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US guided-missile destroyer USS Carney fires at Houthi missiles and drones in the Red Sea. AFP
Chinese ship hit by Houthi missile barrage in Red Sea

The attack on the MV Huang Pu oil tanker caused no casualties but led the vessel to issue a distress call

GulfMarch 24, 2024
Sayyad, an anti-ship version of the Quds cruise missile, equipped with a radar-homing seeker, on parade in Sanaa, Yemen. AFP
Houthi cruise missile breaches Israeli air defences for first time

Iran-backed group fired volleys of long-range missiles at Israel from about 1,600km away in Yemen

Palestine-IsraelMarch 20, 2024
A US Army ship sails from Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Virginia, to take part in the Gaza pier mission. AP
Why is US building Gaza pier and how much aid will it deliver?

Structure could supply millions of meals a day, but won't be operational until May, Pentagon says

USMarch 13, 2024
Volunteers from Open Arms and World Central Kitchen load food and medicine on to a ship at Larnaca harbour in Cyprus. EPA
First aid ship to land in Gaza after tense deal with Israel

Charity behind migrant rescues to land 200 tonnes of aid on pop-up port

Palestine-IsraelMarch 13, 2024
The Chinese Navy frigate Linyi sails during the Maritime Security Belt 2024 international naval exercise of Russia, China and Iran in the Gulf of Oman. Reuters
China, Russia and Iran hold joint naval drills in Gulf of Oman

The three countries have strengthened security co-operation in recent years, with their 20 ships set to challenge US and British presence in the region

GulfMarch 12, 2024
Children play at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
Forty million across Middle East face hunger this Ramadan, says UN

World Food Programme warns of near-famine in Gaza and growing food shortages in Syria, Yemen and Sudan

MENAMarch 11, 2024
A 7th Sustainment Brigade Soldier guides a lorry on a floating pier during the Joint Logistics Over the Shore exercise in the US. Photo: US Army
US outlines plan to construct floating pier for Gaza aid efforts

About 1,000 soldiers will be posted off the enclave's coastline as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians face starvation

Palestine-IsraelMarch 09, 2024
A Palestinian man carries flour bags distributed by the UN during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel in November in Gaza's Khan Younis. Reuters
Sea aid plan gains pace but critics say famine in Israel's hands

Experts and aid agencies warn that Israel allowing more aid via land crossing is only way to prevent disaster

Palestine-IsraelMarch 06, 2024
Members of the Jordanian Armed Forces drop aid parcels along the Gaza coast, in co-operation with Egypt, Qatar and France. Reuters
Campaign to drop aid into Gaza expands rapidly

Canada says it could support efforts by Jordan and France

Palestine-IsraelFebruary 29, 2024
The half-submerged Rubymar which was damaged in a Houthi missile attack in the Red Sea off Yemen. EPA
Houthi attacks jeopardise recovery of stricken Red Sea ship

Experts say a combination of the MV Rubymar's dangerous cargo, heavy damage and nearby conflict could present a unique salvage challenge

Palestine-IsraelFebruary 28, 2024
The stricken Rubymar is anchored in the Red Sea after being damaged in a missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels. EPA
Ship hit by Houthis has 21,000 tonnes of dangerous fertiliser

US warns of environmental disaster as MV Rubymar remains partially submerged in narrow Bab Al Mandeb

GulfFebruary 26, 2024
A flight deck crew on US aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower in the Red Sea. Reuters
US and allies face hard choices amid continuing Houthi attacks

The Red Sea crisis is testing the US's plan to shift its military focus to countering China in the Pacific

Palestine-IsraelFebruary 24, 2024
Lockheed Martin's airborne laser turret will be fitted to aircraft built to detect, track and destroy ballistic missiles. Photo: Lockheed Martin
'Rethinking everything' - how experts imagine war in the 2040s

AI will help sift vast amounts of intelligence data sent from drones - thousands of them

WorldFebruary 19, 2024
Russian intercontinental ballistic missile Sarmat is launched at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia's Arkhangelsk region in April 2022. EPA
Warning of Russian space-based threat is worrying, say experts

Russia, China and the US are developing a range of top-secret space-based weapons

USFebruary 15, 2024
Flames from the pipeline explosion in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. AP
No casualties reported after gas pipeline explodes in Iran

Emergency services say explosion near Borujen city ruptured the country's main gas transmission line

IranFebruary 14, 2024
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