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A hacker linked to unspecified US spy agencies reportedly attacked hotel reservation site Booking.com in 2016, targeting foreign diplomats and other individuals in the Middle East. The company did not notify customers of the hack. The alleged perpetrator, dubbed “Andrew,” stole the “details of thousands of hotel reservations” across Middle Eastern countries, according to a […]
Houthi rebels have reportedly invaded the defunct US embassy in Yemen’s capital and seized documents and equipment. They also detained three locals working with the Americans, in addition to 22 security staff captured earlier. A group of Houthis breached the US compound on Wednesday and seized “large quantities of equipment and materials,” according to a […]
Any mistake Israel makes against Iran will only accelerate Tel Aviv’s destruction, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force has threatened. He went on to claim that while Tel Aviv may start an altercation with the Islamic Republic, it will be Iran that ends it. Should Israel make any mistake in its […]
An American diplomat in Seoul has fled the scene after a suspected hit-and-run incident and is now hiding from the police at a US military base, South Korean law enforcement has complained. An unnamed member of the US diplomatic mission had allegedly been behind the wheel of a car that collided with a taxi in […]
China has responded angrily to a visit by a US delegation to Taiwan, warning Washington that it was “playing with fire” by “colluding” with pro-independence forces on the island during a period of high tensions with Beijing. The Chinese foreign ministry issued a strongly worded rebuke on Wednesday to the visit by US lawmakers, cautioning […]
The US has been reportedly testing the Israeli-made Iron Dome air defense system on the Pacific island of Guam, which hosts the closest American military bases to China. The ongoing tests in Guam are scheduled to continue until December, the Wall Street Journal has reported, without expanding on how successful they’ve been. The Iron Dome […]
American long-range B-1B Lancers took part in joint air drills with the Australian Air Force, including refueling and other combat training, part of a long-term plan to strengthen military ties between the two countries. The mission involved air-to-air refueling of two US B-1B bombers with Australian KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport craft, as well as drills […]
With the US establishment warning against normalizing relations with Syria and insisting such efforts are “doomed to fail,” UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed has visited Damascus and met with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Sheikh Abdullah is the most senior official of a Gulf state to visit Syria since 2011, when an armed rebellion broke […]
China’s military conducted “combat readiness police patrols” in the direction of the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, an Eastern Theater Command spokesperson said, after a US delegation arrived in Taipei via an American Navy aircraft. In a statement on Tuesday, spokesman Shi Yi said the drill was carried out in response to the “seriously wrong words […]
The US must reassure Iran it will not abandon the nuclear deal with Tehran again if it is revived, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said, demanding Washington also lift sanctions. Speaking on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Washington “must guarantee that no administration in the United States mocks the world and international law and […]
The Chinese military has been building life-size mock-ups of US warships in a missile testing area, a report says, citing satellite images. The same types of vessels regularly sail close to Chinese waters and around Taiwan. The United States Naval Institute (USNI), a Maryland-based think tank, published what it said were satellite images of full-scale […]
Iran kicked off a large-scale military exercise on Sunday. The maneuvers take place weeks before negotiators are set to meet for a new attempt at salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal. The drill, dubbed ‘Zolfaghar-1400’, includes maneuvers in parts of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Oman, which is connected to the Persian Gulf through […]
New Zealand won’t be dragged into US hostilities with China, with which it has a ‘mature’ relationship that allows for disputes and differences to be resolved in a calm manner, PM Jacinda Ardern said. Ardern was prompted several times to take a stance on the confrontation between the US and China during an interview with […]
US Marine Corps have denied claims they were wiped out and forced to surrender by the British during a fierce simulated battle in a Californian desert. The Telegraph reported on Tuesday that the British commandos had “dominated” the US Marines during the recent five-day multinational Exercise Green Dagger in the Mojave Desert, California. It said […]
Activist-philanthropist Bill Gates has raised alarms with critics by suggesting that billions of dollars be invested into a global pandemic task force running “germ games” to prepare for future outbreaks or biological attacks. Gates made his comments during a discussion with the chair of the Health Select Committee and former UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt […]