Cheap Iranian drone attacks are pushing the Pentagon to expand layered air defenses in the Middle East, including interceptor drones and emerging laser systems.
Iran’s drone swarms challenge US air defenses as troops in Middle East face rising threats
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Wed 09:26 - DW All
Germany news: Merz open to social media ban for under-16s
Wed 09:26 - DW Top
Germany news: Merz open to social media ban for under-16s
Wed 14:27 - Politico EU
Germany eyes social media ban for kids
Wed 16:44 - DW All
EU governments look to Australia's social media ban for kids
Wed 16:44 - DW Top
EU governments look to Australia's social media ban for kids
Wed 16:44 - DW All
Europe looks to Australia's social media ban for kids
Wed 16:44 - DW Top
Europe looks to Australia's social media ban for kids
Wed 21:57 - France 24
Gabon suspends access to social media amid teachers' strike
Thu 11:30 - National Review
In Politics, Social Media Has Supplanted Experience
Thu 22:12 - Al Jazeera English
Is social media addictive?
Fri 07:45 - SRF International
Protection of minors on the Internet – This is how the USA, EU, Switzerland and Australia want to rein in social media
Sat 04:14 - Tagesschau
CDU votes on social media and part-time work at party conference
Sat 06:04 - BBC Headlines
Why fake AI videos of UK urban decline are taking over social media
Sat 10:06 - DW All
Germany news: Merz rallies base at Stuttgart CDU conference
Sat 10:06 - DW Top
Germany news: Merz rallies base at Stuttgart CDU conference
Sat 10:32 - Handelsblatt Politik
Social media: CDU party conference takes Instagram, Tiktok and Co. to task
Sat 13:51 - Handelsblatt Politik
Federal party conference: CDU wants social media age limit from 14 years
Sat 18:11 - ANSA Mondo
Spiegel, 'the CDU votes to ban social media for children under 14'
Sun 10:10 - DW All
Germany news: New rules aim to give asylum-seekers job access
Sun 10:10 - DW Top
Germany news: New rules aim to give asylum-seekers job access
Tue 00:18 - Fox News
Social media erupts after Stephen King makes false claim about Trump's family: 'What is this sh--?'
Tue 08:53 - DW All
Germany news: Bundestag honors its late ex-president
Tue 08:53 - DW Top
Germany news: Bundestag honors its late ex-president
Wed 07:59 - DW All
Germany news: Bundestag to vote on major drone deal
Wed 07:59 - DW Top
Germany news: Bundestag to vote on major drone deal
Wed 16:46 - DW All
Germany news: Bundestag passes major drone deal
Wed 16:46 - DW Top
Germany news: Bundestag passes major drone deal
Thu 06:42 - DW All
Germany news: Passenger attacks conductor on ICE train
Thu 06:42 - DW Top
Germany news: Passenger attacks conductor on ICE train
Fri 04:49 - HLN (BE)
Vias: young people are more likely to take risks in traffic due to social media
Fri 08:21 - DW All
Germany news: Strikes hit public transport across country
Fri 08:21 - DW Top
Germany news: Strikes hit public transport across country
Sat 16:33 - France 24
Strikes on Iran: In Israel "most people support this operation"
Sun 09:59 - Euronews
In pictures: Strikes across Tehran, Tel Aviv and Dubai
Sun 17:01 - Al-Monitor
Germany's Merz calls for plan for 'day after' in Iran
Sun 19:43 - Sky News (UK)
Anxious allies are demanding Trump's team shows it has a plan for Iran
Sun 21:21 - Sky News (UK)
Trump's war with Iran has become personal for people in Dubai
Sun 22:35 - BBC Headlines
Consultation on social media ban for under-16s to begin
Mon 00:01 - Sky News (UK)
Do you want to ban kids from social media? The government is asking
Mon 00:07 - Washington Examiner
UK, France, and Germany jump into the fray in Iran, vowing to defend Gulf allies
Mon 10:26 - DW All
Germany news: Top diplomat denies Berlin is joining Iran war
Mon 10:26 - DW Top
Germany news: Top diplomat denies Berlin is joining Iran war
Tue 09:44 - DW All
Germany news: Opposition slams Gulf evacuation strategy
Tue 09:44 - DW Top
Germany news: Opposition slams Gulf evacuation strategy
Tue 12:40 - Euronews
No, Netanyahu did not flee Israel for Berlin amid Iran war
Wed 11:56 - DW All
Germany news: Skilled craft sector faces huge labor shortage
Wed 11:56 - DW Top
Germany news: Skilled craft sector faces huge labor shortage
Thu 17:11 - Al Jazeera English
Traffic chaos in Beirut as Israel issues forced evacuation order
Fri 02:48 - DW
Iran war: Israel launches more attacks on Tehran, Beirut
