All six U.S. service members aboard a plane that crashed in western on Iraq on Thursday have died, the U.S. military confirmed on Friday (13 March). Meanwhile, one French soldier was killed in a drone attack in the Erbil region of northern Iraq, President Emmanuel Macron announced.
The U.S. military confirmed on Friday that all six service members aboard a military refuelling plane that crashed in western Iraq on Thursday had died. Earlier, the U.S. military said the incident involved another aircraft, but was not the result of hostile or friendly fire.
Elsewhere, French President Emmanuel Macron condemned an attack on soldiers providing counterterrorism training in Erbil, northern Iraq. One officer was killed in the drone strike on Thursday, while several others were wounded.
Tehran has reacted angrily to a UN Security Council resolution condemning attacks on U.S. bases in the Middle East.
“The UNSC resolution on Iran is ultra vires and utterly unlawful; nothing can override a nation’s inherent right to self-defence,” the state IRNA news agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei as saying on Thursday.
The U.S. has used military bases in neighbouring countries in the Middle East to launch strikes on Iran.
The Turkish Defence Ministry said that another ballistic missile heading towards the country had been destroyed by NATO air and defence systems on Friday.
Two previous missiles heading towards Türkiye were intercepted and neutralised on 4 March and 9 March respectively. Following the previous two interceptions, the Iranian military denied it had launched any missiles towards Türkiye.
Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry confirmed that the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed in a U.S. submarine attack on a warship off the Sri Lankan coast last week will be flown home on Friday (13 March).
The seamen were among 130 aboard Iranian Navy ship, Iris Dena, when it was sunk by a U.S. submarine on 4 March.
Next month's Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Formula One Grand Prix races are due to be cancelled over the weekend, due to the conflict in the Middle East. Multiple sources told Reuters that an announcement was expected by Monday (16 March) at the latest.
Iranian drones have hit Gulf capitals, including Manama in Bahrain, where teams and spectators would be staying in hotels.
Okinawa lost transport links and suffered widespread power outages on Monday (1 June) as Severe Tropical Storm Jangmi brought destructive winds and he...
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on Monday that his government would begin legal proceedings to remove President Tamás Sulyok if he contin...
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Okinawa lost transport links and suffered widespread power outages on Monday (1 June) as Severe Tropical Storm Jangmi brought destructive winds and heavy rain to Japan's south-western islands.
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on Monday that his government would begin legal proceedings to remove President Tamás Sulyok if he continues to reject calls to resign.
Japan warned residents in Amami and southern Kyushu to prepare for torrential rain on Tuesday (2 June), after Severe Tropical Storm Jangmi battered Okinawa, injuring more than 10 people and cancelling hundreds of flights.
Protesters in Nanyuki blocked roads and burned tyres after residents challenged a U.S. plan to house Americans exposed to Ebola at a nearby military base.
U.S. rapper Kanye West, now known as Ye, performed to a crowd of 118,000 people in Istanbul on Saturday night, marking his first concert in Europe in more than a decade, despite being barred from performing in several countries over past antisemitic remarks.
Okinawa lost transport links and suffered widespread power outages on Monday (1 June) as Severe Tropical Storm Jangmi brought destructive winds and heavy rain to Japan's south-western islands.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has held talks with Lebanese President and Israeli Prime Minister on efforts to ease tensions between Israel and Lebanon. According to a U.S. official, Washington has proposed a plan aimed at achieving a gradual de-escalation of hostilities.
Unsealed records from the U.S. Department of Justice have renewed scrutiny of lawyer Robert Amsterdam after documents revealed communications between his law firm and Jeffrey Epstein's office. The disclosures have drawn attention because of Amsterdam's prominent role in Armenia.
The United States has moved to close a regulatory gap that may have allowed advanced AI chips to reach Chinese-linked firms overseas despite export restrictions.
When Armenians vote on 7 June, they will be voting in an election shaped by months of political change and a rapidly deepening relationship with the European Union. The result may not only determine who governs Armenia but also the future direction of the country's geopolitical alignment.
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway is resuming operations on 2 June after extensive modernisation works. Officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Türkiye are set to gather in Akhalkalaki for a launch event marking the reopening of one of the Middle Corridor's most important transport links.
Kazakhstan is open to expanding its oil export routes through Azerbaijan and advancing joint energy infrastructure projects across the Caspian region, Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov told AnewZ in an exclusive interview in Baku.
Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova praised Georgia for resisting Western pressure (30 May), defending its national interests and pursuing a "multi-vector foreign policy" - language that closely mirrors the rhetoric of the ruling Georgian Dream party.
As Armenia approaches parliamentary elections, Russia appears to be increasing political and economic pressure on Yerevan, signalling that closer integration with the EU could lead to significant changes in labour, transport and energy arrangements between the two countries.
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