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All his life, just as his parents did before him, Giorgos Konstantinos has learned to live beside RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus. He has endured the roar of aircraft, the constant flow of military vehicles and the routine drills. Yet never before had Konstantinos, the village’s vice‑mayor, seen anything

It is not always viewed favorably when the ruling family of an autocracy stages a public display of mingling with ordinary citizens. On Monday, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al‑Nahyan, who serves as both president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi, accompanied Dubai’s crown prince,

With about thirty individuals sheltering in the local bomb shelter on Sunday afternoon while sirens sounded outside, Oren Katz moved to shut the reinforced door. It was a gesture of self‑lessness typical of the father of four, and it would claim his life. As he reached the entrance, the

South Sudan is being shaken by a growing clash between the government‑aligned army and opposition forces and their allies, a situation that analysts warn could plunge the nation back into a full‑scale civil war. Violent encounters in the world’s youngest state between troops loyal to President Salva

Analysts and officials say that the result and length of the Middle East conflict could hinge on a stark calculation involving the volume of Iran’s drone and missile inventories versus the crucial air‑defence ammunition possessed by the United States, Israel and Gulf nations. From Saturday onward, Iran and

John Healey, the defence secretary, is weighing the option of dispatching a Royal Navy destroyer to Cyprus to bolster the security of British installations after a series of apparently hostile drones struck RAF Akrotiri on the island. Defence officials said a deployment of HMS Duncan, presently stationed in Portsmouth, is