Russian missile maker Vympel scheduled 90 LMUR helicopter missile launchers for Iran between late 2024 and December 2025, according to documents shared with the Guardian. The papers do not show whether the launchers were delivered.
Russia arranged to supply Iran with 90 launchers for advanced guided missiles, the Guardian reported on Thursday, citing leaked defence industry documents. Dallas Analytics, a Ukrainian private intelligence firm, obtained the files and shared them with the newspaper. The launchers are for the LMUR, a guided missile fired from attack helicopters. Russian forces have used it heavily against Ukrainian targets since the full-scale invasion in 2022. Vympel, a leading Russian designer of missiles and launch systems, drew up a production schedule in May 2024. It lists an order for 90 launchers under an export contract called "K-10". Deliveries were planned between late 2024 and December 2025. Separate internal paperwork explicitly identifies K-10 as Iran. The records do not prove the launchers reached Iran. However, another schedule in the files lists six Yak-130 jet trainers for Iran in 2023. According to the Guardian, that matches publicly reported deliveries of the aircraft. The May 2024 letter also reveals strain in Russia's arms industry. Vympel warned that late deliveries of key components threatened launcher assembly and Russian state defence contracts. The leak comes as Washington weighs its next steps in its war against Iran after the US midterm elections. President Donald Trump has repeatedly played down Moscow's support for Tehran.…
Seoul will ask parliament to extend its Cheonghae unit's patrol area to waters near Oman's port of Duqm, about 650km from the strait. The plan follows criticism from Donald Trump over South Korea's support for his war in Iran.
South Korea plans to move its anti-piracy naval unit closer to the Strait of Hormuz, The Guardian reported, citing the defence ministry. The government will ask parliament to widen the Cheonghae unit's area of operation. Under the plan, the unit would operate in waters near the port of Duqm in Oman. According to…
Riyadh pupils are back to remote learning after a staggered school reopening lasted only three days, Semafor reports. Missile alerts still sound several times a week, and office towers above 10 floors remain shut.
Parents in the Saudi capital have no date for their children's return to class. A plan to reopen schools in Riyadh collapsed after three days, Semafor reported on Wednesday. Officials then sent students back online. The education ministry had split Riyadh into 10 zones. Under the plan, schools would reopen one neighbourhood at a time. After the reversal, officials set no new date. Each school now decides for itself, and most have chosen to stay online, according to Semafor. Houthi strikes on the city have gone on for almost a month, the outlet reported. They have not slowed. Missile alerts still ring several times a week, sometimes more than once a night. Business has slowed too. The King Abdullah Financial District, Riyadh's business hub, is largely empty. Office towers above 10 floors are still closed. Semafor said many businesses have sent staff home. It compared…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned anyone who keeps supporting Iran's government, BBC Swahili reported. The warning followed new US sanctions on a large criminal network accused of aiding Iran's secret oil tanker trade.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned those who continue to support the Iranian government, BBC Swahili reported. The warning came after Washington announced new sanctions on what it called a large criminal network. The US says the network helps run Iran's "shadow fleet" of oil tankers, which trade in secret. Bessent said the sanctions are part of an economic operation…
US forces hit Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz late on Monday in what officials called a defensive strike. It came hours after Vice President JD Vance said he and Trump felt good about the chances of a deal with Iran.
President Donald Trump told Fox News on Tuesday that the US will stop giving Israel about $4 billion a year after this year. He said Israel can buy US weapons instead, while Israeli opposition leaders blamed Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc won the most support in Israel's election but has not secured enough Knesset seats to govern, Al Jazeera reported. Palestinian-led parties took 15% of the vote.
Teachers at the public secondary school in al-Mughayyir spent the summer adding metal fences, a metal gate and a new wall, The Guardian reported. Israeli settlers killed five of its teenage students last academic year, one at the school gates.
A Kenyan domestic worker named Joy has died after collapsing while playing football with her employer's young son in Saudi Arabia, Pulse Live Kenya reports. Doctors reportedly found she had suffered a heart attack.
Brent crude fell more than 6.5% on Monday to as low as $105.55 a barrel, The Guardian reported. It was the lowest level since October 16, as hopes grew for a US-Iran breakthrough.
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei told military commanders to be ready for an immediate response if Iran is attacked again. Qatari mediators are holding talks to prevent a new round of the US-Iran war.
Iran's army said on Sunday that any renewed war with the US could last longer than the last round of fighting. The warning came after Trump said US forces could hit one or two remaining sites in Iran "in 10 minutes".
The Qatari gas carrier Al Mayeda was hit by "unidentified objects" in the Gulf on Friday evening, its owner said on Sunday. No crew members were hurt, and Doha has condemned the attack.
Riyadh has stopped issuing all visas to Kenyans and suspended its citizens' travel to Kenya. Health CS Aden Duale has questioned the basis for the measures, which Kenya calls excessive and wants reviewed.
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