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30.04.2026 18:32 A federal jury today convicted Afghan national Mohammad Sharifullah, a member of the terrorist organization the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province , of participating in a nine-year conspiracy to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization.

30.04.2026 18:32 US President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel should only conduct "surgically" designed military strikes in Lebanon and avoid a full resumption of the war, the president told Axios in an interview.

30.04.2026 18:32 The U.S. military announced on Wednesday that its forces have intercepted 42 vessels as part of its blockade to prevent maritime commerce from entering or exiting Iranian ports.

30.04.2026 18:32 Major wargame exercise brings together leading defence companies to test supply chain resilience under wartime pressure.

30.04.2026 18:32 Defence Research Development Organisation and Indian Navy have successfully conducted the maiden salvo launch of Naval Anti-ship Missile-Short Range from the Navy's helicopter platform off the coast of Bay of Bengal in Odisha. During the trial, two missiles were launched in quick succession from the same helicopter, making it the first salvo launch of an advanced air-launched anti-ship missile system.

30.04.2026 18:32 A recent US Senate hearing has exposed mounting concerns that America's homeland missile defenses are dangerously misaligned with modern warfare, according to a report.

30.04.2026 18:32 The Albanese Government is strengthening the nation's sovereign defence industrial base, resilience and self-reliance by investing an initial $126.9 million to establish solid rocket motor production in Australia.

30.04.2026 18:32 Russia's Defense Ministry said the Victory Day parade on Red Square -- an annual Kremlin spectacle celebrating the Soviet role in World War II and Moscow's military today -- will be drastically scaled back this year, with no military vehicles or heavy weaponry on display for the first time in almost two decades.

30.04.2026 18:32 US ⁠President Donald Trump ⁠said he held a phone call with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, where the two discussed a possible temporary cease-fire to halt fighting in the 4-year-old war in Ukraine.

30.04.2026 18:32 The acting US ambassador to Ukraine will step down from her position after less than a year in the job, the State Department has said, amid reports of "differences" with President Donald Trump.

30.04.2026 18:32 The UN's top human rights official warned on Wednesday that Iranians' rights are being eroded in "harsh and brutal ways," citing a surge in executions, mass arrests and alleged abuses amid a widening crackdown on dissent during the ongoing conflict.

30.04.2026 18:32 The 2015 nuclear accord with Iran cannot be the starting point for a new agreement with the country, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday in New York.

30.04.2026 18:32 US President Donald Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin made proposals regarding Iran's enriched uranium -- a key issue to any US-Iran peace deal -- but Trump said he would prefer that the Kremlin focus first on ending its war with Ukraine.

30.04.2026 18:32 In the face of a devastating US-Israeli bombing campaign, Iran's rival political factions cast aside their differences to unite behind the country's decision-makers.

30.04.2026 18:32 Weeks of US and Israeli air strikes, sanctions, and restrictions have hit Iran hard, but it could be geology that eventually pushes it into making concessions in its ongoing standoff with the United States.