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 […]
• Several allies urge immediate 21-day truce • Netanyahu says military will keep hitting Hezbollah with ‘full force’ • Strike kills air force unit head of Lebanon-based group; death toll soars past 600 BEIRUT: Israel rejected global calls on Thursday for a ceasefire with the Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally the US and pressing […]
• Leaders pledge to keep pace with a changing world and to protect the needs and interests of current and future generations • The pact commits to multilateralism, upholding the UN Charter and peacekeeping UNITED NATIONS: UN members adopted a blueprint for the future on Sunday to tackle the myriad wars, environmental threats and technological […]
Israel bombed southern Lebanon on Thursday and said it had thwarted an Iranian-led assassination plot, a day after explosions of Hezbollah radios that came on the heels of blasts in booby-trapped pagers, setting the foes hurtling towards war. The sophisticated attacks on armed group Hezbollah’s communications equipment, which killed 37 people and wounded around 3,000 […]
• Washington unseals ‘terrorism’ charges against Hamas leaders • Greta Thunberg detained by Danish police at pro-Palestinian protest JERUSALEM: The United States has said it is time to “finalise” a deal between Israel and Hamas to end the Gaza war, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to bow to pressure. Washington would work “over […]
KABUL: A Taliban government spokesman has said the Afghan authorities were committed to engagement with the international community after a new morality law sparked tense exchanges over women’s rights. The United Nations and the European Union have warned that the law — requiring women to cover up completely and not raise their voices in public […]
BEIRUT: An Israeli drone strike on a car crossing through a Syrian checkpoint near the border with Lebanon on Wednesday killed three Palestinian fighters and one member of Hezbollah, two security sources said. The Israeli military said the strike killed Faris Qasim, who it said was a significant figure in the operations division of the […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday reiterated that the Army and the ISI are responsible for his condition and expressed fear for his life. Khan, 71, lodged at the Adiala Jail since last year, also blamed the current dispensation for being averse to criticism, for deteriorating law-and-order situation across the […]
KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said on Monday a recently ratified morality law would be enforced “gently”, after the international community and Afghans voiced concern over new restrictions. Women must cover completely and not raise their voices in public, according to a 35-article law announced on Wednesday by the justice ministry. It imposes wide-ranging stipulations from behaviour to […]
KARACHI: Armed men shot and killed at least 23 people in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province after offloading them from buses and checking their identities, according to media reports on Monday. The incident happened in Balochistan’s Musakhel district. According to Assistant Commissioner Musakhail Najeeb Kakar, armed men blocked the inter-provincial highway in the Rarasham district of […]