Iran says three fighter pilots who went missing after a March 2 mission targeting a U.S. military base in Qatar were captured alive by Qatari forces and remain detained, as Tehran appeals to the Red Cross for information about their whereabouts and condition.
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has offered North Korea direct talks to formally end the Korean War and prevent further expansion of Pyongyang’s nuclear capabilities, amid growing military ties between North Korea and Russia.
At least 11 people, including children and women, have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, in one of the deadliest escalations since the June ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory after defeating Iran, while Tehran rejects the move and insists the strategic waterway will remain under Iranian control.
Faizabad Mayor Habib ur Rahman Mansour was killed in a magnetic bomb blast in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, with the Taliban-opposition National Resistance Front claiming responsibility.
Senior Russian military officer Robert Mansurovich Shageev was killed in a suspected planned assassination attack in Sevastopol, Crimea. Russian authorities said a Russian woman suspected of carrying out the attack on the instructions of Ukrainian special forces had been detained.
The UN says Taliban intelligence officials detained two staff members of its political mission in Herat on August 9, with no explanation of the allegations or access granted to UN officials.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar condemned the Houthi attack on a commercial cargo ship in the Red Sea, saying three Pakistani nationals were killed and another was wounded. He expressed condolences to the victims’ families and said Pakistan was coordinating with Saudi Arabia and Yemen over the incident.
An alleged Houthi attack on a Tanzanian-flagged cargo vessel near Yemen’s Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea has killed six people, including four crew members and two rescue personnel. The UK Maritime Trade Operations confirmed that a cargo ship was struck by a projectile, while maritime security sources said the incident marked the first reported fatalities from a Houthi attack on a Red Sea vessel during the current regional conflict.
