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Three Saudi nationals killed in Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport

The missile attacks come amid an escalation in fighting between the Iran-backed group and Saudi Arabia, which backs Yeme...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Rates for oil tankers hit record high, as more crude passes through Hormuz

It now costs up to $77 million to hire a large tanker to move crude from the US to Asia, up from less than $10 million l...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Proxy Wars Threaten to Engulf Ethiopia

An increasingly interconnected web of hostilities has arms, drones, commercial interests and strategic ports at play.

Ethiopia · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Houthi strikes on Riyadh airport killed three Saudis as war escalates

By Timour Azhari and Tala RamadanRIYADH/DUBAI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Thursday's attacks on Riyadh airport killed three peopl...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
The Brigade and the Multidomain Breach

A specter looms over the US Army: the threat of positional warfare. For four years, we have watched with growing concern...

United States · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Russian forces destroy Ukrainian deployment sites with FAB-3000 air bombs at Orekhov

Russian Aerospace Forces crews struck the targets at the moments of maximum concentration of Ukrainian personnel

Orekhov, Ukraine · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Saudi Arabia says three killed at airport as Yemen war expands

Saudi Arabia said on Friday that three people were killed including a pilot were killed in attacks on Riyadh's internati...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Suspected North Korean land mine found on Incheon beach

Authorities suspect the mine was dislodged from North Korean territory by heavy summer rainfall.

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Afghan road to China tests Pakistan’s power and leverage

China is increasingly trying to diversify its connections to the region as Pakistan’s actions in Afghanistan create new ...

Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Battlegroup North artillery eliminates over 100 Ukrainian militants near Kharkov, Sumy

The battlegroup's artilery crews carried out more than 200 fire missions overnight

Kharkiv, Ukraine · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed three Houthi rocket-launch platforms

Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed three Houthi rocket-launch platforms Colonel Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the Sa...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
German Spymaster’s Arrest Piles Pressure on Beleaguered Agents

German spies haven’t enjoyed the best reputation among Western peers. The arrest this week of the country’s one-time int...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Russian attacks kill at least 41, injure 67 across Ukraine as glide bombs strike Zaporizhzhia

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 136 drones, including 93 jet-powered Shahed-type drones, Ukraine's Air Force said...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Battlegroup North destroys 189 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over past day

According to Vasily Mezhevykh, 27 Ukrainian UAV control centers, 45 R-18 heavy combat drones and eight ground robotic sy...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Russia’s Battlegroup South destroys 102 Ukrainian copter drones over past 24 hours

According to battlegroup’s spokesman Vadim Astafiev, 34 Ukrainian UAV control centers, 34 ground robotic systems and six...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
How Ukraine’s Ground Robots Are Changing the Battlefield

Operation Vivaldi, a Ukrainian military effort to repel Russian forces in the Donbas, has done much more than push back ...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
The Next Drone Won't Have a Radio Link, Our Intelligence Enterprise Needs to Plan for That Now

On the last day of the 2026 World Cup, NORAD F-16s fired flares over northern New Jersey to warn off civilian pilots who...

New Jersey, United States · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
After pledging swift results, Trump team prepares for long economic war with Iran

Iran’s economy is suffering. But some of the Trump administration’s dire projections have failed to come to fruition.

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Seoul’s envoy recall over North Korean POW spat draws backlash in Ukraine, ROK

Ukraine says it remains open to dialogue with South Korea despite Seoul’s decision to recall its ambassador due to a spa...

Seoul, South Korea · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Kiev faces critical situation as its power generation destroyed, says expert

Emergency blackouts were earlier imposed in the part of the city on the right bank of the Dnieper

Kyiv, Ukraine · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Russia’s Battlegroup West destroys 90 Ukrainian combat multicopters over past day

According to the battlegroup’s spokesman Ivan Bigma, 54 Ukrainian UAV control centers, two motorcycles and 39 enemy grou...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Japan’s Okinawa calls for review of US forces pact after killing

Assembly on the island, where tens of thousands of US soldiers are stationed, seeks change after Marine arrested.

Okinawa, Japan · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
CIS business communities implementing major industrial projects — Putin

The Russian president noted that import substitution processes are advancing within the bloc, boosting the output of a w...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
As Putin Wages Shadow War, Europe Looks for a Way to Hit Back

Moscow has used tactics of fear and ambiguity to try to divide NATO and limit support for Ukraine. But how should Europe...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Ukraine Drones Hit Second Yandex Data Center in Two Days

The Kaluga region governor said nine people were injured and infrastructure was damaged by Ukrainian drones.

Kaluga, Russia · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
US lost or damaged 81 aircraft in Iran war, Congress report estimates

US lost or damaged 81 aircraft in Iran war, Congress report estimates At least 81 US military aircraft, including fighte...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
South Korea tests hypersonic missile for first time, weeks after North

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung observed the first “successful” test launch of a domestically developed hypersonic ...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
US-Japan-Poland strategic triangle can encourage a ‘peaceful war’

As Russian President Vladimir Putin watched the final stage of the massive Tsentr-2026 military exercise in the Urals re...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
INTERVIEW: 20 yrs after 1st nuclear test, N. Korea drops "defensive" doctrine: expert

North Korea has moved away from its defensive nuclear posture to a more assertive one that does not rule out preemptive ...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
What Pakistan Will and Won’t Do in Yemen

Operationally, it would make little sense for Pakistan to send in large conventional ground forces to Yemen simply to pu...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Thai queen Suthida flies fighter jet solo for the first time

She took off in a single-seat JAS 39C from a military air base in southern Surat Thani province.

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Participants in CSTO exercise in Belarus, scheduled for October 12-16, arrive in country

The Belarusian Defense Ministry said that the service members will take part in a command-and-staff exercise with CSTO p...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
'Fire hoses' are Britain's nuclear submarine's only defence against drone attacks, reports say

While drone attacks are becoming a major threat in armed conflicts, Britain's nuclear submarines are revealed to use "fi...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
The Last Mile of Pentagon Reform Runs Through the Brigade

A kill chain measured in seconds cannot depend on processes measured in weeks or months. The Pentagon recognizes that dr...

No location · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
China and Philippines blame each other over South China Sea medical mission

China and the Philippines have traded accusations over a medical evacuation near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, as Ma...

South China Sea · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Russian presidential aide discusses training personnel for shipbuilding in Shanghai

Nikolay Patrushev is on a working visit to China from October 8 to 12

Shanghai, China · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Latest attacks on Ukraine are ‘war crimes done by Putin’, says Ukrainian politician

Yulia Klymenko, a member of Ukraine’s parliament, says Russia “cannot achieve anything on the front line” and is therefo...

Kyiv, Ukraine · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Yandex reports damage to Kaluga data center infrastructure following drone attack

The full extent of the damage is currently being assessed, the company said

Kaluga, Russia · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Injuries in Kaluga, damaged kindergarten in Tambov Region: aftermath of drone attacks

Overnight, on-duty air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 505 Ukrainian UAVs over 20 Russian regions

Kaluga, Russia · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail
Belt and Road paving way for China’s military presence in SE Asia

Last week, eight Chinese-made light attack jets sat on a half-finished runway at Ban Keun, flanked by more than two doze...

Laos · Oct 09, 2026 · Wedgetail

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