China has slapped an unprecedented one-year travel ban on four New Zealand lawmakers following their May trip to Taiwan, prompting a fierce refusal to apologize from coalition MPs.
India is set to invest 200 billion rupees ($2.3 billion) in domestic military drones to boost preparedness, following border lessons and global drone usage in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Direct conflict has reignited in the Gulf after U.S.-Iran peace talks failed. CENTCOM disabled an oil tanker with a Hellfire missile and struck an Iranian ground-control station on Qeshm Island.
Following a massive overnight strike by 73 Russian missiles and 656 drones, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has sent an urgent plea to President Trump for immediate Patriot defense support.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed to Congress that reopening the Strait of Hormuz will not earn Iran sanctions relief, revealing that new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is running talks.
