Soldiers of the Guard Battalion of the German army Bundeswehr stand in position on the day German Chancellor Friedrich Merz presents the Chancellor’s Ribbon of Honour to the Guard Battalion, which is responsible for protocol duties and the protection of the German government, at the Federal Defence Ministry in Berlin, Germany. By Reuters Germany’s armed

By Anadolu Agency Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Saturday that Jews are committing killings, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity in the West Bank. In an interview with Channel 12, Olmert said such actions “would bring Israel to The Hague,” referring to the International Criminal Court (ICC) based in the Dutch city. Addressing

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrives in Split, Croatia, on March 28, 2026. Photographer Zvonimir Barisin By Xinhua News Agency The White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday released its 2027 budget proposal, featuring defence spending rising to 1.5 trillion U.S. dollars, alongside major cuts to domestic programs. The budget plan

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday urged the UN Security Council not to support unauthorized military operations in the Middle East, warning that continued conflict could lead to “endless trouble, according to Anadolu Agency reported. Wang made the remarks during a phone call with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. He highlighted

Ismail Omar Guelleh, is well-known to Djiboutians. He has, after all, been in power since May 1999, the year he succeeded his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, for whom he was in charge of national security and intelligence gathering, also according to sources Somali spy agency NISA senior commander told Somali Times Ismail Omar Guelleh and

Members of the Iranian Red Crescent Society work at the site of a reported strike amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, near Hosseinieh Azam Zanjan Mosque in Zanjan, Iran, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on March 31, 2026. Iranian Red Crescent Society By Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump and his

By Anadolu Agency Kuwait Petroleum Corporation announced that a giant Kuwaiti crude oil tanker, Al Salmi, was attacked early Tuesday by an Iranian drone while positioned in the anchorage area of Dubai Port in the United Arab Emirates. It said the tanker came under attack at 12:10 a.m. local time (2010GMT Monday). The vessel was

By Anadolu Agency The Pentagon is considering a plan to divert weapons from Ukraine to the Middle East, as the US war with Iran reaches the one-month mark, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday. Sources told the Journal that the war with Iran has depleted some of the US military’s most critical

By Anadolu Agency US Senator Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that he would “absolutely not” support a proposed $200 billion funding request for the Iran war, vowing to introduce a measure to block arms transfers to Israel. “Absolutely not…In fact, we’re going to bring a joint resolution of disapproval in a couple of weeks which will

Credit Photo/AA By Xinhua News Agency U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Washington had reached “major points of agreement” with Iran and was in contact with “a top person,” even as Tehran denied any direct or indirect communication with the United States. Trump told reporters the two sides were “going to get together” by