President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin next week on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen, China, the New York Post reported. White House confirms unprecedented Shenzhen meeting next week, with discussions expected on nuclear arms control. (AP Photo) (AP Photo/) The White…
US personnel were told to take shelter at RAF Lakenheath, a major base hosting American forces in the UK, following “suspected unauthorised drone activity”. No one was affected, nor was any aircraft. “This evening, USAF Security Forces personnel responded to suspected unauthorised drone activity over RAF Lakenheath. No personnel, aircraft or infrastructure were affected,” a…
Turkey and Qatar announced on Friday that they signed a mutual defence agreement, which they said was aimed at adopting a “unified position” in the face of an external attack. Turkey, Qatar sign mutual defence agreement The announcement came after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in…
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has accused the United States and Israel of violating international law through their military attacks on Iran. In an opinion piece for Kyodo, Araghchi argued that no country should be allowed to use force against another based on its own assessment of possible future threats. Seyed Abbas Araghchi wrote…
National security advisers from the European Union and five major powers — Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Poland — will represent Europe in upcoming Russia-Ukraine talks, according to a senior European official. European countries have decided who will represent them in future technical-level talks on the Russia-Ukraine war. (Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence) European leaders made…
The US military denied Iran’s claim on Friday to have attacked a US early-warning radar in Bahrain, saying its forces had shot down two one-way attack drones launched by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps toward Bahrain with no harm caused. The US military said it shot down two one-way attack drones launched by the IRGC…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has confirmed that he relocated from his Washington residence to a military base on Secret Service instructions following Iranian death threats, delivering a blunt rebuke to Tehran’s leadership and criticising The Wall Street Journal for publishing a geolocatable image of his home. Scott Bessent said “F the Iranian leadership” over…
Chinese authorities fired two researchers and disciplined several others after an investigation found safety and ethical flaws in an experimental gene-editing study that led to the death of a child. Shanghai authorities said they will strengthen oversight of clinical research involving high-risk cell and gene therapies. (Representational image) The two key researchers leading the study…
Israel’s intelligence chief travelled to Washington on Friday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presses US President Donald Trump to resume military action, according to a report by American news website Axios. Netanyahu and Trump had given contradictory statements recently on the Islamic Republic. (AP) Mossad chief Roman Gofman is set to meet CIA Director John…
London News North’s Enfield story. Picture: Press Gazette screenshot A network of seemingly AI-generated local news websites is confusing UK and US place names in its apparently robot-written reports. Press Gazette has identified six examples across a group of 15 UK regional titles owned by Times Intelligence Media Group. The 15 sites include four in…