Iran yesterday denied any links to a drone strike in Jordan that killed three US military personnel and said it was not seeking an “expansion” of conflict in the Middle East.

Four members of the Myanmar security services including a brigadier-general were shot dead by sniper fire yesterday as their helicopter prepared to land, a military source told AFP.

Israeli strikes in Syria yesterday killed seven people, including pro-Iran fighters, a war monitor said, in the latest such attack in the country against groups loyal to Tehran.

More than 50 people including women, children and two UN peacekeepers were killed in attacks along South Sudan’s border with Sudan, officials said, the deadliest in a spate of incidents since 2021 related to a boundary dispute.

The killing of three US troops and wounding of dozens more on Sunday evening by Iran-backed militants is piling political pressure on President Joe Biden to deal a blow directly against Iran, a move he’s been reluctant to do out of fear of igniting a broader war.

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Maldivian lawmakers voted against the appointment of three cabinet members today after an unprecedented parliamentary punch-up over the ratification of the posts left at least one MP seriously injured

The White House today vowed a "very consequential response" to a drone attack on a base in Jordan that killed three American troops, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday at least 26,637 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory during the war between militants and Israel

India's State Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shantanu Thakur yesterday said the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will be implemented across the entire country within the next seven days

Pakistan and Iran today said they respected each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity and would expand security cooperation, bidding to mend ties after tit-for-tat missile strikes at what they said were militant targets

Southeast Asian foreign ministers today pressed for an end to Myanmar's bloody conflict and expressed unity in their backing for a regional peace plan and a "Myanmar-owned and led solution" to the crisis

India's navy said Monday it had freed an Iranian fishing vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia following the latest attack against shipping in the Indian Ocean

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce plans on Monday to ban the sale of disposable vapes to prevent their use by children, and reiterate the government's intention to introduce a law preventing younger generations from buying tobacco

Military-ruled Myanmar sent a bureaucrat to Monday's meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers in Laos, Indonesia's top diplomat said, adding the move was in line with ASEAN's policy on the conflict-torn country's attendance

Iran executed four men at dawn on Monday after they were convicted of collaborating with the country's arch-foe Israel on a plan to sabotage an Iranian defense site, according to the judiciary

A drone attack on a base in Jordan killed three American troops and wounded more than 30 on Sunday, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants and vowing to hold the perpetrators to account

Iran denied US and British accusations that it supported militant groups behind a drone strike on Jordan that killed three US military personnel, Tehran's official IRNA news agency reported on Monday

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test launch of a new strategic cruise missile from a submarine, state media said Monday, the latest tension-raising move by the nuclear-armed state

Japan's Moon lander has resumed operations, the space agency said on Monday, indicating that power had been restored