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The Pentagon has ordered about 2,000 soldiers from the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to begin moving to the Middle East, offering President Donald Trump additional military options as he considers a new diplomatic initiative with Iran, two Defence Department officials said Tuesday.The troops are part of the division’s “Immediate Response Force,” a brigade of…
US issues worldwide travel alert for American citizens amid Iran escalation. The US State Department Sunday issued a worldwide alert for American citizens asking them to exercise caution. Warning of possible periodic airspace closures, travel disruptions, the alert asked Americans abroad to follow the security alerts issued by the local US embassy or consulate. “The…
Gulf on Edge: UAE Condemns Missile Attack on Habshan and Bab Field Amid Iran vs US-Israel War The United Arab Emirates has issued a strong condemnation of what it described as a “terrorist attack” by Iran targeting the Habshan gas facility and the Bab oil field, marking yet another escalation in the rapidly intensifying Iran…
UAE Food Stock Update: Are Supermarkets Running Out Amid Iran–US-Israel Tensions? Amid escalating geopolitical tensions in West Asia, including recent missile exchanges involving Iran, the United States and Israel that rattled Gulf cities and triggered regional alerts, the United Arab Emirates has reassured the public that its markets remain stable and strategic food reserves are…
India was closely monitoring the situation as Afghanistan and Pakistan seemed poised for a dangerous escalation, with Islamabad declaring that the two countries were in an “open war” following Pakistan’s airstrikes on “terrorist hideouts” in Afghanistan and the latter’s retaliatory action. The relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan has unravelled dramatically in the past few years….
Russia has escalated war against Ukraine by firing its rarely used Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile during a massive overnight barrage, Ukrainian authorities said, as Kyiv released images of missile fragments recovered near the western city of Lviv. The strike marked only the second known battlefield use of the nuclear-capable weapon, which Moscow claims is impossible…
Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir-Saeid Iravani, has formally written to the UN Security Council and UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemning the “reckless and inflammatory threats” made by US President Donald Trump. Tehran also warned that the United States would bear full responsibility for any consequences or escalation that might arise…
Airstrikes in Mukalla port (Image/X@Alpha7021) Yemen’s anti-Houthi forces declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after Saudi Arabia carried out airstrikes on the port city of Mukalla. According to Riyadh, the strikes targeted an arms shipment bound for UAE-backed separatist forces.The anti-Houthi authorities also cancelled a security pact with the United Arab Emirates, announcing the…
China is advancing its maritime capabilities by converting the 97-meter cargo ship Zhongda 79 into an arsenal ship. Online images, shared by Militarnyi and citing Chinese agencies, reveal containerized launchers—loaded with up to 60 missiles—now installed aboard the vessel.At Shanghai’s state-owned Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding shipyard, the vessel now features installations supporting a broad array of weapons—including…
At least six people were killed after a strike hit a United Nations facility in Sudan’s southern Kordofan region, a medical source told news agency AFP on Saturday.“Six people were killed in a bombing of the UN headquarters while they were inside the building,” the medical source at Kadugli’s hospital said. Witnesses said that the…
