Pakistan’s interior minister was in Tehran on Sunday in a fresh bid to restart negotiations between Iran and the US, as the American military said it shot down two more Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz that threatened international maritime traffic. The latest action came as the Washington presses for Iran to make a deal to end the war in the Middle East, which has strained the global economy and threatened a hunger crisis in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries. The heaviest...
The regional governor urges residents to remain indoors for the first time since the beginning of the war.
US forces struck Iranian coastal radar sites on Saturday after shooting down drones launched by Iran towards the Strait of Hormuz, the US military said, in the latest escalation complicating efforts to end the war between the two countries. The US military believed the four Iranian drones were targeting regional maritime traffic, an official said. US Central Command said on social media that the US then struck Iran’s surveillance sites in Goruk and Qeshm Island, which are both on the Strait of...
Kuwait and Bahrain attacked as Iran launches missile and drone barrage
Several long-range drones struck oil storage facilities near the city, days before Vladimir Putin is due to address the event.
BBC Verify has analysed videos of attacks in occupied Ukraine on Russian trucks carrying ammunition, fuel and food.
Fibre-optic drones are now Hezbollah's primary weapon against Israel's soldiers and civilians.
Iran’s claimed drone interception has renewed attention on Tehran’s military capabilities after months of bombardment.
The US military carried out new strikes overnight in Iran targeting a military site and shooting down four Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz, a US official said on Wednesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the military site that was struck was an Iranian ground control station in Iran’s Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone. The US military strikes came during negotiations to end a three-month-old war that has...
New legislation aims to integrate banks into Russia's air defences using jamming systems and trained employees.
Nasa plans to send hopping drones and roving vehicles to the Moon as part of plans for a permanent Moon base.
Almost 90 drones fell from the sky over Sydney's Darling Harbour during a popular winter light show.
Vivid Sydney organisers and the UK company behind the drone show blamed it on technical difficulties.
Russia pounded Ukraine’s capital overnight on Saturday with drones and ballistic missiles.
New Zealand intends to spend about NZ$1.6 billion (US$936 million) on drones, ship maintenance and naval upgrades to bolster the island nation’s maritime security at a time of increasing concern about supply routes. Defence Minister Chris Penk said on Saturday that the government would invest in two types of drones: one for the southwest Pacific to provide long-duration intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and the other a polar-capable vehicle that could operate from naval vessels in...
Ukraine said it hit Russia's elite Rubicon drone military unit in a Moscow-occupied part of eastern Ukraine.
Armed groups have taken the conflict to the skies by making greater use of cheap, widely available drone technology.
After four years of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine has become far more successful at fighting off air raids.
Singapore’s plan to trial weaponised unmanned drones has put a spotlight on Southeast Asia’s fast-growing interest in systems that can track and strike at targets without putting operators directly in harm’s way. But as countries race to upgrade their drone and counter-drone capabilities, analysts say regulation, transparency and confidence-building will be crucial to prevent accidents or miscalculations that could fuel regional tensions. Singapore announced on Thursday that it would start...
The People’s Liberation Army has accused Japan of taking a “dangerous gamble” with its plan to deploy satellite-aided drones to its southwestern islands near Taiwan. In a commentary on Sunday, the PLA Daily, the mouthpiece of the Chinese military, said that while Tokyo maintained that it was building a multilayered coastal defence system, the equipment had a “distinct offensive nature”. “While called a ‘shield’, it is in reality a ‘spear’,” it said. Japan’s Self-Defence Force plans to acquire...
Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh says unmanned aerial systems are no longer merely surveillance tools but have become offensive assets shaping the future battlefield
Finnish defence authorities scramble fighter jets; defence chief warns of more alarms as Russian war persists.
Finland warned the public of drones possibly entering its airspace, for the first time near the capital city Helsinki, in the early hours of Friday. Flights were disrupted at the country’s biggest airport, Helsinki-Vantaa, and about 1.8 million residents of southern Finland were told to remain indoors after overnight Ukrainian strikes on Russia near Finland prompted concern that unmanned aircraft had strayed into the country. The emergency warning was issued at 3.49am local time and authorities...
Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina resigns after several incidents involving stray drones suspected to be from Ukraine.
The Guntur-based firm Magnumwings aims to expand and commercialise its six indigenous drone prototypes for humans, cargo and defence in two years
Drones bound for Russia crashed down in Latvia last week, prompting a political fallout.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia fired 'more than 1,560 drones' at Ukraine since Wednesday.
Moscow says it intercepts and destroys 286 Ukrainian drones overnight.
The UN says the use of drones is making the conflict more dangerous.
One killed and four others wounded in attacks on Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, local administration chief says.
The civil society groups said that the use of drones, rocket launchers, and other military-grade weapons, along with reports that armed cadres crossed the India-Myanmar border, pointed to a well-coordinated foreign-backed assault