MI5 efficiently disrupted a Chinese espionage scheme targeted at the United Kingdom the previous week, disclosed its Director General, Sir Ken McCallum, as he expressed frustration in the collapse of a high-profile spy trial. Sir Ken highlighted that he would ‘never back off from confronting threats to the UK’ following a significant espionage case unraveled…
Published on: Oct 01, 2025 08:43 pm IST Washington and Baghdad agreed last year that the international coalition against IS would end its military mission in Iraq by the end of September 2025. US and allied forces are reducing their presence in Iraq, the Pentagon said Wednesday, winding down a more than decade-long mission there…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran executed two men in separate cases Wednesday, accusing one of spying for Israel and another of being a member of the Islamic State group, state media reported. A report by the judiciary news website Mizanonline identified the alleged spy as Rouzbeh Vadi, who was accused of relaying classified…
Women in Tajikistan, in Central Asia, are being advised by the government to dress more “Tajik-style” and not wear either revealing Western clothes or Islamic head coverings – supposedly to reinforce national identity. Some in the secular Muslim country are speaking out against the advice, which comes from Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon as well as…
The shake-up of the US military leadership is unlikely to change the Trump administration’s strategic focus on China but will leave it with less experience of the region at the top, according to observers. US President Donald Trump dismissed six senior military officers on Friday, including Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Charles Brown, the…
Jan 23, 2025 01:57 PM IST The Islamic State (IS) regional chapter claimed responsibility for the attack on the Chinese mine worker China said Thursday it had lodged “solemn representations” with Afghanistan’s Taliban government over the killing of a Chinese mine worker in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. China said it had…
Hours after Syrian rebels overthrew the Bashar al-Assad government, a purported video showed a group of armed men escorting Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali out of his office and to the Four Seasons hotel. Assad’s whereabouts are unknown; however, some reports suggest he might have boarded a plane to flee the country. People hold Syrian…
A large American Flag hangs at the entrance to the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in New York City. On Wednesday, authorities arrested a homeless man plotting to blow up the financial institution this week. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Nov. 20 (UPI) —…