South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast.
British ambassador called to the foreign ministry in Moscow
Ukraine’s intelligence service said it used a marine drone to destroy a Russian speedboat in Crimea, footage released on Monday, May 6, showed.Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate said the Magura V5 attack drone targeted the speedboat as it said recent attacks had forced Russia to “hide” the larger ships of its Black Sea fleet away from the peninsula.Ukraine has targeted several Russian ships with marine drones, destroying vessels including the Cesar Kunikov, the Ivanovets, and the Sergei Kotov, as well as damaging the Ivan Khurs.The Russian military had yet to comment on the attack. Credit: Defense Intelligence of Ukraine via Storyful
Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik via ReutersRussian President Vladimir Putin has ordered military drills simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons, his Defense Ministry announced Monday, in an apparent retaliation to comments made by Western leaders about Moscow’s ongoing war in Ukraine.The Defense Ministry statement announcing the exercises said they came “in response to provocative statements and threats of certain Western officials regarding the Russian Federation.” The announcement follows a f
China has fired back at Australia after a dangerous incident over the Yellow Sea, accusing Canberra of provocative behaviour.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will defend itself even if “forced to stand alone,” defying international pressure for Israel’s military to limit its campaign in Gaza ahead of its expected incursion into Rafah.
King Charles gave him the appointment.
Israel says it has four issues with the draft ceasefire deal - including an end to war.
Israel has closed the Kerem Shalom crossing - one of few Gaza aid routes - after the rocket attack.
Prince Harry has arrived in the UK ahead of an event to mark 10 years of the Invictus Games. The Duke of Sussex is expected to attend a ceremony marking the occasion at St Paul's Cathedral in London on Wednesday. The service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral will be the first major event he has attended in Britain for some time.
Israel refuses Hamas demand for complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza as negotiations disintegrate
BEIRUT-JERUSALEM, May 6 (Reuters) - Hezbollah said on Monday it carried out a drone attack on an Israeli military position near the northern Israeli town of Metula that left several dead and injured. Israel's military said it could not yet confirm the injuries or casualties, but said a drone had crossed from Lebanon into the Metula area. Iran-backed Hezbollah also said it had sent dozens of rockets towards military targets across the border with Israel.
The alleged plan was said to include taking Ukraine’s president hostage before executing him
U.S. and Philippine armed forces fired missiles and artillery to thwart a simulated invasion in the Philippines' northern waters facing Taiwan on Monday, in a show of military force and strengthening ties as regional tensions rise. The exercises have irked China, which has warned of destabilisation when countries outside the region "flex muscles and stoke confrontation".
Tory MP Paul Scully says his party needs a vision rather than ‘just going from crisis to crisis’
Unclear whether Intelligence Corps members among those whose details have been taken in massive hacking operation
The U.S. Navy's efforts to build a fleet of unmanned vessels are faltering because the Pentagon remains wedded to big shipbuilding projects, according to some officials and company executives, exposing a weakness as sea drones reshape naval warfare. The lethal effectiveness of sea drones has been demonstrated in the Black Sea where Ukraine has deployed remote-controlled speed boats packed with explosives to sink Russian frigates and minesweepers since late 2022.
A Russian drone attack cut power to more than 400,000 consumers in parts of Ukraine's northeast region of Sumy, officials said on Monday, after Kyiv said its air defence forces downed 12 attack drones in the region overnight. "Electricity supply has been restored in the affected settlements and parts of the city of Sumy," the region's military administration said on Telegram. Ukraine's air force said that Russia launched 13 attack drones against Ukraine.
Since invading Ukraine in 2022, Putin has repeatedly made veiled threats to use tactical nuclear weapons against the West.
Israel's military carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday, residents said, hours after Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the southern Gaza city where more than a million people uprooted by the war have been sheltering. Fears are growing of a full-blown assault in Rafah, long threatened by Israel, against holdouts of the Palestinian militant group Hamas as ceasefire talks in Cairo stall.
The move comes after an acrimonious exchange with senior Western officials, labelled by Moscow as 'provocative threats'.