Two earthquakes that hit north-central Venezuela on June 24 have killed at least 4,829 people, injured 16,740, and displaced ...

Abdulmalik al Houthi, the leader of the Iran-backed Yemeni group, delivering a speech on July 16. (Saba) Three sources told Reuters on July 16 that Iran has instructed Yemen’s Houthis to close the Red ...

Members of the Syrian security forces pose with weapons confiscated on July 7. (Syria Ministry of Interior) On July 16, Syria’s Ministry of Interior announced that it had foiled an “attempt to smuggle ...

Moscow officially acknowledged its new S8000 Banderol air-launched cruise missile for the first time in a state media report published this week. This comes as the missile, designed as a low-cost ...

On July 16, Syrian authorities intercepted a weapons shipment concealed in an Iraqi oil tanker and bound for Hezbollah in ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi meets US President Donald Trump on July 14, 2026. (Iraq Prime Minister’s Office) Prior to his trip, on July 12, Zaidi met with US Ambassador Tom Barrack, the US envoy ...

Reuters reported that Iran’s leaders instructed the Houthis in Yemen to close Bab al Mandeb Strait, the maritime chokepoint at the southern end of the Red Sea, if the United States strikes Iran’s ...