British and American forces have bombed Iranian-backed Houthi rebels again after a “surge” in Red Sea ship attacks. The air strikes came just hours after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak held crisis talks with US President Joe Biden. The pair paid tribute to
The UK military has joined the US in bombing Houthi rebels positioned in Yemen in a bid to end the Iranian-backed group’s attacks on international shipping. Typhoon jets carried out the overnight bombing raids. The twin-engined jets have been the workhouse of
Russia has said its pilots intercepted British Typhoon fighter jets amid claims the warplanes approached Russian airspace. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has dismissed the Russian defence ministry’s accusation the two countries clashed over the Black Sea. Two Russian Su-27 fighter jets
A typhoon was headed toward southern China and Hong Kong on Friday after bringing record-breaking winds and leaving one dead in Taiwan. Typhoon Koinu, after initially weakening, regained strength as it headed west across the South China Sea toward China’s Guangdong province,
Typhoon Koinu, traveling westward from the Pacific, was strengthening as it moved toward Taiwan, meteorologists on the island said Monday. The storm was expanding in size and was expected to make landfall by Thursday morning, they said. Koinu was moving northwest with
RAF fighter jets have landed and taken off from a regular road for the first time ever. Two Typhoons took off from a single-lane road in Tervo, Finland, which was specially designed as an emergency landing strip. The exercise was done to
Typhoon Lan crossed into Japan from the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 15, 2023. At least 240K people were moved to safety and around 900 flights were canceled due to the storm. Japanese authorities have issued landslide and flood warnings in certain areas
Severe floods in China’s northern province of Hebei brought by remnants of Typhoon Doksuri this month killed at least 29 people and caused billions of dollars in economic losses, its provincial government said Friday. Official news agency Xinhua reported that rescue crews
A powerful Typhoon Khanun was approaching Japan’s southwestern island of Okinawa on Tuesday, lashing the region with strong winds and high waves, and forcing transportation to halt and stores to close. The slow-moving Khanun, which means jackfruit in Thai, was heading northwest
The coastal Chinese city of Shantou on Thursday joined parts of Taiwan in shutting down schools and offices as Typhoon Doksuri brings heavy wind and rain to the Taiwan Strait and surrounding areas. Doksuri weakened further on Thursday, with sustained winds of