Drone and Missile Attack Disrupts Saudi Oil Production
A coordinated attack on Abqaiq and Khurais temporarily cut Saudi oil output and exposed infrastructure vulnerability.
A coordinated attack on Abqaiq and Khurais temporarily cut Saudi oil output and exposed infrastructure vulnerability.
India revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and divided the state into two federally administered territories.
Washington began removing Turkey from the F-35 programme after Ankara accepted delivery of Russia’s S-400 missile system.
The first S-400 air-defence components arrived in Turkey on 12 July 2019, opening a serious dispute with NATO ally the United States.
Ekrem İmamoğlu decisively won Istanbul’s repeated mayoral election on 23 June 2019, expanding his earlier narrow lead.
Explosions damaged two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, sharply increasing US-Iran tensions.
A vast march against a proposed extradition law began months of political unrest in Hong Kong.
European Parliament elections weakened the traditional centre-left and centre-right blocs while Greens and liberals gained ground.
Turkey’s election authority annulled Istanbul’s March mayoral result and ordered a rerun, intensifying a national political dispute.
Emperor Akihito became the first Japanese monarch in two centuries to abdicate, closing the Heisei era.