1+ hour, 4+ min ago  (252+ words) Iran's UK embassy has taken to X to remind foreign secretary Yvette Cooper just who started the disastrous illegal US-Israel war. Just as well, as she seems to have forgotten. In a statement welcoming this week's (not-really) "temporary ceasefire', Cooper…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago  (397+ words) Iran rules out restrictions on enrichment programme: chief Saudi Arabia executes two Shia citizens from Eastern Province Between 'victory' and uncertainty: What ceasefire means for Iran How Israel is sowing sectarian strife in its war on Lebanon Counting the cost…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago  (1484+ words) April 9, 2026 | 07: 43 pm TEMPO. CO, Jakarta-Jakarta, October 1965. After a failed coup attempt, the Indonesian army and its allies killed, tortured and imprisoned hundreds of thousands of Indonesians they suspected to be communists, many of them of Chinese descent. But almost a…...

4+ hour, 13+ min ago  (297+ words) A Chinese military spokesman said on Thursday that the Philippines' attempts to provoke maritime trouble by banking on external forces would be self-defeating. Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks while responding to a…...

4+ hour, 14+ min ago  (627+ words) As Iran destroyed energy facilities and infrastructure in all six of its Persian Gulf neighbors and blocks their shipments of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf states " Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates…...

7+ hour, 14+ min ago  (17+ words) Bahrain Emphasizes the Necessity for Iran to Comply with Halting Any Activities Threatening Gulf and Regional Security" " "...

3+ hour, 17+ min ago  (199+ words) The US-Israel war with Iran has "forever" altered relations between Doha and Tehran, according to a prominent former Qatari diplomat. "Attacking civilian infrastructure, under the guise of "we're attacking the Americans,' is something that Qatar views as a just bold-faced…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago  (347+ words) A two'week nationwide state of energy emergency has been declared in Madagascar due to severe fuel shortages stemming from the ongoing US-Israel war in Iran. According to the presidency, the decision was made after Tuesday's cabinet meeting over fears the…...

4+ hour, 47+ min ago  (60+ words) The Manila Times WATCH: Philippines unveils new coast guard command in disputed South China Sea The Philippine Coast Guard unveils its first dedicated command center in the Spratly island chain, a flashpoint in the disputed South China Sea that has…...

4+ hour, 57+ min ago  (390+ words) THE CEASEFIRE between America and Iran, as Donald Trump tells it, will usher in a "golden age" for the Middle East. Yet the first day of that truce was among the bloodiest days the region has seen since the war…...