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Middle East

Saudi Arabia and the UAE will join ground invasion of Iran with the U.S. and Israeli forces: WSJ reports.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have taken steps toward joining the Iran war, the Wall Street Journal reported, potentially signaling an escalation of the fighting. Qatar and Saudi Arabia to Sign an Agreement [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Chinese aerospace executive Tan Ruisong gets suspended death sentence over corruption and insider trading.

A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced Tan Ruisong, the former chairman of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption, part of a ‌wider campaign against graft in China’s [...]
Middle East

Operations Epic Fury degraded Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile capability by 70 percent, but the stockpile of IRBMs remains intact in a bunker.

Operation Epic Fury, which began on February 28, 2026, has resulted in significant and widespread damage to Iran’s military, political, and economic infrastructure. The joint U.S.-Israeli campaign (referred to as Operation Roaring Lion by Israel) [...]
Anti-ship Missile

Ukraine destroys Bastion anti-ship launcher with Zircon missiles in Crimea.

Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) said March 24 that its forces destroyed a launcher from Russia’s Bastion coastal missile system in occupied Crimea during overnight strikes. The GUR said the system had been used to [...]