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9 March

Kyiv School of Economics Joins Saab for Next-Gen Defense Tech Research

Saab and the Kyiv School of Economics have launched a strategic collaboration to accelerate research and development in UAS and microelectronics.

9 March

Europe

HMS Venturer (F12), an Inspiration-class (Type 31) frigate, at Babcock’s Rosyth facility.

Jodesz Gavilan

Babcock Teams With Scottish Colleges for Defense Skills Development

Babcock International Group has signed a new skills pact with Fife College and Forth Valley College to expand training opportunities for Scotland’s defense and advanced manufacturing sectors.

8 March

Middle East

Israeli warplanes strike near the old Iranian embassy building in Beirut's southern suburbs in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 6, 2026, hitting a building adjacent to the former diplomatic site.

Staff Writer With AFP

Israel Strikes Beirut Hotel as Lebanon Says War Toll Nears 400

Israel struck a hotel in central Beirut on Sunday, the first attack on the city center since the start of the new war with Hezbollah, as Lebanon said nearly 400 people were killed over the past week.

8 March

Middle East

Iranian worshippers hold national flags and participate in Tehran's Friday prayers at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on March 6, 2026.

Staff Writer With AFP

Iran Prepares to Name New Leader as Tehran Fuel Dumps Burn

Iran was preparing to name a successor to its slain supreme leader on Sunday, after US-backed Israeli strikes destroyed fuel depots in Tehran.

8 March

Americas

US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office soon after he announced Israel is going to normalize ties with United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Staff Writer With AFP

Trump Offers LatAm Leaders US Missile Strikes to Hit Drug Cartels

US President Donald Trump urged Latin American nations to use military power against the "cancer" of drug cartels.

8 March

Middle East

An armed Iranian policeman monitors an area while standing on an armored vehicle in front of a portrait of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is killed in a U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, on March 7, 2026.

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkey Warns Over ‘Dangerous’ Bid to Stir Civil War in Iran

Turkey's foreign minister advised against efforts to cause a civil war inside Iran, while warning Tehran after NATO intercepted a Turkey-bound ballistic missile launched from Iran this week.

8 March

Middle East

Satellite image of UK-US Diego Garcia base.

Staff Writer With AFP

US Starts Using UK Bases for ‘Defensive’ Iran Operations

The US has started using British bases for certain operations against Iran during the Middle East war, the UK government announced.

8 March

Sea

Staff Writer With AFP

Sri Lanka to Treat Iranian Sailors According to ‘International Law’

Sri Lanka will treat Iranian sailors rescued from a torpedoed frigate according to international law, a minister said, following reports that Washington was pressuring Colombo to not repatriate them.

8 March

Middle East

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Staff Writer With AFP

Netanyahu Says Israel Will Carry On Iran War ‘With All Our Force’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would continue its war with Iran "with all our force," and alongside the US had gained near-total control of the skies over Tehran after a week of strikes.

8 March

Middle East