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UAE gives all-clear after air defenses detect Iranian missile, Tehran denies attack

This comes amid tensions with Iran as the Memorandum of Understanding expired, with US President Donald Trump laying claim to the Strait of Hormuz with a declaration marking it as "US territory."

The sun sets over the Dubai skyline featuring the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, in Dubai on August 6, 2026.
Defendants Daniil B., Vladyslav T. and Yevhen B. cover their faces as they arrive in the courtroom, where a court is expected to conclude the trial against the three Ukrainian nationals suspected of conspiracy to commit arson attacks on behalf of a Russian intelligence service.

German court convicts Ukrainian man over parcel bomb plot linked to Russia

Sbarro bombing scene, 9 Aug, 2001.

Some 25 years after the Sbarro bombing, one family is fighting to bring Ahlam Tamimi to justice

Law enforcement officers and emergency services personnel work at the site of an explosion at a restaurant in central Moscow, Russia August 2, 2026.

Homemade explosive carried by woman kills three, wounds at least 21 at Moscow restaurant


Kabul rehab center bombed by Pakistan, death toll rises, families search for survivors

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has put the death toll at 143 in the bombing of a Kabul drug rehab centre by Pakistan, an official told Reuters on Wednesday.

A view of destruction following reported Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 17, 2026. Afghan officials said the strikes allegedly hit a drug rehabilitation center in the capital, causing civilian casualties.

What are cluster munitions and how does Israel intercept them? - explainer

The use of cluster-bomb-carrying missiles has raised questions among the public regarding the interception capability of air defense systems.

Rocket trails are seen in the sky above the Israeli center coastal city of Netanya amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on March 9, 2026.

Suspect of 1994 bombing of Buenos Aires’ AMIA Jewish center appointed head of IRGC

Ahmad Vahidi, the suspect of the AMIA Jewish Community center bombing, was appointed head of the IRGC a day after Supreme Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli airstrikes.

Ahmad Vahidi, then deputy commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, arrives at the sixth anniversary of Qassem Soleimani's killing at Tehran's Musalla. Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force of the IRGC, was killed in 2020 in a US missile strike in Iraq.

US used B-1 'Lancer' strategic bombers to strike targets inside Iran, CENTCOM confirms

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth indicated the aircraft could see expanded use for the remainder of the war.

In this handout photo released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers, July 8, 2017 in Korean Peninsula, South Korea.

Israel, US shift strikes to broader targets across Iran as war expands

While Israel had managed to drop 2,500 bombs on the Islamic Republic's forces already by Monday night, a pace which, within a couple of days, could exceed all the bombs dropped on in June 2025.

Smoke rises following an explosion, after Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel had launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran, in Tehran, Iran February 28, 2026 in this screen grab taken from video.

IDF: 2,000 bombs dropped on Iran already, equal to 50% of total from June 2025's 12 Day War

Israel was disappointed that after it brought Tehran down from as many as 3,000 missiles in June to around 1,300, in only eight months, Iran was able to rebuild and return to the 2,500 missile level.

Israeli Air Force fighter pilots prepare to strike Iran, February 28, 2026

Does the US have enough bunker busters to end Iran's nuclear program? - analysis

The question of whether the US can destroy the Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility will partly be an intelligence race of who can outwit whom, matching offensive and defensive capabilities.

Illustrative image of a B-2 bomber.

China denounces deadly Islamabad mosque attack, pledges support to Pakistan

An attacker opened fire at the gates of the mosque before setting off a suicide bomb and killing at least 31 people in the deadliest attack of its kind in Pakistan's capital in more than a decade.

People mourn as they attend a funeral for victims following the suicide explosion at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque, in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 7, 2026.

At least 31 killed in Islamabad Shi'ite mosque bombing, Islamic State claims responsibility

More than 170 others were wounded in the explosion, which occured after security guards attempted to block the attacker from entering the mosque compound.

Pakistani paramilitary federal forces stand guard next to a crowd of people gathered near the site of a deadly explosion at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 6, 2026. Picture taken with a phone.

Seven Pakistani police officers killed in targeted bomb attack, no group claims responsibility

Police in the northwestern Tank district said that five police personnel were killed on the spot after the remote-controlled bomb went off, while two others had died in the hospital.

Pakistani soldiers in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan September 2, 2025.