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A MANTAS T12 unmanned surface vehicle seen with a SeaFLIR sensor. Photo: MARTAC
US Navy tests unmanned speedboats that launch nano drones in Arabian Sea

The MANTAS T-12 is the latest in a line of unmanned boats, aircraft and ground vehicles under development

GulfOctober 20, 2021
The black beach on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima was stormed by thousands of US marines in February 1945 during the Second World War. Photo: US Marine Expeditionary Force
Volcanic activity in Japanese island exposes sunken Second World War ships

Iwo Jima is located on the volcanic archipelago of Ogasawara

AsiaOctober 18, 2021
Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada Al Sadr celebrate after the parliamentary election results are announced in Tahrir Square, Baghdad. AP Photo
Iraq elections: Iran-linked parties reject results after major setback

Heightened political tension expected in coming weeks as rival groups vie for cabinet positions

IraqOctober 12, 2021
An Iraqi army Humvee. Photo: Florian Neuhof for The National
Top ISIS financier captured in Iraq

Sami Jasim is a veteran of extremist groups in Iraq

IraqOctober 11, 2021
Iraqi election staff count votes in Baghdad. EPA
Early Iraq election results show gains for populist cleric Al Sadr

Full results are expected later this week

IraqOctober 11, 2021
A deactivated Titan II nuclear ICBM in a silo at the Titan Missile Museum, Green Valley, Arizona. AFP
US discloses nuclear weapon count for first time since 2017

Russia and the US together possess about 10,000 nuclear warheads

WorldOctober 06, 2021
Syrian Democratic Forces fighters in Raqqa, Syria. Photo: Reuters
US-backed Syrian forces stop ‘massive’ ISIS car bomb

The SDF is working with a coalition of militias in eastern Syria

SyriaOctober 04, 2021
Sara Duterte, Davao City Mayor and daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, delivers a speech during a senatorial campaign caravan for Hugpong Ng Pagbabago (HNP) in Davao City, southern Philippines. Reuters
Duterte suggests daughter may run for president

President Duterte made the surprise announcement he was leaving politics on Sunday

AsiaOctober 04, 2021
High waves break on the seaside promenade in the capital Muscat on Sunday, as Cyclone Shaheen approaches Oman. Photo: AFP
Tropical Cyclone Shaheen ‘rare event’ say meteorologists

Muscat and several northern regions are bracing for high winds and flooding

GulfOctober 03, 2021
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has been in power since 2016. Photo: AFP
Philippine President Duterte to retire from politics

He is facing a growing number of domestic challenges

AsiaOctober 02, 2021
An Iranian-built drone, used by Houthi rebels in Yemen, and captured by the Arab Coaliton. Victor Besa / The National
Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi drone that targeted residential area

The bomb-laden aircraft was destroyed by air defences

Saudi ArabiaOctober 02, 2021
An artistic rendering of a Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapons Concept (HAWC). Photo: Raytheon via Reuters
US pushes tech limits to step up weapons testing

Experimental weapons push the limits of technology

USSeptember 29, 2021
A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency showing the Hwasong-8 missile. EPA
North Korea says it has tested hypersonic missile

South Korea has condemned the test but experts are sceptical of the claim

WorldSeptember 29, 2021
In this undated pool photo released by the Kremlin Press Service via Sputnik on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin catches his trophy as he fishes during his and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu short vacation in early September, 2021 after his working visit to the Primorye and the Amur Region of the Russian Far East. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Putin holidays in remote Russian wilderness fishing spot of Amur Oblast

Russian president was pictured hiking in Amur Oblast, Siberia

WorldSeptember 28, 2021
The Skyborg autonomy core system launches aboard a Kratos UTAP-22 tactical unmanned vehicle at Tyndall AFB, Florida. US Air Force photo
Jet-powered drone can fly at more than 1,100kph

US Air Force hopes fleets of AI-guided drones will soon be operational

WorldSeptember 21, 2021
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