Tehran’s increasingly accurate and lethal attacks are showing up failures in American air defences in the Gulf As the crisis in the Middle East escalates, Iran has been bombing US bases and critical infrastructure in the Gulf with increasing accuracy, helped by Chinese satellite imagery and tactics learned from Russia in Ukraine. Three American soldiers were killed last Friday in an attack on the…

Later that day, NATO Air Command confirmed that a drone was shot down by allied fighters under NATO command and control in Romanian airspace.

Four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers have been shot dead during a confrontation near a village in the occupied West Bank.

The incident adds to concern that Moscow’s war on Ukraine risks spilling over to entangle neighbouring NATO states.

The Ojai Raptor Center said Jackie did not suffer lead poisoning, as millions have been waiting for a health update on the beloved bald eagle who is also one of the internet-famous Big Bear Valley Bald Eagles. Jackie and her mate Shadow became internet celebrities through a popular 24/7 live-stream camera maintained by the nonprofit Friends of Big Bear Valley in California.

Poland's main opposition party, Law and Justice, faces a split in a disagreement over its future direction