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The Israeli military’s intelligence chief has resigned, saying he took responsibility for the failures before Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Major General Aharon Haliva would retire once his successor was selected. He acknowledged in a letter that his intelligence directorate “did not live up to the task we were entrusted with”. He ...

The party of Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu on Sunday won control of parliament in an election landslide, results showed, with voters backing his tilt towards China and away from regional powerhouse and traditional benefactor India. Muizzu’s People’s National Congress (PNC) won 66 of the first 86 seats declared, according to the Elections Commission of Maldives results, already more than enough ...

Seven people were missing Sunday after an apparent accident overnight involving two Japanese military helicopters out to sea, officials said. A spokesman for Japan’s Self-Defense Force (SDF) confirmed the late Saturday incident to AFP and said that one person was rescued. Defence Minister Minoru Kihara said rescuers “spotted what are believed to be part of the aircraft in the sea, ...

The House of Representatives has voted in favour of billions of dollars in US military aid for Ukraine, after months of delay. The measure had vocal opponents in Congress, and it took a fragile bipartisan deal to finally get it through the House. There were cheers and applause in the House as it passed, with some Representatives waving Ukrainian flags. ...

US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden publicly released their 2023 tax return on Monday, carrying on a tradition of transparency temporarily interrupted under predecessor Donald Trump. The annual, unwritten custom is designed to build trust in the White House. Other politicians as well as candidates often also take part. The Bidens earned $619,976 in 2023, most of ...

Israel is almost certain to retaliate at some stage against Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack, but the question is how and when, say security analysts. World leaders have urged calm and the United States, Israel’s top ally, called on Israel to refrain from a military response, at a time when the region is already in turmoil over the Gaza ...

Iran warned Israel and the United States on Sunday of a much larger response if there is any retaliation for its mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory overnight, as Israel said “the campaign is not over yet,” reports AFP. The threat of open warfare erupting between the arch Middle East foes and dragging in the United States has ...

Major airlines across the Middle East announced the cancellation of some of their flights, while having to reroute others, after Iran launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel through Saturday night into Sunday. Emirates Airlines cancelled some of its fights, while Etihad Airways cancelled services to Tel Aviv and Amman on Sunday, reports Reuters. “Some of our flights have ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned of threats posed by right-wing populists Saturday as he addressed a gathering of centre-left European parties ahead of elections for the European Parliament in June, reports AP. Scholz arrived in Romania’s capital Bucharest for a conference of the Party of European Socialists, part of the Socialists and Democrats group, the second biggest in the Parliament. ...

A bus plunged off a bridge into a ravine and caught fire on Thursday in South Africa, killing 45 of the 46 people on board, the transport ministry said. An eight-year-old child was the sole survivor and had been taken to hospital with serious injuries. The vehicle had been heading from neighbouring Botswana to Moria in the north of the ...