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As Houthis grab Bab al-Mandeb, US appears willing to watch from sidelines 

18 September 2026

United States officials met Houthi representatives at the US embassy in the Omani capital, Muscat, over the weekend afte...

Pakistan pledges full committment to defence of Saudi Arabia 

18 September 2026

A senior officer from Pakistan’s military has pledged that his country will defend Saudi Arabia against aggression “...

Chinese ship rams Philippines gov’t vessel in South China Sea: Coastguard 

18 September 2026

News|South China Sea A Chinese vessel has rammed a Philippine government ship in the South China Sea, according to Manil...

US voter opposition to war on Iran grows to new highs: Poll 

18 September 2026

News|US-Israel war on Iran A new survey has found that a record number of registered voters in the United States oppose ...

The view from Russia: ‘No party can be antiwar’ in parliamentary election 

18 September 2026

This weekend, Russians are heading to the ballot box to vote in the first parliamentary election since the war with Ukra...

Bomb attack at Pakistan mosque kills at least 15, injures 50 

18 September 2026

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, A bomb attack at a mosque in Pakistan’s restive north-west has killed at least 15 pe...

Ukraine fires drone barrage as Russia launches elections 

18 September 2026

Ukraine has launched a barrage of drones on Moscow and other regions as Russia opened polls for its first parliamentary ...

‘My children did not attack Iran’: 2bn South Asians suffer from distant war 

18 September 2026

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal are together home to nearly two billion people, about 23 percent of the world’s ...

United Nations says US may have committed war crimes in Iran: What it means 

18 September 2026

A United Nations-mandated fact-finding mission has concluded that the United States may have committed war crimes when i...

‘Just ask Grok’: How ISIL is using Big Tech’s AI to build bombs 

18 September 2026

Boko Haram fighters are using the artificial intelligence chatbots of Big Tech companies to help build more powerful bom...