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Abu Dhabi is hoping that a trade embargo will force Tehran to surrender.

Political appeasement won’t buy off hostile powers.

How useful is a theory about power that consistently fails to explain what the world’s most powerful country does?

A White House endorsement could improve the Israeli leader’s chances of winning.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on early Wednesday rejected a statement by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that two ballistic missiles were launched on Tuesday from Iran toward the UAE.

A rocket that once would have been discarded after completing its mission has now taken a different path - returning from the edge of space back to Earth. In the early hours on Wednesday, the Zhuque-3 Y2 reusable launch vehicle lifted off for a flight test, carrying not only a satellite payload but also a major test of China's emerging reusable rocket capabilities. After completing its orbital mission, the rocket's first stage attempted a controlled return and recovery, with its developers Beijing-based private firm LandSpace describing the mission as a key transition from technology verification toward engineering application for China's commercial aerospace industry.

After Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim recently reaffirmed Taiwan is part of China during an interview, the Taiwan island's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was clearly rattled.

A satellite launch vehicle being tested for the first time self-destructed after experiencing an anomaly shortly after liftoff, Taiwan's top weapons development institute said Wednesday, but no injuries or property damage were reported.

China launched the reusable rocket Zhuque-3 on Wednesday morning, achieving its first recovery of a rocket's first stage on land.

The government's campaign against communist insurgents is gaining momentum as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported neutralizing 1,045 New People's Army (NPA) rebels and their supporters during operations conducted from Jan. 1 to Aug. 13 this year.

Japan and Australia agreed in Canberra on Tuesday to advance arrangements for the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to use missile test sites in Australia, Kyodo News reported.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has categorically dismissed the United Arab Emirates' claim that Iran launched a missile toward its territory.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared two French diplomats working at the French Embassy in Tehran 'persona non grata.'

The large-scale U.S.- ROK joint military exercises, Ulji Freedom Shield, began in every part of the ROK on August 17. The drill poses the most immediate and open threat to the DPRK and the regional security.

Belgium's largest wildfire in more than a century has already destroyed an area of around 30 square kilometres in the High Fens nature reserve near Germany's border, and is still not fully under control. Around 500 people are working to contain the flames, and many residents have been forced to evacuate the area. Commentators discuss what the rest of Europe can learn from the disaster.