencies follows a corruption inquiry that unseated the president's chief of staff, a month of street…
Russia intensifies air attacks on Kyiv as its ground advance slows
Record missile volumes, a domestic fuel crisis and a stalling front line suggest intensity has become a substitute for progress in the Russia-Ukraine…
Greece to sign Israeli air defence deal as Ankara plans for war
Six months of war between Iran and a US-Israeli coalition have left Athens closer to Israel and Ankara openly planning for conflict.
US seizes Chinese hacking platforms as allies toughen up
The Justice Department disabled a Nanjing contractor's infrastructure on Wednesday. The intrusions it enabled at NASA, the Federal Reserve and the…
Does CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s arrival in Moscow signal movement on Ukraine peace talks?
Nineteen months after Donald Trump took office promising to settle the war within a day, the American reported to be in Moscow is his intelligence…
Gulf drone defences improve too slowly to deny Iran bargaining power
Footage of a small drone destroying an Abrams tank points at a gap the Gulf has been trying to close since February and while it fails to it leaves…
Southeast Asia divided in U.S.-China tech war
ASEAN members are disagreeing with each other over which path to take at the moment the U.S.-China AI war intensifying.
As drone incursions to NATO rise, alliance keeps treading carefully
Drone incursions into NATO countries from Russia's war in Ukraine are on the rise, but don't expect any tougher action.