President Donald Trump will ask Congress to enact a massive increase in defense spending in a discretionary budget proposal Friday, while also renewing his push for steep cuts to domestic programs. The budget requests $1.5 trillion in budgetary resources for defense, a significant increase over the $1 trillion sought for fiscal year 2026. The new...
US-Israeli strikes partially destroyed the tallest bridge in the Middle East after President Donald Trump warned of bombing Iran “back to the Stone age”. Several people were injured in the strike. The bridge that was still under construction was supposed to link Iran’s capital Tehran to the western city of Karaj. The bridge is 136...
Iranian Shahed drones struck two Amazon Web Services data centers in the United Arab Emirates. A third commercial data center in Bahrain was hit, though it is less clear whether it was deliberately targeted. Iran has also indicated that it considers commercial data centers to be targets. This is the first time that a country has deliberately targeted commercial...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that they would target 18 leading US technology firms such as Apple, Google, Meta, IBM, Tesla and Boeing starting April 1. In a statement on Tuesday, the Guards alleged that the companies were complicit in the “targeted assassination” of officials. “These companies, starting from 8:00 pm (1630 GMT) Tehran time on...
On Saturday, more than 9 million people participated in the ‘No Kings Rally’ held across the United States against President Trump. According to media reports, these protests were organized at over 3,300 locations across all 50 states of the US. Organizers stated that, compared to the previous ‘No Kings’ protests held in October, approximately one...
Gulf nations reported a series of attacks as the US-Israel war against Iran entered its fifth week, including strikes on major industrial infrastructure. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said a number of people had been injured in an Iranian strike on a key aluminium plant in Abu Dhabi, with significant damage reported by operator Emirates...
Amid the escalating West Asia war, the United States is rushing more troops to the region with reports of an additional 1,000 to 2,000 personnel being deployed, signalling preparations for a deeper longer conflict. Meanwhile, Iran has released a fresh video vying vengeance as its military leadership escalates rhetoric and continues strikes across the Gulf....
The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday that its air defense systems had engaged five ballistic missiles and 17 drones from Iran, as regional tensions continue to escalate. The Defense Ministry, however, did not give details about possible injuries or damage from the latest attack. The ministry said that air defenses had intercepted and destroyed 357...
Two days after US President Donald Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Iran, the Republican leader has signalled a de-escalation in the ongoing US-Israel Iran war, announcing a 5-day pause on military strikes against energy sites. While Israel continued to strike the “heart of Tehran”, minutes after Trump made the announcement, the 79-year-old President said...
The pilot and co-pilot have died, and more than 70 people are reported injured after an Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck on the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport early Monday. The crash occurred as the aircraft was landing, triggering a major emergency response and forcing authorities to shut down operations at...