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Beijing is expected to intensify naval operations beyond Taiwan and the first island chain, military observers say, citing the possible commissioning of Type 055 “super destroyers” into the East Sea Fleet. Photographs circulating on social media in late January showed two Type 055 guided-missile destroyers moored at a naval base in Zhoushan, located on the East China Sea coast. They had also been assigned hull numbers, 109 and 110, signalling imminent commissioning into the PLA Navy. This...

Iran confirmed 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family were killed in a joint US-Israeli air strike on a compound in the heart of the capital Tehran

The saplings have been planted at Dartmoor's Wistman's Wood National Nature Reserve.

Australia's Hannah Green wins the LPGA's Women's World Championship in Singapore after her husband steps in as her caddie.

Australia's Hannah Green wins the LPGA's Women's World Championship in Singapore after her husband steps in as her caddie.

Hong Kong authorities have received 131 inquiries from residents stranded in the Middle East amid a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran, which forced flight cancellations and left some seeking refuge in local hotels. The Immigration Department confirmed to the South China Morning Post that all residents who inquired about the situation and flight arrangements were in safe locations as of 8am on Sunday. It said the authorities have been coordinating with the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry...

Crowd topples Ayatollah monument in southern Iran

Multiple people dead and at least 20 injured after a mass shooting erupted along West Sixth Street

Pakistan accuses Afghanistan's Taliban government of harbouring militant factions that launch attacks against its territory

At least nine protesters have been killed and 32 injured in clashes after hundreds of Pakistan’s pro-Iran Shi'a Muslims, angry over the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stormed the US Consulate in the port city of Karachi.

Passengers flying with Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways have criticised the flag carrier over its compensation and rebooking policies after flights to the Middle East were cancelled due to the joint United States-Israeli attack on Iran. Cathay Pacific said on Sunday that it was “waiving rebooking and re-routing charges for the affected customers” to give them “greater flexibility”, but did not clarify whether the measures included financial compensation for conflict-related cancellations or...

The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the latest US-Israeli strikes on the country has triggered not only a leadership vacuum but also a high-stakes test of whether the Islamic Republic’s system can endure without the man who dominated it for nearly four decades. Analysts said the immediate signs point less to collapse than to hardening continuity, at least for now, as security institutions close ranks, the battlefield expands and signs of internal rupture remain...