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Conflict & Security
Military moves, clashes, maritime flashpoints, and security posture changes.
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April 15, 2026
570 stored stories in archive
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Conflict & Security
Military moves, clashes, maritime flashpoints, and security posture changes.
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Donors exceed funding target at Berlin conference but prospects for ceasefire remain distant
China has denied claims this month by U.S. intelligence that it might have shipped arms to Iran. In recent years, China has supported Iran with dual-use parts.
Fighting continued in southern Lebanon between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants, even as Israeli and Lebanese diplomats met in Washington. The war in Lebanon has threatened to undermine the U.S.-Iran cease-fire.
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Military moves, clashes, maritime flashpoints, and security posture changes.
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Donors exceed funding target at Berlin conference but prospects for ceasefire remain distantMore than £1bn (€1.15bn) has been pledged for war-ravaged Sudan at a conference in Berlin, eclipsing the funding target organise...
China has denied claims this month by U.S. intelligence that it might have shipped arms to Iran. In recent years, China has supported Iran with dual-use parts.
Fighting continued in southern Lebanon between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants, even as Israeli and Lebanese diplomats met in Washington. The war in Lebanon has threatened to undermine the U.S.-Iran cease-f...
Oleksiy Klochkovsky has driven mail and parcels around the front line in Ukraine for four years. He keeps one ear tuned for danger from above.
British aid to double as 19m people face acute hunger, but summit unlikely to end conflict amid Saudi-UAE tensions The British foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, will urge Sudan’s warring parties to “cease bloodshed” duri...
Military has described devastating attack that killed up to 200 people, many of them civilians, as a ‘precision airstrike’Survivors and observers have questioned the Nigerian military’s rationale for a devastating airstr...
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30 sources
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BBC World
Public broadcaster
Live
BBC Asia
Regional desk
Live
Reuters World
Wire service
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Reuters Business
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Al Jazeera English
International broadcaster
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The Guardian World
Newspaper
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Cable network
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Asia-Pacific magazine
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Business daily
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National daily
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National daily
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Dawn
National daily
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National daily
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Rappler
Digital newsroom
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National daily
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China Daily World
State-backed daily
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Radio Free Asia
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Deutsche Welle Asia
Public broadcaster
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France 24 Asia-Pacific
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Euronews World
Broadcast network
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