Fri 02:48 - DW All
Iran war: Israel launches more attacks on Tehran, Beirut
Fri 02:48 - DW Top
Iran war: Israel launches more attacks on Tehran, Beirut
Fri 05:00 - Al-Monitor
Heavy attacks hit Tehran as Israel says war in 'new phase'
Fri 05:57 - DN (SE)
"Extensive attack wave" tonight - Israel enters new phase
Fri 06:29 - Euronews
Israel launches new strikes on Iran and Lebanon as Tehran targets Tel Aviv
Fri 06:37 - SRF International
Expansion of the Iran war – Israel also attacks Beirut
Fri 07:20 - ANSA Top News
Israel, 'intense bombings on south Beirut, Hezbollah sites hit
Fri 07:20 - ANSA Mondo
Israel, 'intense bombings on south Beirut, Hezbollah sites hit
Fri 09:00 - Al-Monitor
Fresh Israeli strikes on Lebanon as PM warns of 'looming humanitarian disaster'
Fri 10:01 - Al-Monitor
Blanket evacuation orders in Lebanon raise international law concerns, says UN human rights chief
Fri 10:13 - Middle East Eye
Iran launches wave of missiles towards Israel
Fri 10:39 - Al Jazeera English
Huge explosion seen in Tehran as strikes on Iran continue
Fri 12:58 - Al Jazeera English
Al-Aqsa compound empty as Israel restricts access to holy sites
Fri 13:17 - Middle East Eye
Estimated half a million displaced in Lebanon, social affairs minister says
Fri 13:53 - France 24
Lebanese PM says 'humanitarian disaster is looming' from displacement
Fri 14:10 - Middle East Eye
Gaza’s fragile humanitarian lifelines in Israel’s crosshairs
Fri 14:11 - Middle East Eye
Israel targets several areas across Lebanon, including site near Iranian embassy
Fri 14:38 - France 24
'Catastrophic': Humanitarian emergency unfolding in Lebanon as Israeli airstrikes intensify
Fri 14:57 - Middle East Eye
Israel killed 217 in Lebanon since start of March, health ministry says
Fri 15:00 - Al-Monitor
UN demands swift probe into Israeli strikes on Lebanon
Fri 15:45 - Al Jazeera English
Thousands of Syrian refugees flee Lebanon after Israeli strikes
Fri 16:10 - Middle East Eye
Video: Thousands of Lebanese shelter in schools, fleeing Israeli bombs
Fri 16:21 - Al Jazeera English
Israel extending ‘Gaza playbook’ to Lebanon, charity warns
Fri 16:55 - BBC Politics
Badenoch presses Starmer to strike Iranian missile sites
Sat 05:02 - Middle East Eye
Demonstrators rally in Sanaa in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon
Sat 14:43 - France 24
Iranian civilians seek shelter abroad
Sat 15:06 - Middle East Eye
Trump: US destroyed 42 Iranian navy ships
Sun 02:22 - Middle East Eye
Protesters rally in Tunis in solidarity with Iran
Sun 04:55 - Al Jazeera English
Flames engulf Kuwaiti high-rise amid Iranian drone strikes
Mon 12:00 - UN News All
Nearly 700,000 displaced in Lebanon as Middle East crisis escalates
Mon 16:21 - Washington Examiner
Rubio warns US will no longer tolerate ‘hostage diplomacy’ and claims Iranian military is ‘being eviscerated’
Mon 17:30 - Al-Monitor
Joy of Ramadan sapped by destruction of Middle East war
Tue 03:30 - Sky News (UK)
MPs vote down social media ban for under-16s
Tue 12:00 - UN News All
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 10 March: Displacement, supply shocks and civilian toll rise
Tue 15:57 - France 24
As energy prices soar, Russia emerges as major winner of Middle East war
Tue 17:11 - The Hill
Exxon evacuates personnel in Middle East
Wed 08:00 - Euronews
Middle East flights: British Airways cancels Abu Dhabi service ‘until later this year’
Wed 11:11 - Euronews
Iran conflict ‘costs Middle East travel and tourism industry €515 million a day’
Wed 12:00 - UN News All
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 11 March: More strikes as calls grow for peace
Wed 12:16 - Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera visits Middle East’s first women-only mosque
Thu 06:29 - Middle East Eye
Asean countries set to hold special meeting over Middle East situation
Thu 07:29 - Euronews
Middle East flights: Gulf Air repositions aircraft from Bahrain airport
Thu 09:36 - Al-Monitor
World faces largest-ever oil supply disruption on Middle East war, IEA says
Thu 09:46 - Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera sees bombs being loaded onto US planes at UK base
Thu 10:00 - Fox News
Iran’s drone swarms challenge US air defenses as troops in Middle East face rising threats
Thu 12:00 - UN News All
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