Moment Israeli soldier hurls stun grenade into Palestinians’ car
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Israeli command system identified 850,000 targets in Gaza and Lebanon wars, says supplier
Elbit Systems supplied Tzayad digital army programme to map people, vehicles and other objects in real time
Israel identified about 1,000 potential targets a day during the first two years of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon with its command and control system, according to a presentation by the country’s largest arms supplier, Elbit Systems.
A total of 850,000 targets were detected in real time by the Israeli Tzayad digital army programme across all the military’s theatres of war between 7 October and the end of 2025, the company said at a military conference in London.
Continue reading...Super Typhoon Bavi makes landfall on US Pacific islands
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Child protection services contacted before four-year-old’s alleged murder as police investigate cannibalism claim
Police charge woman with murder after boy’s body was found in a Central Coast home on Saturday
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The New South Wales department in charge of child protection received “a number of reports” about a four-year-old child before he was allegedly murdered by his mother, the minister revealed, as she announced a review into how the case was handled.
Kate Washington, the NSW minister for communities and family, announced the independent review into the child’s case on Monday afternoon, two days after police found the preschooler’s body at a home on the Central Coast.
Continue reading...Millions join funeral procession for Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei
Crowds swelled through Tehran as mourners dressed in black carried flags proclaiming: ‘We will rise’
A crowd of “millions” assembled on Monday for the funeral procession of Iran’s assassinated supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.
The scale and depth of the march, however engineered, represents an extraordinary turnaround for a country that only seven months ago was gripped by street protests at which thousands of people were killed by government security forces.
Continue reading...China missile test draws criticism from Australia, New Zealand, Japan
Countries raise concerns after Chinese military test-launches ballistic missile from submarine in the Pacific Ocean.
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Funeral procession for Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei under way
Iranians mourn along procession route before burial in Mashhad during weeklong ceremonies.
Khamenei’s funeral procession moves through Tehran
Crowds filled the streets of Tehran as the funeral procession for Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, began.
China test-launches ballistic missile from sub in South Pacific, drawing protests – CBS News
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Philippine Senate opens the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte – AP News
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned of a likely attack ahead of meeting with US President Donald Trump.
China test fires missile into Pacific, alarming regional powers – Reuters
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Sudan’s maternity wards reopen, bringing hope amid war struggles
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Trump won spending promises from NATO last year. This week, he’ll try to enforce them – NPR
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Another Philippine senator arrested for alleged large-scale corruption – AP News
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Is the US really preparing to drop Israel?
With relations between Israel and the US fraught, some are speculating whether special relationship may be at an end.