TAG: Missiles
Ukraine hopes to avoid economic doomsday of not getting Western financial aid
KYIV — Ukrainians can’t bear to think what will happen if they don’t get the aid that EU leaders hav...
8 months ago
Expensive fuel and million dollar missiles: Counting the cost of the Red Sea crisis
The combat reports from Western navies operating in the Red Sea in recent days read like missives fr...
8 months ago
Iran’s allies are attacking the West. What happens next?
Tensions are soaring across the Middle East after Washington vowed to respond to a drone attack by I...
8 months ago
Middle East crisis: Houthis hit cargo ship with missile off Yemen
A container ship sailing through Yemeni waters was struck Monday by a rocket launched by Houthi figh...
8 months ago
Houthis vow to continue Red Sea attacks despite US-led strikes
Western airstrikes against Houthi positions in Yemen overnight won't stop its fighters from harassin...
8 months ago
Middle East braces for chaos as Iran and West square up
Western warplanes and guided missiles roared through the skies over Yemen in the early hours of Frid...
8 months ago
The Gaza war is escalating. How bad will the Middle East crisis get?
On October 7, Hamas fighters launched a bloody attack against Israel, using paragliders, speedboats...
8 months ago
How Houthi rebels are threatening global trade nexus on Red Sea
The U.S. is mustering an international armada to deter Iranian-backed Houthi militias from Yemen fro...
8 months ago
Yemen: West ignored our warnings about Houthis to court Iran for nuclear deal
BRUSSELS — The U.S. and EU were so determined to court Iran for a nuclear deal over recent years tha...
8 months ago
Red Sea attacks strain Europe’s supply chains
Cargo shipments between Asia and Europe are being disrupted by continued attacks on vessels in the R...
8 months ago
Greek ship hit by missile as Houthis ramp up Red Sea attacks
A Greek-owned, Maltese-flagged cargo ship was reportedly hit by a rocket as it sailed close to the c...
8 months ago
Russian ‘scorched earth’ missile attack damages power plants in Ukraine
KYIV — Russian forces unleashed 99 missiles and drones in a fourth massive attack against Ukrainian energy infrastructure in the past 10 days. Three fossil fuel-fired power plants were seriously damaged, Ukrainian energy company DTEK said in a statement.“...
6 months ago
How China ended up financing the Houthis’ Red Sea attacks
China is unwittingly helping Iran choke off ship traffic in the Red Sea, impairing global trade flows and damaging Beijing’s own interests in the process, Western intelligence officials say.China’s illicit purchases of Iranian oil are indirectly financing...
6 months ago
Putin bombards Ukraine but US tells Kyiv to stop targeting Russian oil
KYIV — Russia launched a huge barrage of missiles and drones at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, leaving several cities without electricity and damaging the Dnipro hydropower plant, Ukraine's biggest dam.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy s...
6 months ago