GAZA STRIP: Israeli warplanes pounded the northern Gaza strip for a second day on Wednesday in a fierce assault that has shattered weeks of comparative calm, and Israel said it was moving forward with plans for an all-out assault on Rafah in the south. The renewed attacks came after the US Congress approved $13 billion […]
Iran’s state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan on Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes on its arch-rival. Air defence systems over several Iranian cities were activated, state media reported, after the country’s official broadcaster said explosions were heard near the city of Isfahan. Israel […]
• President Joe Biden warns Benjamin Netanyahu to ‘think carefully’ about any escalation • Tehran says US was informed of ‘limited’ attack on Israel, warns Tel Aviv against reprisals • ‘Operation Honest Promise’ achieved all its objectives, says Iranian army chief • Iran to be responsible if US targets, Israel attacked again, UNSC told WASHINGTON: […]
• Two Palestinians shot dead in occupied West Bank; TRT journalists wounded after being targeted in strike • Tel Aviv claims aid trucks allowed into north; UN seeks IDF hotline for aid agencies GAZA: A surprise ground assault on Thursday followed by Israeli bombardment from air, land and sea claimed dozens of lives on Eid […]
MAPUTO: Rescuers searched off the northern coast of Mozambique on Monday after a makeshift ferry boat carrying people fleeing a cholera outbreak capsized, killing at least 97. The converted fishing boat, with about 130 people on board, ran into trouble late on Sunday as it headed for an island off Nampula province, officials said. Most […]
The United States is on high alert and preparing for a possible attack by Iran targeting Israeli or American assets in the region in response to Israel’s strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria, a US official has said. “We’re definitely at a high state of vigilance,” the official said on Friday, confirming a CNN […]
A helicopter plucked six miners to safety from a Taiwan quarry on Thursday as rescuers worked to free scores of people trapped in highway tunnels after the island’s biggest earthquake in a quarter of a century. Nine people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in Wednesday’s magnitude-7.4 quake, but strict building regulations and widespread public […]
At least four people were killed and nearly 60 injured on Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings that extended to Japan and the Philippines before being lifted. Officials said the quake was the strongest to shake the island in decades, and warned of more tremors […]
A 12-year-old opened fire on Tuesday at a school outside the Finnish capital Helsinki injuring three other children, police said, adding that the attacker was in custody. The school in Vantaa has around 800 pupils and 90 staff. Children in grades one to nine, or aged seven to 15, attend the school. “There are people […]
• Damascus says civilians, soldiers among those killed • Iran denounces attacks as desperate attempt to expand war • Moscow condemns ‘provocative’ acts BEIRUT: Israel carried out its deadliest strikes in months on northern Syria’s Aleppo province early on Friday. Israel has ramped up airstrikes in Syria against both the Lebanese Hezbollah militia and the […]