DUBAI: Gulf states are lobbying Washington to stop Israel from attacking Iran’s oil sites because they are concerned their own oil facilities could come under fire from Tehran’s proxies if the conflict escalates, three Gulf sources said. As part of their attempts to avoid being caught in the crossfire, Gulf states including Saudi Arabia, the […]
• Biden, Netanyahu discuss response to Iranian attack; Tel Aviv vows attack will be ‘deadly, precise, surprising’ • Hezbollah says invading soldiers pushed back • Sirens sound in Israel; Beirut’s southern suburbs bombed • Scores of Pakistanis return; Turkish citizens to follow suit JERUSALEM: The United States warned Israel on Wednesday against any Gaza-like military […]
• Two Israeli troops killed in ‘border-area combat’ • Around 100 Israeli jets hit 120 targets in Lebanon • Hamas targets Tel Aviv with rocket salvo • Hezbollah hits base of Israeli intel unit JERUSALEM: Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel’s third largest city Haifa on Monday as Israeli forces looked poised to expand ground raids […]
BEIRUT: Israeli air attacks battered the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs overnight and early on Sunday, in the most intense bombardment since Israel sharply escalated its campaign against Hezbollah last month. During the night, the blasts sent booms across the capital and sparked flashes of red and white for nearly 30 minutes visible from several kilometres […]
Russia’s foreign ministry said on Friday that a decision to remove the Afghan Taliban from a list of terrorist organisations had been “taken at the highest level”, the state TASS news agency reported. The decision needs to be followed up with various legal procedures in order to make it a reality, President Vladimir Putin’s special representative on […]
• 46 people die in Israeli strikes over 24 hours • IDF claims striking intel HQ in Beirut • Hezbollah keeps up cross-border fire; nine Israeli soldiers killed so far BEIRUT: Israel’s military said on Thursday it had hit Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital, as troops battled the group’s fighters near the border […]
CAIRO/DOHA: Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 65 Palestinians overnight, including in a school sheltering displaced families, medics said, as Israeli tanks advanced in areas of Khan Younis in the south of the enclave. Meanwhile, in a joint press conference with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad […]
Israel said its troops had launched raids inside Lebanon on Tuesday, starting its widely expected ground operations after two weeks of devastating airstrikes against Hezbollah’s command structure and weapons sites. The Israeli military said the operations in Lebanon began on Monday night and involved paratroops and commandos from the elite 98th division, which was deployed to the […]
Search and rescue teams in Nepal’s capital picked through wrecked homes on Monday after waters receded from monsoon floods that killed at least 192 people around the Himalayan republic. Deadly floods and landslides are common across South Asia during the monsoon season from June to September, but experts say climate change is making them worse. […]
Israel said on Saturday it had killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs a day earlier, in what would be a devastating blow to the group as it reels from an escalating campaign of Israeli attacks. Reuters could not immediately reach Hezbollah officials for comment. The allegedly Iran-backed Hezbollah has yet to […]